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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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Whirlwind Cattail
Course is in excellent condition for end of summer in Arizona. They have a great range and practice area and upmarket range balls.
You could still see punch marks on the greens but they rolled true and were a good speed. We didn't encounter any other golfers during our round. Staff was friendly.
Good track.
Nice course. Wide fairways and greens were in good shape for time of year.
Great Summer Conditions!
While the cost is slightly more than typical summer golf for most courses, you are paying for premium conditions The grass conditions were fantastic (guessing due to no relcaimed water restrictions). The tee boxes and fairways were better than many courses' winter conditions. It made for pure shots and much better golf. Greens were very good but maybe not fantastic, but still worthy. Plenty of drinking water around the course too. Definitely worth the price and we'll be back again this summer for these conditions.
Fantastic conditions!
I really enjoyed playing this course, the fairways were unreal for summer; the conditions you might expect in March—perfect. The greens were excellent, 11 for speed and nicely rolled. Excellent track, truly underrated! I would play and recommend this course to anyone.
Great round!
Excellent round. Course was in great shape as always! Go, you’ll have fun!
Great condition!
The fairways were in great condition, what you might hope for during the winter. The greens ran between an 8 to 10 and were fairly true but were inconsistent from green to green. It’s July so this isn’t really a complaint. Overall, the condition of the course was excellent. Staff is friendly, inside and out. They even provided water.
Would recommend this course to anyone.
Not terribly difficult but with some great holes, we especially liked 18. A perfect place to play when it’s 110 degrees out; very green with water on some holes. Highly recommend!
Always in tip top shape
Played for $50 @ 1:00 and would do it again in a heartbeat.
Very professional Golf club
The overall faciiities were clean, professional , ample , luxurious and staff super kind. They have a beautiful shop with a great stock of merchandise . Carts were new , comfortable and the course super well maintained . Friendly course but inviting to manage your game carefully . Back 9 are superb and super fun to play .
Always fantastic
They keep you coming back. The staff is fantastic, great value and course conditions always great.
Staff needs to do better
Most unfriendly staff I've encountered playing golf. 15minutes ahead of tee time, group in front of us was still on the range and he would not let us hit go to the range which is a 1 minute ride to first tee box. Secondly, we had 4 players and 1 person riding along. The marshal was very pleasant giving us towels during our round, then proceeds to yell at us from an adjacent fairway screaming "only 4 players allowed, no 5th golfer". My girlfriend was holding my club, he later came over to apologize and admitted he never saw her swing a club but the interaction was so unpleasant. She never took one swing and we paid for her to ride along. Staff needs to do much better
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