Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club

Fun day of golf on a great course and I played lousy. Sand ate my lunch! Still enjoyed the visit and nothing negative except my game

Great facilities. The staff was exceptional from the golf folks to the waitress and everyone we met. I know the name includes”Dunes” but this was over kill. Way to many sand traps for the good to average to beginners. The traps had too many various textures. Some were packed tight and some were soft and fluff. Very difficult to be consistan out of the sand.

Never lets me down. Reasonably difficult but fair. Short holes have tough greens, long holes have mild greens. Lots of bunker carries off the tee which I like. Greens fast and true. Always make a tee time at SD when I am here.

Did not really enjoy. Course in good condition, but was too cold and miserable from wind to appreciate. Bunkers bunkers bunkers.....

Couldn’t believe how cool this place was. It was an incredible deal at $60, and it is an absolute steal of a deal if you can play for anything less than $100. Absolutely loved it. Tees, fairways and greens were just perfect, greens were very quick, and the layout made the course an interesting round, all handicaps really have to think around this place, especially lower handicaps, which is especially rare in a golf course. It also might be the quietest round you will ever play, just a serene setting.

Southern Dunes was a very good experience. The range, practice area, and putting green were good. The layout and bunkering are unique and make it different than other desert courses. It seemed to play a little shorter than the overall yardage. I would definitely play it again.

When we got to the course we were told it was cart path only due to recent percipitation. I have a bad hip but we played anyway since I had booked this through golfnow and would have had to pay anyway. Pace of play very slow. Waited 10 minutes on almost every tee box and another five to hit the next shot. Does not make for an enjoyable round of golf and the course management did nothing to speed up the pace of play. This is not the first time this has happened to me at this course. My partner and I quite after thirteen holes. Just was an unaccelptable pace. When I got back to the clib house I spoke with personnel about what had happened and went to the clubhouse for lunch. A while later we aere approached by the manager and was offered a discount on a round of golf. I refused this because I thought why would I put myself through this again. He said he understood and left. At the end of the meal our wattress said the manager had comped our meal which was very nice of him but does not change the fact that I will not play here again. It seems like they will not try to speed up slow players and risk upsetting them and losing future business which I understand. This is not well thought out since they do not take into account how many people say nothing but they do not come back. They need to institute a pace of play policy and inforce it.

Course is always nice to play. A little wet obviously with the rain but not bad. Cart path only due to the rain which was the only bad thing as the round was long.

830am tee time, so there was a slight frost warning which meant cart path only - but only for approx. 4 holes. Course was in great condition. They had workers all over the course keeping it in good condition. Bunkers in good shape - and there are plenty of bunkers (and I saw many of them up close!). I rank this course in my top 3 in the entire Phoenix valley area. Pro shop people, restaurant, starter, cart guys, beverage girl, etc. everyone top notch. Good practice area and putting green also. Tip: Do like me, drop the wife off at the casino (Harrah's Ak-Chin) and come play Souther Dunes! Winning combo!!

The course is in great shape. The fairways are green and lush, and the greens are well mowed and consistent. The bunkers are abundant and they protect the greens and require good course management for a good score. the course is pretty open, but the bunkers and waste areas are the ones that protect the course from big hitters. Very enjoyable. Highly recommended.

Southern Dunes is a phenomenal track. Fun layout, great conditions and awesome amenities. Better than most if not all the great courses in Scottsdale for 1/3 the price.

Course Marshall could have sorted out a better than 5 hour round as one foursome was the problem for a bunch of foursomes

Love this course. You have to hit the ball straight. There are over 100 traps. The course condition was good but it was cart path only, which I knew when I scheduled the round.

very good course, nice layout and conditioning.

only nit is women tee boxes are an afterthought. On several, looks like the just put a couple of tee markers in the fairway. Needs some work