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MountainView Golf Club at Saddlebrooke sits at an elevation of 3,200 feet, offering both dramatic elevation changes and spectacular views. The course sits at the base of the Catalina Mountain range near Tucson, nestled into the mesquite-covered foothills. Gary Panks, the golf course's designer, saw the potential of the landscape and utilized the many natural hazards. He also incorporated subtle mounding and strategically placed bunkers that blend seamlessly into the natural terrain. Panks created a fair challenge with this layout but the wide, player-friendly landing areas makes the golf course approachable for beginners. The second hole is one of the most scenic holes on the course but it is also one of the layout's more difficult holes. Golfers will find a mesquite-filled wash crossing the fairway before facing an uphill shot to a green guarded by trees and bunkers.
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Mountainview
Fairways in fair condition and greens were good except for #14 which has a very unfair slope into the right hand bunker.
No customer support whatsoever...
To cut costs Mountainview has cut staff to the bone. Only one employee in the pro shop, the rangers don't even come in until the afternoon and then they only pick the range and wash carts. You can forget about any customer service on the course.
The threesome I was suppose to join decided to blow me off, went out early sending my playing partner to join a 3 some in front of them and adding two of their buddies {who had not checked in or paid for their round}.
Spent half an hour trying to find them only to end up stuck playing alone surrounded by foursomes.
The Proshop could not have cared less and being the only employee he had no way to do anything. All they want is your money and then you are flat out on your own.
Management has moved to Saddlebooke Ranch in anticipation of the HOA buying the course and could not care less about on course issues.
This used to be a decent golf experience and I can only hope it will get better when the HOA takes over but for now you pays you money and takes your chances...
If you only want to golf
I played this course last year was in a lot better shape.They do not have any beaveage service on the course,they fail to tell you about it.They do not sell any alcoholic beverages,last year they told us they were getting there permit for selling.So if you want a place to play and enjoy a beverage during or after with lunch doing go there.
frost delay
We had a 30 minute frost delay upon arrival but the course was in perfect shape. Greens were a bit fast and hard. The Deer on the course was an added treat. You could almost touch them.
Greens
In a few greens, need a bit of fixing, as they have on holes 1& 2
play this course while in tucson
We joined up with a couple from Tucson which made for an enjoyable golfing experience.
Course is OK, amenities are aweful.
I have played this course 8-10 times and have had mixed experiences ranging from pace of play issues to poor service. However the value and layout always brought me back. This last time was very frustrating. There was only 1 spot on the course to get any water and where they had a ice/water dispenser near the clubhouse....no cups. The course is changing ownership I was told and maybe the new regime will be better, but this was terrible. We stopped at the turn and went into the restaurant to get water and it took 10 minutes for the 4 of us to get served (there was only 6 people total in the area and 2 servers. We asked to buy drinks (either sports drink or beer) for the back nine and they told us they could not help, even though we had been served both on a trip to the course 2 months ago. I can only hope things will get better.
Real grass p greens again! Dormant dwarf Bermuda greens should outlawed. They're basically sand painted green.
Good riddance and thank you Mtn View for changing backp
Up the conditions
I live in Saddlebrooke and play here frequently. The course conditions have deteriorated in the last 6 months. The fairways were getting thin and looking shabby. I played soon after it had been reseeded and closed for 3 weeks. You would expect fairways in excellent condition. Not the case! Still a lot of patches of no grass and the middle of the fairways where you would expect you would have plush, thick grass, it was just minimally better. I think Saddlebrooke needs to replace their golf course manager. There isn't any reason they can't improve the overall condition. The Saddlebrooke 1 courses have just reopened and their fairways are thick and in perfect condition. Must up your course conditions as the snow birds are here and the amount of play is going to increase resulting in further deterioration.
Deer on almost every fairway on the back nine (a good thing)
The course is in good shape. If you don’t mind cart path only. Sand traps were moist and compacted. All in all a good day of golf.
We have been more than pleased with both, the Mountain View Golf Course and The Preserve Golf Course at Saddlebrook. Both have million dollar views of the mountains, plenty of wildlife to see, and very reasonable rates for such beautiful courses. A definite "MUST GO" golf course!
Greens several fairways
The fairly new greens which do not require overseeding and are in great shape, were very long and so slow as to be unputtable. Several o f the fairways were mostly bare dirt despite being overseeding 4 weeks ago
Course is in very good condition
Mountain View golf course is in very good condition. Would recommend playing it.
Cheap but got what I paid for...
As the overseed closure approaches most serious course maintenance has been abandoned. The greens are ridiculously slow and many fairways are still browned out {despite the monsoon rains}.
I like the course but wish they would maintain it. No Rangers available. One of the carts broke down and the pro shop would not even answer the phone. Not that it would have done any good as there is no-one working except the pro shop guy until the ranger comes in early afternoon and all they do is pick the range and wash/stage carts.
Used to be a great course but since the developer has a {pending}, sale of the course to the HOA any effort to maintain it has gone to heck.
Makes for a decent practice round at best and this time of year it is cheap on Golf Now but seriously... maintain the course!