Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club

Good day but please do something about raking the bunkers

Dropped bags, parked car, checked in, paid for fees, went to driving range, putted, and then got to starter to be told it was cart path only. No one said a word about this until we were in the cart ready to tee off. As a 72 year old with a bad back just after a series of epidural pain shots I asked if there was an exemption or if I could get a blue handicap flag. Never a problem at other courses, even during over-seeding. Not here. Flatly refused, even after talking to head pro. I had no choice but to walk and play and after 18 holes the pain was unbearable. I was with others so I battled through. After observing the course there was no need to have cart path only in my humble opinion as it was in excellent shape and the fairways were completely grown out and solid. At the very least the 90 degree rule would have been more than acceptable. They've lost me as a customer. The course is extremely contrived to be as difficult as possible with more bunkers than a WWII battlefield, so if you're not a straight shooter these narrow dog leg fairways will eat you up. If you don't have a 5 index or better don't play here. There are way too many better courses and much more user friendly ones in the Phoenix area to not have to play here.

Great course. Only negative is silly women tee boxes. Looks like they Just set them up in the fairway at times.

The course is great. The layout is challenging with LOTS of sand. The course was cart path only due over seeding, which made pace of play slower. Overall, it was a great round with good course conditions.

Great people but marshals should stop and check that all is well with players. Our gps didn’t work fore 1/2 the round & cart path only made the round too much work to be fun...

Just a blast to play. Lots of sandtraps, but all in excellent condition. A course that makes you think.

This course is on our banker list. It's a bit of a drive away from our Hotel in Scottsdale but worth it. There was a tournament on the day we played so there was some pretty mean pin positions but the course we in great shape. We booked an 11am time however they let us start early, which we good. It's just a nice and varied course and I'd recommend this track to any visiting golfers. Drinks and food on the Pati after, seemed a little steep but that's for you to decide. We'll play here again when we return.

Fantastic challenge, friendly staff. Quiet and inexpensive in the summer.

Fun course to play but it is waaay under sloped. With 100+ traps, some right in the middle of the fairway, and darn near every green very well protected, a 118 slope from the whites is far from accurate. I'd put it much closer to 130. Summer rates are fantastic at around $45 but I'm not sure I'd shell out the $140 or so it would take in prime season.

All went well today. Last week had a horrible starter who put a 4 some in front of us on 10 after we had just left nine green. Holding us up for 10 minutes. He told us to take a break and go to the bathroom. Very rude!!!! Changed our pace of play. Reported to pro... hope he talked with the rude starter.

The course was great! My only real complaint is the food and beverage prices aren’t what you would expect for Maricopa. I guess they figure you drove all the way out there, so you are going to pay a higher price b/c nothing else is around. But the course itself was very fair, very playable and tough pin placements. If the food and beverage prices were a little more reasonable, I would consider making the drive again to play there.

One of my favorite courses to play. This course is always in great shape and the staff is excellent.

I love this course! Staff is friendly and this is a true upscale Troon course and well worth the drive out. Then Greens are healing nicely from the rough transition to summertime only found 2 left that are still a little bumpy.

Rare for me to write a review, but I feel a responsibility to the golfers who are familiar with the course. Was excited to play after not having been there for some time. Remembered to wear slacks for the mosquitoes. Pro shop had spray available at no charge. Practice green was horrible, looked like some kind of infection. I had read some reviews that said something about an aeration and felt like the month would have been enough to recover. I asked the starter if the practice green reflected the course and he said yes. Went on to say something about aeration but my mind was closed. The greens are suffering something way worse than aeration. Wont be going back for some time, and i recommend you dont if you like putting even a little bit.

We were lucky enough to snag an early tee time and enjoy the course under "cooler" conditions. Good laylout and properly named. Lots of sand. When we finished though the temp was creeping in on 100 degrees. Only thing to note was the greens were a little on the slow and bumpy side. It appeared that they were prepping for punching them. I would play the course again.

The course didn’t impress me at all. The layout is ok but the greens are horrific. Was told the cool spring effected how the summer grass took hold. The weather is the same all over the valley and these greens are the worst I’ve seen. The “#8 course in Arizona” title is a JOKE!!

Save you money and time, play somewhere else.