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Faldo at Wildfire Golf Club at Desert Ridge Resort
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Faldo Championship Course at the Wildfire Golf Club measures as long as 6,846 yards, depending on which tees you're shooting from, and lies on 174 acres and features some differences from the average desert-themed golf courses. Faldo offers abundant fairways, big bentgrass greens and tee boxes, as well as the golf course's neighboring mountains, century-old saguaro cacti and 106 sand bunkers - which remind golfers of Aussie sand-belt golf courses, which gives it a magnificent locale for golfers.
Wildfire Golf Club is much-feted: When the Faldo Championship Course opened, the Arizona Republic selected hole No. 2 among the valley's 18 best. The golf course received recognition among the 2006 Travel & Leisure Golf's "World's Best Golf Resorts" for family getaways and in the 2006 Conde Nast Traveler rundown of the "Top 100 Golf Resorts in North America." These are in addition to the Gold Tee Award from Meetings & Conventions Magazine.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tournament | 71 | 6846 yards | 72.3 | 132 |
| Champinoship | 71 | 6467 yards | 70.5 | 126 |
| Championship (W) | 71 | 6467 yards | 76.9 | 132 |
| Regular | 71 | 6016 yards | 67.7 | 118 |
| Regular (W) | 71 | 6016 yards | 74.4 | 126 |
| Forward | 71 | 5245 yards | 64.8 | 113 |
| Forward (W) | 71 | 5245 yards | 70.0 | 116 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black M: 72.2/132 | 411 | 408 | 164 | 452 | 389 | 350 | 185 | 341 | 534 | 3234 | 460 | 547 | 478 | 360 | 214 | 607 | 314 | 177 | 420 | 3577 | 6811 |
| Blue M: 70.5/126 W: 76.9/132 | 395 | 402 | 155 | 413 | 380 | 341 | 175 | 323 | 497 | 3081 | 441 | 527 | 454 | 347 | 187 | 570 | 298 | 160 | 397 | 3381 | 6462 |
| Blue/White M: 69.2/123 W: 75.3/128 | 395 | 350 | 155 | 398 | 380 | 341 | 167 | 323 | 497 | 3006 | 421 | 527 | 428 | 310 | 167 | 522 | 298 | 160 | 377 | 3210 | 6216 |
| White M: 67.7/118 W: 74.4/126 | 375 | 350 | 135 | 398 | 360 | 315 | 167 | 293 | 477 | 2870 | 421 | 508 | 428 | 310 | 167 | 522 | 277 | 136 | 377 | 3146 | 6016 |
| White/Red M: 65.4/115 W: 71.3/122 | 317 | 297 | 135 | 365 | 299 | 315 | 116 | 293 | 442 | 2579 | 390 | 459 | 363 | 251 | 123 | 485 | 277 | 136 | 330 | 2814 | 5393 |
| Red M: 64.8/113 W: 70.0/116 | 317 | 297 | 89 | 365 | 299 | 287 | 116 | 268 | 442 | 2480 | 390 | 459 | 363 | 251 | 123 | 485 | 232 | 132 | 330 | 2765 | 5245 |
| Handicap | 7 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 10 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 71 |
| Handicap (W) | 13 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 8 |
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Plenty of BUNKERS Folks ! Photo submitted by Marky3PuttzV on 03/17/2020
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Great facilities Photo submitted by GREGCGOLFER on 07/30/2017
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Beautiful Desert scenery Photo submitted by GREGCGOLFER on 07/30/2017
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Photo submitted by mriemer01 on 02/13/2017
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Faldo Hole 4, Par 4 (birdie) Photo submitted by vrob008 on 08/18/2016
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Photo submitted by Dharmesh on 06/02/2013
Well maintained
The multitude of sand traps and their positioning make this course difficult for higher handicap or short hitters. ThereI are sometimes no entry to the green other than flying the sand traps.
Great course for mid to low handicaps.
Bunkers
Shouldn't have to wait till a tournament to have soft sand around the greens I understand fairway sands are to be hard but it's ridiculous The amount of sand that is in the sand traps around the greens no issue with having sand traps just the amount of sand in the trap
Nice layout greens and fairways very good.
Bunkers buy the greens were the worst I have ever
played in. I can't believe they were that bad
Difficult but fun course
Lots and lots of sand. Fairways and greens very well defended by sand. Plenty of room in fairways but errant shots likely to go in sand and potentially into desert scrub.lots of sand!
Greens very fast and subtle .
Staff very efficient and friendly. Expensive round $265.
Sucks you have to pay to park (if free the staff failed to communicate this...)
Disappointed for the price
I live in the area so I play golf at different courses. This is my first time to play here. The course is not in good enough condition for the price they are charging. I do feel it be worth that rate if the bunkers had sand , if the greens were in better shape, if there wasn’t dead grass around the greens. Everyone was friendly and it has the potential to be a great course.
Wildfire Faldo Course
Great day of golf on this course. The fairways & greens were in good shape. Great staff & course layout. I’ll definitely be playing this one again.
Bunkers
Great course and layout. My complaint is that they have so many concrete bunkers. This course is completely designed around bunkers, really cool to look at and play off but they don’t have any sand thy are hard as a rock and deep. For what the charge these bunkers should be maintained more frequently. Other than that it’s a great golf course and really well conditioned. If I was going back just due to the bunker conditions play th Palmer every time.
Great Course, Great Value
I have played this course several times and it’s a big layout, well conditioned and a great value. Some courses in the Scottsdale area that are not as nice as this one charge twice as much. This might not have the big fancy name but it’s a must play course when in the area.
Dependably Great
The course was in great condition and the Faldo course is a challenging track. I didn’t have even my C+ game so it was a tough day for scoring. Still, sunny and 80 degrees made it nearly perfect.
Great time
Conditions were very good ( only comment sand traps were “hard” not very sandy)!
Course layout great , challenging and fun
Good pace
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