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4.5
1221 Reviews (1221)
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
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1 Stars
9
Conditions
4.5
Value
4.2
Layout
4.7
Friendliness
4.6
Pace
4.5
Amenities
4.4
92.2%
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1139 out of 1221 reviews
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4.3
30 Reviews (30)
5 Stars
18
4 Stars
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1 Stars
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Conditions
4.3
Value
3.8
Layout
4.5
Pace
4.6
Amenities
4.2
StaffFriendliness
4.6
83.3%
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25 out of 30 reviews
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4.5
83 Reviews (83)
5 Stars
55
4 Stars
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
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1 Stars
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Conditions
4.4
Value
4.2
Layout
4.7
Pace
4.5
Amenities
4.4
StaffFriendliness
4.6
89.2%
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74 out of 83 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public/Resort
Style Desert
Par 71
Length 6846 yards
Slope 132
Rating 72.3

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.

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Course Details

Year Built 2002
Fairways Winter Rye Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Nick Faldo (2002) Lee E. Schmidt (2002) Brian Curley (2002)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
GPS Yes
Caddies Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes - "Wildfire Golf Academy"
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Collared shirt and bermuda shorts required. No denim.

Available Facilities

Conference Facilities, Banquet Facilities, Spa

Available Sports

Tennis

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4.5
1221 Reviews (1221)
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5.0
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Conditions Good
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Layout Excellent
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Conditions Excellent
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Handicap 10-14
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4.0
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First Time Playing

Sand Galore

As most people have mentioned this course is dominated by bunkers. It’s was a nice course and we enjoyed it but I’d say the bunkers were over the top and just got tiring. Sand was hard as well. Staff was friendly and they explained what we would experience well. For the price I doubt I’ll be back as there are cheaper alternatives just as nice.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Reviews 1
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4.0
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Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Handicap 5-9
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5.0
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First Time Playing

Wonderfully intimidating

Please go golf this course! I golf 4 times a week all over the USA, The only thing I don't like about this course is the price, but it needs to be there to be this nice! Greens were smooth and perfect, Fairways, teeboxes, collars and OMG traps were awesome. They could condition the bottom of the traps here and there a little better, the sand gets water in it when they irrigate and makes the sand hard on some of the traps. There are way over 100 traps on this 18 hole track due to Nick and 98 percent are mean and perfect. The Fsldo course is more difficult than the Palmer but just as fun, course management is key, leave the driver in the bag most of the time.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Reviews 7
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Overpriced nice track

I played 4 other courses on this trip and compared to those it is way over priced. Whirlwind is every bit as nice a course for a fraction of the cost. Same style of course too.

Conditions Good
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Reviews 23
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Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
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Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
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5.0
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First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great round!

Played Wildfire Faldo for the first time. Loved it! Everything was outstanding, the course, the weather, the amenities....all top notch. Staff was friendly and efficient.

The course is amazing....bring your sand wedge! :-)

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 23
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Kicked my butt

I felt like I needed to invest in some Sahara real estate as there are sooooo many sand bunkers and I visited most of them. Course was pretty good except for the over the top amount of sand bunkers. Probably will never play this course again.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Reviews 17
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Spectacular as always

Bring your sand game, hit em straight and set puts on a line. All around great experience.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 49
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great day

We played a 3 some in just over 3 hours. Course was challenging, with fast firm greens, but a dream to putt. Will be back

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Brilliant

Great course. Great set up. Makes you think about what club you should use tee to green. Can’t just get a driver out and. Smash it. Great fun

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 20
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Unbelievable course conditions

Although very expensive course was great. Greens ; Fairways and Tee boxes were immaculate; Just after reseeding . As always Hit well score well but just missed shots would usually add 1 or 2 strokes to your score. Bunkers were very deep ; sand was excellent

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Lots of Visual Appeal

The course is fun to play. It is not a cookie cutter course. It has bunkers everywhere!

The conditions were excellent

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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