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Whirlwind Golf Club - The Cattail Course
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Whirlwind Golf Club features 36 holes across 242 acres. Wild horses and native beasts roam the landscape - so don't let them drag you away. While just 12 miles from the metropolis of Phoenix, Whirlwind Golf Club's Cattail Course takes golfers to a secluded and scenic environment, where desert tranquility and beauty is a silent playing partner throughout.
Gary Panks designed the courses at Whirlwind Golf Club. The par-72 Cattail measures 7,222 yards and beings on Arrow Shot, a par-4 413 yarder; the South Mountain Range's canyons will guide you, but shoot straight. Things get long on Two Mesquites, the second hole, a par-5 517 yarder, which does feature Mesquites, a staple for the Gila River Indian Community, used in construction, medicine and food.
Finish up on Last Hole, a par-4 450 yarder that offers a good test to close on, as it is the course's most demanding to drive.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 72 | 7222 yards | 73.6 | 133 |
| Gold | 72 | 6725 yards | 71.3 | 127 |
| Silver | 72 | 6300 yards | 69.3 | 124 |
| Copper (W) | 72 | 5895 yards | 73.0 | 128 |
| Jade (W) | 72 | 5383 yards | 70.3 | 120 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black M: 73.7/131 | 413 | 517 | 162 | 462 | 337 | 180 | 599 | 402 | 431 | 3503 | 245 | 481 | 549 | 441 | 389 | 176 | 428 | 560 | 450 | 3719 | 7222 |
| Gold M: 71.0/127 | 392 | 489 | 147 | 438 | 311 | 155 | 554 | 382 | 403 | 3271 | 231 | 443 | 528 | 421 | 360 | 136 | 389 | 515 | 431 | 3454 | 6725 |
| Gold/Silver M: 70.0/125 | 392 | 489 | 147 | 417 | 311 | 135 | 520 | 382 | 371 | 3164 | 202 | 418 | 504 | 398 | 360 | 136 | 389 | 515 | 409 | 3331 | 6495 |
| Silver M: 69.2/123 | 365 | 464 | 131 | 417 | 284 | 135 | 520 | 360 | 371 | 3047 | 202 | 418 | 504 | 398 | 345 | 125 | 362 | 490 | 409 | 3253 | 6300 |
| Copper M: 67.0/115 W: 73.0/128 | 335 | 443 | 119 | 393 | 260 | 115 | 487 | 332 | 345 | 2829 | 175 | 396 | 482 | 374 | 324 | 110 | 345 | 469 | 391 | 3066 | 5895 |
| Jade M: 64.8/110 W: 70.3/120 | 292 | 403 | 101 | 372 | 235 | 101 | 466 | 291 | 312 | 2573 | 148 | 368 | 427 | 354 | 300 | 95 | 320 | 447 | 351 | 2810 | 5383 |
| Handicap | 9 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 6 | |||
| Par | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 9 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 13 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 6 |
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Great course
We played Cattail the week before the LPGA Ford Championship tournament. Course was in incredible condition. Great day on the course.
Cattail at Whirlwind
Fun and challenging desert course. Only neg was cart path only rule due to upcoming LPGA event. Still don’t understand why that was needed. Not super fun on hot day. Besides that, great staff for sure and nice course layout. Would definitely plan to play again WITHOUT cart path only rule due
A must play! Great facilities and course!
Played Cattail and it did not disappoint. From Tees to greens course in great shape. Greens fast and undulating, but put very true.
Practice facilitates offer options to works on short game (including sand), nice putting area and range.
Best in Phoenix
Both are great tracks . Always in great shape and my favorites in the desert
Cart Path Only
I love this course And was aware that we were playing 2 weeks ahead of the LPGA event. What I didn’t expect was cart path only. I’m 75 and cart path only in 88 degree heat was brutal. Golf now indicated NOTHING about cart path only restrictions on either the booking page or the confirmation page. Folks at the course indicated that it was cart path only for the whole month and that your confirmation email should have indicated that. Problem is if booked through golf now the course does not send a confirmation email it just shows confirmed in your GN account. Also was a 5 hour round -of course due to cart path only .
CART PATH only!! Was not notified of this prior to arrival. VERY SLOW play due to LPGA qualifier or ?? in front of us. VERY DISSAPOINTED. Traveled from WA to play and no fun. Running all over the course because of cart path only. WAY TOO MUCH MONEY for experience!
Vaca Golf
Last day of quick trip…Good course & weather…we were disappointed about the fact cart path only was not up front as we’ve seen before in “course notes” in red with other bookings
Great track but slow pace
It took 5 hours to play and the marshall did nothing to speed up the two slow groups in front of us.
Terrible slow play
Four groups on one hole and when I mentioned it they simply said “Yeah, we are full up”. Ok, look. Either someone is playing REALLY slow or you are stuffing tee times too close together to make money at ridiculous rates. It’s a shame because these are decent layouts. The LPGA was coming and man I’ll bet those lady pros are gonna hate the bunkers. I’m a 6 handicap so I’m not just blabbering. Do better, you used to.
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