del Lago Golf Club

Course in good shape, though a little dry in spots. Greens in excellent condition. Interesting layout, lots of rolling hills, beautiful mountain views. Several water features, but easy enough for even a novice like me! Traps had little to no sand, so playing out of them wasn't terribly hard.

I would say a very good course for a novice or intermediate player, and I ended up being paired with a couple of nice guys ad hoc, and had an excellent day!

My wife and I enjoyed a round of golf at Del Lago

for her Birthday. Staff was very friendly and got

us off promptly! Course was in great shape. We

Thoroughly enjoyed the round and plan to play the course again soon!

Great experience!

A truly beautiful course that was well maintained and very fast play speed. Other than golf, there was lots of AZ wildlife on display, which was a highlight for me. Will definitely come back in December with my family.

Good course 4:40 minute round. 2 4somes we're doing a home grown tournament. 3-4 groups on 7 of 9 holes on back waiting on them. Ranger drove through repeatedly and nothing changed. Other than that great course.

It’s a good course not an excellent course. Compared to other courses in the area with similar quality and facilities, this course it’s a little overpriced.

I have been playing at Del Lago since 2007 and as our golf superintendent changed this year our greens have become quite inconsistent and no longer are being rolled which is a bummer. I also had the pleasure of meeting the owner a few times and learned that he was committed to new bunkers and removing some of them that aren't really in play for easier maintenance moving forward. I even paid an extra $500 in my membership this year to offset the cost for this work effort. However, the work was never completed but they kept the money just the same. If you play with decent irons I would play elsewhere as your clubs will be damaged hitting out of the bunkers as rocks are simply to common place.

I do hope that things improve as I live so close to the course and have enjoyed the people and the layout has so much opportunity but am not sure ownership sees it the same way.

Play well players!

This is the course I’ve probably played more than any other over the past 15 years or so. There was a time when it was probably my favorite in the Tucson area, but upkeep has gone downhill a bit in recent years. It has an incredible layout and variety of challenges. If they were to invest some money and give it a refresh I think it would be nearly world class.

The course was in suprisingly good condition considering the summer weather. The greens were in good shape as well as the fairways. The terrain was varied and challenging at times. We pretty much had the course to ourselves. The restaurant service was good and the food and beer was good.

Golf course is in very nice shape, as far as fairway & greens.. Greens a bit slow, due to heat. However the sand traps are terrible.

Monsoon season has arrived in the high desert which means afternoon golf is both entertaining and risky. Del Lago is nestled in a neighborhood in Vail and has some good views of the Rincon Mountains nearby and Mt Lemmon in the distance. There are some fun elevated tees, challenging blind dog legs, and frequent winds which makes you think about what club to hit whether it’s a head, tail or cross wind. I learned that again as I hit my 7 iron on #7. I hit it solid and watched the head wind grab it and drop it 5 yards shy of the green with the pin in the back. Of course the opposite is quite fun when I hit my tee shot on #10 with a tail wind 335 yards when I usually average around 260-280 depending on how solidify I hit it. It’s an elevated tee shot with a downhill landing, so on a tailwind day, you get both aids! On this day, I played the front nine and a monsoon started to threaten which brought lightning. I don’t do lightning. So, at the turn, I came inside and waited it out. Once the lightning finished, I ended up playing the back 9 in an hour and 15 minutes because most had left!

The positives: Greens are green. Fairways are green. Tees are green. The course is in great shape. It’s a course that brings some good challenges and has something for every level of player in my opinion. If you’re advanced then hit from the tips and test that experience. If you’re not a long ball hitter then hit from the second tees. It takes a lot of the desert out and allows for a nice round. I split the difference and play from the gold tees. The people here are nice. I’ve interacted with multiple people in the golf shop, marshalls, and cart gals. They’ve all been fantastic.

The negatives: The sand traps are awful. And I mean awful. They’re more like compacted mud with rocks to chip your irons traps. What is it with Tucson and sand traps with dirt and rocks instead of actual sand??? Honestly, I take a drop every time I get in one. I don’t want to chip my clubs. It’s a pretty big negative because I like the challenge of sand play, but I refuse to play out of these. Seems to be a thing in the high desert at other courses as well. The only other negative is picky and that is that the greens were really slow. That being said, I get it. It’s summertime here and cutting them to the point it takes to make them fast would probably kill them with the desert heat. I’ve played this course in the fall, winter and spring and the greens are quicker those times of year.

All in all, this course is well worth it especially for a hot rate!