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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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
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.
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.
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).
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
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.
Faldo
Golf course is awesome great condition and very scenery
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.
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.
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 !
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.
Late Summer Round
Course still in very good shape heading into overseeding. Greens are excellent even after a dry hot summer.
Fun layout
I enjoyed my round of golf at this well maintained and great layout course. Greens and fairways were perfect. Numerous bunkers were fair and beautiful. The fairways were generous! I would love to play again!
One More Late Summer Bargain Round
I catch this course mainly in the summer because the rates jump up after over-seed and remain high through the winter season here in the Valley. Its a great course with plenty of challenges. The bunkers remain some of the deepest you will encounter anywhere in the Valley. Fairways are always reliably lush and the greens run consistently throughout the round. Just a very good golf course, in an upscale neck of the desert.