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4.5
Value
4.2
Layout
4.7
Friendliness
4.6
Pace
4.5
Amenities
4.4
92.2%
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4.3
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4.3
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3.8
Layout
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4.6
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4.5
83 Reviews (83)
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4 Stars
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Conditions
4.4
Value
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Layout
4.7
Pace
4.5
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4.6
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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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Handicap 15-19
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Cold weather
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Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
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5.0
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Previously Played

Nice Experience

Pace of play was good, course was in good shape, other than a few deadspota on some of the greens. Would not pay $150 plus to play this course. $100 more in line with other courses of this caliber.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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First Time Playing

Nice resort course

Traveling in Scottsdale and played on a whim. Layout made you think. Fun course!

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
2.0
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First Time Playing

Awful organization

This course books big groups one on top of another. So if you like 6 hour rounds, this is your course. They just want your money and don't care one bit about pace of play. Avoid this course

Conditions Good
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Reviews 51
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played

Perfect

Full course but played 18 in 4h15m. Awesome staff. Great food and beer selection in bar. Great price for a really good course. Literally a perfect afternoon!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fun course to play - good test.

Excellent condition - fairways and greens. Fairways to are wide enough to accommodate a moderate miss. Fun holes to play - don't have to be precise with shots, but positioning off the tees are rewarded.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Loved the Course

Best course I played all week. Nice practice facilities, check in was easy and the course was a great track and very well maintained, pace of play was great and I would definitely play this course again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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First Time Playing

You won’t be disappointed

Really nice course with good value for money(if you find a good deal of course). Some very nice holes with ditto views. Greens are very good, pretty fast and well maintained. The day we played the only comment we could give is that we missed a marshal that would tell the group in front of us to hurry up. There was a four ball that was really all over the place. The didn’t rake any bunker and they didn’t let us pass. When talking to them we found out they were from India and didn’t really understand what we were asking them. They did understand they had to hurry up. This should have been done by a marshal though. But that is the only comment there was. The course is one you should play, you’ll like it for sure, also if you are a low handicap (although the distances on the scorecard didn’t match with the gps).

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
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 Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great rRound

Challenging golf course that is very playable. Friendly staff. Second nine got backed up. Wish the Marshall would have stepped in. Will definitely play again

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great Golf Course

Played the Faldo course for the first time. Fairly wide open course but very challenging because of the number of bunkers (both fairway and green side) and the pace of the greens (fast). Beautiful design. Best part was playing with 3 delightful people (Bev, Keenan, and Bob) which made the round so special. Was not impressed with either the clubhouse or starter desk staff. They seemed to be harried and experience was not memorable. But the golf was.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Fair
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Faldo

Golf course is awesome great condition and very scenery

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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 10
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

I enjoyed the course very much. We started on #10 which was over 420 yd Par 4, a tough hole to start. The back 9 had a couple of par 4's over 400 yds. The course has about 108 bunkers on it. It was well designed and played challengely.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Fun & Challenging

Though the course is challenging as is expected of a Faldo course it was fun. Played with some great folks and improved my bunker playing abilities. There are a lot of bunkers throughout the course. Though I avoided the bunkers the previous day, my 2nd day brought out the best of me playing from the bunkers.

The fairway grass was cut too low for my liking and the greens were fast. The hole locations meant you had to bring your putting game and put your putting skills to the test. Did good though I was using rental clubs.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 72
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

BIG TIME Value from GN !

Wildfire at Desert Ridge is an outstanding faculty W/2 truly top shelf courses available there ! On a Sunday as a single I was fortunate enough to be grouped W/some real fun players & ENJOYED not only the Faldo course(My fav) but their company as well !

OverSeedin' has been completed enough to not be restricted to cart paths, it really added to excellent pace of play. Conditions on course were very good, greens are smooth and will benefit w/another level of "cut" to increase speed, already at a nice pace. Fairways AND rough are LUSH so watch where tee shots end-up in the thick stuff as U could roll right over them.

Outside service Guys R ALWAYS pleasant & glad We enjoy OurSelves there -THANKS !

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

great course at the wrong time

We were only a few days early. Even though most area courses had resumed cutting greens and allowing carts on course, Wildfire was holding out to assure full grow-in. Probably a good decision that will pay dividends later in the season but greens were running about 6 stimp and carts on paths only detracted from an otherwise great golf experience. Don’t miss this course unless it’s early to mid-November.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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