Quintero Golf Club

This track is by far one of the most aesthetically pleasing and challenging you'll find in the west valley. It's well worth the drive and the price of admission.(provided you play off peak) It will more than challenge the scratch golfer and absolutely frustrate the beginner, however the scenery will more than make up for any feelings of consternation with the level of difficulty. The day that I played the winds were in excess of 40 mph, making the course play even harder however I came to quickly appreciate the innate challenges the course would provide with or without gale force winds, and it didn't change my mind at all about this track! A must play when visiting the west valley!

This golf course is like a mirage in the desert.

The 1.5-hour drive from Chandler is not a fun trip. Phoenix traffic is always a mess then you

turn onto highway 74, the road that time forgot. It has not changed in 100 years and is still 2 lanes.

The golf course entrance has a desolate winding route with no man made buildings around.

Some temporary structures appear and so do the cart guys. They are helpful.

The man in the Pro Shop isn't a Pro, he works for Farmers' Insurance full-time.

Andy from Wisconsin is friendly and brags about how fast the greens are and how tough the course is.

The journey to the #1 tee and practice area is about 1.5 miles down a lonely road.

The starter is an affable guy from Illinois who also bragged about how fast their greens were

and how tough the course was. The practice greens had just been top dressed and were covered with sand. I asked our starter if the greens on the course were like this and he replied;

"no, they are much better."

Hole #1 is a short par four, and an easy par, but the greens were covered with sand.

I had been deceived. I should have left here immediately but after the long drive, what the hey.

I discovered that there are more flies on Quintero than on any of the eight other courses

we've played.

Also, on our first four holes, we had more maintenance personnel interference than all the other courses combined.

The "GPS" here is rudimentary. There is a small six-inch screen located below and right of the steering wheel with distance to the pin virtually illegible. This is woefully inadequate in comparison to other prime courses.

Tees are not marked 90% of the time. This will cause a big delay if you are a first-time visitor

because not all tee boxes are in play and many are hidden. All other courses that we've played clearly mark each tee box.

The key in playing this course is to stripe a straight drive in the fairway. On par three holes

hitting the green sets you up nice for birdie.

The second shot on par fours is the most important here. Many times an extra club is required

because the greens are located behind punitive bunkers.

Sadly, the top-dressed greens took away a lot of the legendary speed but they all seemed to run true as in straight. Do not give away the hole here.

Rees Jones was channeling a mountain goat on quite a few of these holes. He has designed

a tiered level of tee boxes going up the hillside. The back tees hit from the top and have beautiful vistas. When you wind down to the copper and jade tees, you could find some gnarly tee shots with rocks and vegetation as distractions.

Because of forced carries and tricky, uneven side hill lies, this course is not recommended for high handicap golfers.

This course has had a long history of overbooking/overcrowding and horrendous slow play during the high season.

On a 100 degree day in early May, it took over 4.5 hours to play and we only encountered a ranger once. He was heading to the group in front to sped them up.

Golf Advisor has it right. This course is best in class. The layout has great hole to hole variety, awesome elevation changes, and excellent conditioning. Of the 6 places I played on my trip to Arizona, I'd say this was the best and most unique layout. And if I could only pick one to play again, this would be it.

I loved that there was hardly a house in sight. Desert golf at it's finest.

Great design and use of terrain. Staff was friendly and welcoming. Dining facilities are very modest but the wait staff was excellent and the chicken wings and fries were also top shelf.

So beautiful and well manicured !

Greens so true.

Outlets of cart paths well placed. Doing it again next weekend with my sons!

Course is beautiful. The views, the course conditions and the overall quality were just amazing. This course lives up to all of the hype and the reviews are all accurate I their respect for this course.

Greens were very firm and holding a shot to a front pin was impossible. Noticed that the rack rate if you booked today was 1/2 what we paid by booking a week out. This time of year, it would be well worth it to wait till the day before to book your round.

Pace of play was slow. 5:15 to play the round and lots of waiting. Had an early afternoon time so that may be part of the reason.

Worth the drive and certainly one of the very best courses I have ever played.

The course was in great shape and #9 par 3 was awesome! Loved the layout with very challenging fast greens. Highly recommend!

The views here are spectacular. Tees and fairways were excellent but the greens were a little torn up from ball marks. Greens were as fast as concrete, and our overall experience was great. Don't buy the wings in the snack shop (not good) and smuggle in your drinks. We ordered 4 mixed drinks on the course and were charged $56.00. That's a little out of the park at $14.00 per drink - plus tip !!!

Love this course. It was my first time playing it and I will be playing there a lot more. I'm an average golfer that gets to play once or twice a month and felt that it was a challenging but fair course. Not so difficult that you go home mad. This is the best scenery of any courses I have played since moving to Phoenix! The conditions were perfect. If you haven't played here yet, go check it out. Definitely worth the drive.

While it is a bit of a trek to get to Quintero, what awaits you is what, in my opinion is the best course around Phoenix. The course is really playable with birdies and par opportunities at every hole, but with big scores for poor play. Greens run fast but true. The beauty of the course is amazing and the peacefulness of the surroundings is amazing. Play it, you will love it.

Overall, I found this course to be "Good", but definitely not great. The greens I played were fast and probably 12.5 on the stimp. This speed causes many average golfers grief and caused some long 2nd putts for people less aware of the speed. Short shots rarely stayed close to the hole. The greens had a lot of brown spots and really were not looking proper.

Fairway design was good and kept balls in play with a "bowl-like" shape, so we did not hit a lot of balls into the desert.

There is a 1 mile cart ride from the pro shop to the 1st tee and this same cart ride at the end of the round. This implies a design flaw in where the club house is (imo). I took a wrong turn and fortunately corrected myself. The signs between the pro shop and 1st hole needs to be more emphatic and clear.

The routing of the course is quirky as we often did not know exactly where the next tee's were. We also had to go back and forth finding our tee's. The signage on this course is definitely a problem. We saw 2 groups "lost" and had gone the wrong way.

The Par 3's on this course are impressive. I hit the same club on 3 of them and at least 3 of them are extremely similar in shot selection. Take pictures because these par 3's are the best point of playing this course.

Overall, I like the course, but it is not worth the money from my point of view. It is a long drive from anything and I believe you can do better.

Quintero is one of my favorite courses in the greater Phoenix/Scottsdale area; the course is maintained in pristine condition and provides an excellent test ; fantastic views and vistas are the rule from most holes; staff if friendly and accommodating; will definitely return

We rented the one of the town houses located on the course for 4 nights. The town house, course, staff, and overall experience were outstanding and we will be making it an annual trip.

Course is set in beautiful Desert Mountain Scenery and is just a short drive north and west of Phoenix.

Amazing scenic views, and great layout for golf. A tee box for everybody. I recommend "playing forward" if your an average golfer. Really enjoyed our experience. Cassandra's provides excellent drink and food choices for relaxing after your round.

Thanks Brad, for making our last golf outing to the Phoenix area a great experience!

The positives: The course was really fun to play. Because of the elevation changes, there were big drop-off par 3's, long uphill par 4's and 5's and a nice variety of shot making options. I think I used every club in the bag this round. The greens were fast and fun and the hazards are pretty unique being a higher elevation course (relatively speaking). The fairways were generous and I had a really good time there.

The negatives: The tee boxes were completely chewed up and rarely flat. It stood out as a big issue when you really had to look for a great place to tee up. And the course markings were WEAK. More than a few times we found ourselves looking for the right place to go. Also the staff was a bit rude. I know I'm a younger looking guy, but I was greeted with contempt "Can I help you?" "YOU'RE playing here??". Pretty rude, to be honest. Also, the clubhouse is in completely the wrong spot. You have to drive in a golf cart 5-7 minutes up a huge hill to get to the first tee and practice area. Then, after a long round, you have to drive all the way back down the hill to get back to your car! Crazy. It felt like they built the clubhouse first, then built the course where the course made sense. Very illogical.

So, my gripes have less to do with the track, than the experience of playing here. I'd likely recommend to someone to go check out, but I doubt I'd go back.

Had a 2:14 time, we got there they said we could get started early. That was great as we were a twilight rate and may not have finished our round prior to sunset. Course was absolutely perfect, couldn't find anything wrong with our experience except our scores.... little higher in price but worth every dollar. Bring your camera too for some great pictutes!

Quintero is not only a world class golf course with a challenging layout and beautiful landscapes, but the driving range and multiple putting and chipping greens were an excellent start to our day.

Course was fantastic. Greens were quick and rolled true. Always enjoy playing this course as there are no homes right on the course and you get the true desert feel. Views around the course are phenomenal. Make it a point to play here if you can.