Faldo at Wildfire Golf Club at Desert Ridge Resort

Well was grouped up with Wonderful Folks, a couple of "Humboldters" and a member of the club from Toronto, excellent People that really added to the day ! The Faldo course is certainly the Tougher of the 2 courses and tee to green the condition is Good but was surprised with the bunkers (and there are PLENTY) that they are in BRUTAL shape, hardly any real sand in nearly ALL of them !

The green complexes are difficult with plenty of undulation and tiers making them a Chalkenge. The speed was nice & rolled smooth but didn't seem to roll out as much as I've seen inthe past, the fairways in prime shape too.

A shout to Justin and Jacob with 0utSide service for being trully cordial and attentive that certainly makes gettin'2 WildFire GC Golf to look 4ward to -B Well.

Lots of sand traps,greenside bunkers needed sand. Don't recommend if you are higher then a 15 handicap.

Beautiful layout and excellent condition. You must bring your A game and be able to hit high approach shots to hold these greens. Sand traps galore surrounding every green. Found some traps had little sand so blading a good possibility. GPS equipped carts really helped but miss hit shots usually brings a bogie or worse. Challenging course to say the least.

First time playing here. Not with $100+ in my opinion. Maybe 60-80. Greens were a little slow and lightly sanded. Fairways were nice. Bunkers were bad. Very fine gravel and not deep at all. 1/4” thick and you hit the hardpan dirt. Overall it’s a beautiful course and decent layout. Condition is gonna be rough for the Ladies in 2 weeks unless they ship in new sand. Also we let a 2some and single play through our 4some. Then we got told we need to wait because “members” didn’t want to wait on us. Even though they never were. The members caught us and said they didn’t want to play through. Reaching the turn. The starter chased after us and said we need to pick up the pace. We were 10 min behind. We told him we let a 2 some and single through that’s the 10 min. He said no no no. We don’t let anyone play through here. We were not supposed to do that. We just keep our pace of play and forget who’s behind us. So now only option was to “play fast but don’t rush” he sent a guy to follow us and help clean bunkers and look for balls for us. Anyway. We played normal pace and was just fine. No one waited on us. Very odd for a course to not let singles play through. They shouldn’t let singles on in the first place. Should pair them with someone. Anyway. Management was friendly about it. Just very weird. Never came across anything like that before. I’d recommend this course if you get it for free or on a really good deal. It’s no where near on par with Phoenician Or troon. But I’d say similar to Other Scottsdale courses. McCormick ranch or camelback.

Everything was in excellent condition. They didn’t oversees the rough this year but I think it gave more definition anyway.

The friendliest staff ever. Got me out early with one(!) other player(former PGA Pro). We zoomed around in 3 hours. Course is in excellent shape. Greens are perfect.

Sand is gravelly. More like surrounding desert. Layout of Faldo course could use updating.

Why charge the high price when range is limited and some T's at not accessable so the LPGA players due in 3 weeks can be presented with pristine T boxes. Played blue/white combo and many holes have been shortened be having no access to normal blue or white T's. BOO

This is a Faldo course that has 108 bunkers. The staff, greens, fairways were very nice. The bunkers were in poor condition with very little sand. This was the case in all nine times are group was in a bunker. The greenside bunkers were the worst. Before the LPGA event in March they will add sand and they should have done some long ago. In this condition not worth the time or money.

Greens were fast and fairways were in very good condition! As a local I can play a lot of good courses in the area and I like both Wildfire courses. Course condition at Faldo was fantastic especially as cold and rainy as it has been. Only draw back is some slow play and the greens keeper must have had a bad New Year’s Eve since a few of the pins were set in some nasty positions! Trying to decide if it worth it to play? Do it you’ll be glad you did. Especially using a golf app to save you 40-50%!!

I played this course countless times this summer and it was in great shape. Always worth the money to play here.

This is a class track. Fairways and greens in excellent condition despite recent rain. Must have a good sand base which drains well. Bunkers were firm rather than powdery, probably due to rain yesterday. I prefer them this way. Afternoon time and almost no one on the course, surprisingly. Staff, carts, range balls all great. The range and chipping/putting greens are superb. Tons of space at each spot on the range and perfect turf.

This course has an excellent layout. You have to keep your ego in check or be a great shot shaper to go after some of the holes on the course. It's a great course to play at the summer rates. The pace of play will always be fast so you should have no problem finishing within four hours.

I couldn’t even push a tee more than an 1/8” into the bunkers. It’s all concrete and no sand. Brutal on a course with 108 bunkers!

The Faldo Course at Wildfire was in great condition the day I played. All aspects of the course were first class, fairways, bunkers and greens. Would recommend to anyone they should come and experience this challenging layout.

I’m a 12 handicap and played with 3 friends who are probably 18’s. Layout is pretty good footprints but they need to remove about half the bunkers to make it fun. Too many holes where ther e are bunkers in the middle of fairways which unless you are a bomber can’t be carried/. Even with half the bunkers removed there would be more than there are on the Palmer course which is way more fun to play.

I’ve been wanting to play this course for years. It requires you to be creative with your shot selections. You have to take your ego out of the game and leave your driver in the bag on some holes.