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4.2
214 Reviews (214)
5 Stars
91
4 Stars
97
3 Stars
15
2 Stars
6
1 Stars
5
Conditions
3.9
Value
4.0
Layout
4.4
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
4.6
Amenities
4.2
90.4%
Recommend this course
199 out of 214 reviews
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3.8
8 Reviews (8)
5 Stars
1
4 Stars
5
3 Stars
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0
Conditions
3.3
Value
3.9
Layout
4.3
Pace
4.5
Amenities
4.0
StaffFriendliness
4.6
75.0%
Recommend this course
6 out of 8 reviews
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3.9
18 Reviews (18)
5 Stars
5
4 Stars
9
3 Stars
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1
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1
Conditions
3.4
Value
3.7
Layout
4.1
Pace
4.4
Amenities
3.9
StaffFriendliness
4.3
83.3%
Recommend this course
15 out of 18 reviews
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Course Highlights
Granite Falls South delivers a country club-like experience with a well-regarded layout, strong amenities, and consistently friendly staff. Rounds move efficiently, with recent golfers frequently completing play in under four hours.

About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Style Desert/Traditional
Par 72
Length 6839 yards
Slope 122
Rating 71.6

Granite Falls Golf Club offers two courses, the North Course and the South Course. Rolling hills sprinkled with stately trees and large greens define both courses. The South Course has a challenging layout that appeals to all skill levels with four sets of tees and subtle but effective bunkering. Water comes into play on 10 holes. The golf course offers a scenic finishing hole that has two lakes, joined by a cascading waterfall with a fountain in the background. In addition to the two golf courses, Granite Falls Golf Club boasts extensive practice facilities including a short game area with a practice bunker, two putting greens, and a grass driving range with target areas.

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Course Details

Year Built 1997
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Billy Casper (1997) Greg Nash (1997)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
GPS No
Pull-carts No
Caddies Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Appropriate golf attire.

Available Facilities

Clubhouse

Accolades

  • Golf Advisor: Top Courses in Arizona (2024 #5) (2019 #18)
  • Golf Advisor: Top 25 Courses for Pace of Play in the U.S. (2024 #10)
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Reviews

4.2
214 Reviews (214)

What Golfers Are Saying

Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 12
Undulating Greens 9
Water Hazards 9
This course/club is great for:
Advanced Golfers 7
Locals 7
Seniors 7
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 7
Convenient to the City 6
In the 'Burbs 6

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Played On
Reviews 14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 35
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Fun track

Really enjoy this course. Presents a reasonable challenge. A bit pricey if you are not a resident but still like to play it.

Disappointed that the restaurant was closed for repairs. That was the case a year ago as well.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 35
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 35
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Enjoyable Course

This is a fun course to play. Like to play it at lease once when we are visiting in Phoenix.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great time

The course was in great shape. I will definitely go again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Pace of play - over 5 hours

Played here many times….however, the pace of play was terrible on 11/11/23. Over 5 hours to complete the round. The two foresome’s in front of us were the cause. A ranger final surfaced on the 16th hole and recognized the two hole gap in front of these two foresomes. He was very apologetic, but the round was nearly over at that point

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

SLOW!

I love playing here, played multiple times. The greens are nice since the redo, still fast and hard. Everything else was pretty rough, however overseed about to happen so no biggy. The pace of place however was horrible, a single foursome held up multiple groups for entire 9 holes, zero concern given or no awareness of groups stacked up behind them. If you’re gonna have a marshal then actually marshal. Otherwise, great course and group was awesome, I was a single with three other residents.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 17
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great course, tough rough!

We enjoyed the course layout and it's condition in comparison to other courses in the valley. The greens were cut really short, so they were really fast. We will return as its a nice course to play.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 32
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Definitely recommend

My wife and daughter take lessons at this course, and I have hit on the driving range more than a few times. Pro shop staff are great! We are able to get a reasonable time today and specifically because we were doing a ride along, was able to talk to the pro shop and get a tee time that was early to where we weren’t eating up the day, but also where we did not have anyone in front of us. Course is not overly complicated and everyone is an absolute joy to work with. Rangers are driving around making sure people are acting right, but also handing out ice towels, especially in greater than 105° weather. Exceptional crew and great place to play. Will definitely be back.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 110
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 299
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Arizona Advisor
Top 25 Contributor
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Still good

Still lots of grasshoppers on the course. I got pelted by flying grasshoppers while driving the cart. The birds are enjoying the free meals. It was fun watching them as I waited on the group ahead of me to clear. The course is in good shape. Greens are still hard and fast. The aprons were wet on several of the approach shots to the green. If you hit the apron the ball stopped dead and made a deep ball mark.

Fairways are good. There is sand in the sand traps. This is an oddity in AZ. The island green is fun. That is probably one of my favorite holes.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 299
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Arizona Advisor
Verified Purchaser
Top 25 Contributor
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Grasshoppers

Lots of grasshoppers on the course. Not a problem, just lots of flying bugs.

The course was in decent shape. Greens are hard, fast and slick. Putts would slide by the hole. Seems like the greens are packed sand with too thin of a grass base. One thing I will mention is that a group of members that I caught up to on the back 9 played incredibly slow. They spent 20 minutes searching for balls on each hole and then slowly finished the hole. I was only behind them for 4 holes, but they took longer to play these 4 holes than I did for the entire front 9 and a few holes on the back 9. C'mon guys. 3 minutes is the rule. Even if you took 5 minutes maybe, but 20 minutes at each hole? If you know you are that poor of a golfer (with absolutely no etiquette) you should bring extra balls with you. They are not a long lost heirloom that would justify the extensive and exhaustive search.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 110
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

decent course, the only thing I didn't like was the greens. They were very hard and its hard to land on the green and have it stick. A lot of rolling off the back . The good thing was the bunkers , they had real sand.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 21
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Nice course

Pace of play was good. We played in just under 4 hours. Fairways were in good shape. Greens were lightening fast

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Very good course, not great

Course has some great holes and a few that are average at best. No ball washers and some holes without garbage container is different.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser

Overseeding

I wish I knew before playing that the greens had been sanded. The greens were fast which is fine but they wouldn’t hold on most shots

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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