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3.8
1595 Reviews (1595)
5 Stars
574
4 Stars
719
3 Stars
192
2 Stars
73
1 Stars
37
Conditions
3.4
Value
4.0
Layout
4.5
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.9
81.8%
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1431 out of 1595 reviews
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3.5
31 Reviews (31)
5 Stars
9
4 Stars
8
3 Stars
7
2 Stars
5
1 Stars
2
Conditions
3.3
Value
3.9
Layout
4.4
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.8
StaffFriendliness
4.4
74.2%
Recommend this course
23 out of 31 reviews
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3.6
141 Reviews (141)
5 Stars
39
4 Stars
41
3 Stars
39
2 Stars
12
1 Stars
10
Conditions
3.2
Value
3.9
Layout
4.4
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.7
StaffFriendliness
4.5
77.3%
Recommend this course
109 out of 141 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Style Desert
Par 72
Length 7206 yards
Slope 141
Rating 73.1

del Lago Golf Club sits at an elevation of 3,400 feet, enjoying a temperature that is five degrees cooler than Tucson in the summer, which makes a big difference under the hot Arizona sun. Winding through the hills and valleys of the high desert, the golf course features over 120 feet of elevation changes that present tricky uneven lies. The dramatic undulations also offer beautiful views of the Rincon and Santa Catalinas Mountain ranges. Golfers start at the highest point on the course and then play down into the valley before getting to the back nine, which plays along the Pantano Wash. The first hole is the only forced carry on the course, the remaining holes are friendlier off the tees. Seven lakes dot the golf course, coming into play on six holes, and there is also heavy bunkering around the greens.

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Course Details

Year Built 2000
Fairways Bermuda/Rye Grass
Greens Tif Eagle Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Dick Nugent (2000) Tim Nugent (2000)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
GPS No
Pull-carts No
Caddies No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted Yes
Walking Allowed No
Dress code Collared shirt required, no denim

Food & Beverage

Restaurant, Beverage Carts
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3.8
1595 Reviews (1595)

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Played On
Reviews 42
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 17
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Poor del Lago

I love this course. Unfortunately it is showing sign of age and neglect. A lot of the neglect comes from the caliber of payers too. So many times I see players not having good course etiquette. "Respect the course and help Take Care of the Course". Tearing up the fairways , not driving where the should. Par 3's with cart path only. And they won't observe it. They need marshaling Bad.

The course it shelve need some major upgrades. Cart Paths especially. When you let a course run down. The caliber of players don't care either. The better courses in Tucson, restrict the payers entry from the tee boxes to the fairways. del Lago is the wild west drive the carts anywhere you like. del Lago needs to put up ropes and barriers to preserve the course. Here is the two yr. Plan. Shut down one side (9) holes. Do an overlay of fresh asphalt. Put in cart barriers for the fairways. Put in more Trash cans . Some jerks won't use them anyway, throw their beers cans in the bushes. Next year do the same for the other 9 holes. It gets enough play, they just need to put money back in it.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 62
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Pace of play

The course was in great shape. Played on the weekend and the pace of play was slow. A marshal would have been nice to see out on the course. But still had a wonderful time.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Course is in solid shape. Tee boxes, fairways, and greens all in good condition!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 17
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Good Average course

The course is starting to show it's age. The bunkers have always been bad. They said they just upgraded>>>all they did was to put more sand on top of the rocks.

They did a fairly good job of over seeding. There's still a lot of fairways that are in demise. Greens were in good shape.

Just getting old and need some major financial improvements. But all in all, fun track to play

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 37
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

A friendly practice round

Played with a friend prior to a group outing. Course was in excellent shape and staff is alwayd super friendly. Understand that periodic mowing after a very successful overseed will make the fairways and greens that much more quicker! It's a challenging track and lots of opportunities to test your golf game.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Mindy

Excellently designed course, just needs upgrades. Cart paths and a few difficult to maintain areas in the fairways.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 132
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Course is Fun To Play

Only real criticism is SLOW PLAY! Our round was almost five hours and frustrating.on almost every hole. Greens were in good shape, albeit slower than expected. So, putts were hard to read for both speed and break. Fairways in good shape and hitting them is at a premium. Will play again, but hopefully without the slow play we experienced.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Resident Rates

I have lived in Del Lago since 2008. Why do we not have resident Rates or Veteran rates? I would play more and use the restaurant more, which means more revenue. However, I have discovered that rates will increase? That only means that I will play elsewhere. I would love to eat, drink and play here, that's one of the reasons I moved here, besides the peaceful town of Vail. I believe the Del Lago Golf course could thrive and have more revenue if residents could play at more reasonable rates, since we live and pay taxes here. This would only invite residents to play more and spend more at the clubhouse and restaurant.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 11/13/2023

I totally agree with this review. Wonderful course layout and design and very challenging. Condition is honestly the best it has been in 7 years I have been playing it. They unfortunately as this reviewer said do not support locals over anyone else and plans are to get worse. I think they have forgotten who supports them during the entire year. This is course is well worth playing now before rates go up. You will enjoy the course and bring your A game as you will need it.

Played On
Reviews 22
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart

Gem in Tucson area

Just 20 minutes south of Tucson, the course is a hidden gem. Pace of play was great. Conditions were fantastic for this time of year. It was very windy but did not diminish the enjoyment. Nice driving range and great carts. A couple bunkers were void of sand.

We will definitely return.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

It is gettting better each week

I play del Lago weekly and run the del Lago Men's League for Events so I see the course of time. For those who have not played del Lago it is a truely Championship layout - one of the best in Tucson, but over the years the course condition, traps, greens, desert area have had varying degrees of conditions. Generally the traps have not been maintained well and are very inconsistent. Greens go from great to slow as molasses. All that being said, in my seven years at del Lago this is the best overseed season I have seen. Lots of grass on greens and fairways. the problem is speed. Superintendent just did not want to cut the greens down. He has now and will continue each week unti they are running around 10 to 10.5 on stemp. Yesterday the course was really good with fairways cut down(not totall down but much better) and greens were running very nice and smooth. They continue to add sand to traps and are doing a better job with maintaining. We all have to rack again as we got away from that during Covid. Overall the course is really looking good and in two or so weeks it will be a great test. Layout when greens get fast and fairways are cut down is a true challenge. Well worth the trip to play a great layout.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0

I have been playing this course for over 25 years. The course ha had its ups and downs. The course is now in good shape however the bunkers and cart paths are terrible. The bunkers have been bad for a couple of years and it seems that the owner of the course doesn't want to repair them and make them playable.. the cart paths have been bad for quite a while. It is too bad because otherwise it is a very nice course.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Groundskeepers

I noticed on some holes, particularly #12, that whoever does goes around and trims trees leaves it in large piles off to side of the golf course for months on end. This attracts rat nests within these piles which in turn attracts rattlesnakes to a buffet right next to the fairways. I’ve never played on a golf course where the groundskeepers didn’t clean up after trimming trees, they just create piles next to the golf course at Del Lago. Is it that hard to just rent a wood chipper and clean up what you trim?

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
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 11
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course and staff

Everyone we encountered at this golf course was friendly and professional. The course itself was in great shape, challenging and fun to play.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 18
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Slow play. Rude patrons.

Very slow play. Waited on every tee box, often 5+ minutes.

Local patrons behind us hit our cart once and twice criticized us for slow play. Not true, very rude. Acted like they owned the place and didn't tolerate visiting players.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
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