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4.5
1221 Reviews (1221)
5 Stars
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4 Stars
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
28
1 Stars
9
Conditions
4.5
Value
4.2
Layout
4.7
Friendliness
4.6
Pace
4.5
Amenities
4.4
92.2%
Recommend this course
1139 out of 1221 reviews
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4.3
30 Reviews (30)
5 Stars
18
4 Stars
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3 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%
Recommend this course
25 out of 30 reviews
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4.5
83 Reviews (83)
5 Stars
55
4 Stars
16
3 Stars
8
2 Stars
3
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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Reviews

4.5
1221 Reviews (1221)
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Reviews 2
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Greens in Great Shape

Course is a great risk/reward challenge. Greens were very consistent and pretty quick. No complaints whatsoever. I will be back.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 54
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice course. Plays long for slope rating with several 400 yd par 4’s at 122 slope rating

We enjoyed the course which was in very nice condition. Plays a bit difficult for slope rating. Lots of bunkers (108).

Only negative was Marshall. We were 10-15 min behind pace but had left 3 2-somes pass through. Marshall told us we might need to skip a hole to get back on pace even though we told him we had left several groups of 2 pass through. That was plain rude if you allow so many groups of 2 to play. No one was waiting on us either. Give a Marshall a badge and they feel obligated to be a jerk I guess

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Humbling in the bunkers

Outstanding course with excellent greens. Never seen so many bunkers on a golf course and in every part of the course. Some of them are very deep so better have your best sand wedge ready. Totally enjoyed our visit to the course.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 28
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Very good experience

I thought the number of bunkers was intimidating but it turned out very manageable. Great course with very good staff.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 39
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 18
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great day on the course

This was one of my best golf experiences year to date. The course conditions and layout are always great here. The best part of the day was the starter on his own asking a foursome who was to tee off before us, as we were a twosome, if they would allow us to tee off ahead of them. They readily agreed. He obviously knew there was a gap open ahead of the foursome. We did and played the first nine in one hour and 15 minutes. We caught a foursome with three holes left but still finished 18 in three hours and ten minutes. It was a pleasure to play such a great course without having to wait on groups ahead. This was golf the way it should be. Greatly appreciated the starter taking the initiative to make our day a great one.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Bunkers are a night mare

I did enjoy playing this course however it has some of the most challenging sand traps. My advice is if you can stay out of them. Other wise this is a very well kept course. Great fairways and greens in the dessert

very green grass. And friendly staff.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Outstanding track!

This was a great track with excellent conditions. Beautiful greens and fairways. Layout was outstanding. Got a great deal on golfnow Front 9 was a little slow but we whipped through back 9. Best course I have played in Phoenix area to date.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
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 14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
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 51
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Colorado Advisor
First Time Playing

Amongst Arizona's Best

It's a given that Arizona golf is super overpriced in March, but this course was good enough that I didn't feel as bad about paying $100 plus. Really fun course to try and manage, not hard to find your ball if you whack one in the desert and need to play back to the fairway. Fast greens, great pace, can't complain. Nice work Sir Nick!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great Course Always

Great course, excellent condition, staff inside great. Cart girl needs and attitude change. If you don't like your job get another. Wildfire always a good choice, don't let the cart girl comment discourage you.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great Time

We found a Hot Deal on Golf Now that morning and managed to get 18 in just ahead of the upcoming LPGA tournament. We watched the pros putting and on the range then played the front nine on Faldo and Palmer. We managed to get in in just under 4 hours which was a great pace. Course was in great shape and the greens were very quick which made for some challenging puts. Lots of sand so bring your favourite SW. Cheers

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

One of the most enjoyable rounds of golf I have experienced in over 25 years of playing the game. My wife and I were as if we were members. The course was in excellent condition. Great design (Faldo) pace of play was great. Wonderful

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Bring a shovel

Course was in great condition and no problem with pace of play. But 110 bunkers....are you kidding. Would not recommend to anyone over a 10 handicap

Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great experience

From the moment you arrive at the bag drop the staff are awesome, the course is in great shape with lots of bunkers to work around. Have to think you way through the course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 42
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Bring you sand play

Course was in excellent condition, but not sure it was worth the extra $$ over similar courses in the Phoenix Area. Lots of sand traps on the Faldo course, sometimes in the middle of the fairway area. Deep bunkers around the green, so errant shots will definitely cost you a stroke (or more). Clubhouse closed before sunset which was a little annoying since I wanted to pick up some things following my round.

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