Bear Creek Golf Complex - Bear Course

About
The Bear Course is one of two courses at the Bear Creek Golf Complex; it is a championship-length course while the other, the Cub Course, is an executive length course. The Bear Course is an inland, links-style course with rolling fairways and well-manicured greens. Strategically placed bunkers situated throughout the course add some challenge to the course. A round of golf on this course can be played in less than four hours. The Bear Creek Golf Complex, in addition to the two courses, also offers a full grass driving range, two putting greens, and a short game area with a bunker.
Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
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Gold | 71 | 6825 yards | 71.6 | 122 |
Blue | 71 | 6418 yards | 69.6 | 116 |
White | 71 | 5978 yards | 67.3 | 110 |
White (W) | 71 | 5978 yards | 73.0 | 122 |
Combo (W) | 71 | 5442 yards | 68.9 | 111 |
Red (W) | 71 | 4990 yards | 66.7 | 104 |
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
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Gold M: 71.3/120 | 397 | 154 | 513 | 363 | 179 | 556 | 421 | 211 | 458 | 3252 | 437 | 460 | 531 | 406 | 458 | 196 | 299 | 228 | 558 | 3573 | 6825 |
Blue M: 69.2/114 | 367 | 144 | 485 | 346 | 164 | 544 | 411 | 176 | 423 | 3060 | 398 | 452 | 522 | 393 | 376 | 185 | 289 | 211 | 532 | 3358 | 6418 |
White M: 67.0/109 W: 73.6/124 | 334 | 129 | 472 | 291 | 139 | 508 | 370 | 142 | 399 | 2784 | 385 | 420 | 492 | 371 | 369 | 172 | 276 | 187 | 522 | 3194 | 5978 |
White/Red M: 64.5/101 W: 69.9/117 | 278 | 129 | 472 | 291 | 139 | 466 | 301 | 142 | 377 | 2595 | 385 | 325 | 492 | 371 | 293 | 89 | 276 | 162 | 454 | 2847 | 5442 |
Red M: 62.3/94 W: 67.5/109 | 278 | 101 | 416 | 242 | 124 | 466 | 301 | 113 | 377 | 2418 | 306 | 325 | 434 | 290 | 293 | 89 | 219 | 162 | 454 | 2572 | 4990 |
Handicap | 13 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 6 | |||
Par | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 71 |
Handicap (W) | 9 | 17 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 6 |
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Photo submitted by Chad8598533 on 08/16/2025
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Photo submitted by Joe7498244 on 02/24/2025
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Photo submitted by gvandermars on 02/11/2025
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Photo submitted by gvandermars on 02/11/2025
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Photo submitted by gvandermars on 02/11/2025
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Hole 18 is a tough or glorious finish Photo submitted by donpesek on 02/04/2024
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Photo submitted by Elliottsdad on 04/25/2023
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Photo submitted by slvrlude7 on 04/15/2023
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Photo submitted by Redmustang1004 on 06/12/2021
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Photo submitted by u110997898 on 05/13/2018
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6th tee, water on the right. Photo submitted by tomjorgensen on 12/02/2012
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Looking down the 18th fairway. Photo submitted by tomjorgensen on 12/02/2012
Fun, challenging course
Love this track and was in outstanding shape. Shame they will tear it up next week for overseeding, but it has come out even better the last few years
No thank you
The course has gone down hill. Is to be taken care of and lots of native grass areas. Now it’s just dirt. The fairways are narrow surrounded by dirt. Revamp the course to make it more playable. Stop sending 6 somes out ruining the pace of play. Get some water out on the course your stupid cups from the bar are everywhere. It was embarrassing. I won’t be back.
Revamp the course.
All the waste areas are garbage. The native grass is basically gone so revamp this course. So many narrow blond fairways that if the waste areas were taken care of the course would be much more playable. Or manicure it, the course used to be gorgeous so I could accept the difficulty. Don’t let 6 somes play. It sucks so bad to stand and wait 10 minutes per hole and by the 13 it’s was 20. Garbage management.
FIVE HOURS 15 MINUTES PLAYING TIME
Absolutely the worst managed course I have played on in a long time. Marshall was totally useless to speed up the pace of play. Saw him once or twice over 5 hrs and 15 minutes and at no point did he do anything to speed up the pace of play. Groups in front of me wasted all sorts of time looking for lost balls.
HIGHLY RECOMMEND AVOIDING THIS COURSE AT ALL TIMES.
Course is in great shape this time of year for summer Arizona heat. Fairways were in great shape with minor bald spots and greens rolled true. However, there was a strange cutting pattern (hashtag-type) on the greens which made it very difficult to read the breaks and speed.
Bear Creek does a great job keeping the course in fantastic shape year round. Winter months it’s a bit overpriced, but summer time you get a great course with awesome value.
Nice Course
Good shape for August. Greens are nice. Would play here again
Greens Are Back!
It only took a couple of weeks and the greens are rolling nicely again. Course was a little wet in some of the low lying areas and traps, probably as a result of trying to green things up a bit. I don’t know the first thing about greens keeping, but it strikes me that keeping a golf course in good shape through the summer is a bit of a challenge and Bear Creek does a better job than most courses in this price range, at least in the east valley.
BKR 7-13-2025 Bear Creek
Overall,
Very pleased with the round of golf we experienced. Course play was monitored really well to ensure a steady pace.
The bartenders were great and very polite. We enjoyed sitting for a cold beer after finishing our round.
Greens Punched
Course was in as good a shape as ever, aside from the greens being recently punched, which made them a little slow and bumpy, of course. Not a complaint. Just a heads up for anyone playing this week. Otherwise, everything was great!
Greens
We're nice rolling but had to be firm put.... They've really cleaned it up. It looks great. Been like that for a couple years but right now it's the best I've seen in the area
Punched greens
Greens were unputtable. TeeOff did not alert me that they were just punched. I had to quit on the 2nd hole and get a tee time credit. Wait at least 3 weeks to play here
Greens were puched
Fairways and tee boxes are fantastic, but they didn't mention that the greens had been punched the day before. That ruined an otherwise great day.
Fairways and greens
It was an absolute pleasure to see a a fair way and the greens in excellent condition in the middle of summer in Arizona. Don't know what they're doing but boy was it. Nice. They had a 2-in rough and then a nice rolling. Fairways greens were semi-fast but no spots. No burns on the greens or nothing. Very happy and the price was excellent and all the courses we played this year. This was the by far the best
Nice Course Overall
Course was in great shape overall. Checkin staff and bag boys were friendly as well. The Marshal threw off our vibe on hole 1 with his nasty demeaner. Would not go back because of him. Also, bar closed around 3 on a Saturday which felt weird since we just wanted a cold one after a hot round.
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