Desert Hills GC
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4.4
552 Reviews (552)
5 Stars
206
4 Stars
288
3 Stars
45
2 Stars
8
1 Stars
5
Conditions
4.5
Value
4.5
Layout
4.5
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
4.0
Amenities
4.4
96.2%
Recommend this course
531 out of 552 reviews
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Average Rating
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4.5
36 Reviews (36)
5 Stars
23
4 Stars
9
3 Stars
2
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.8
Value
4.5
Layout
4.6
Pace
3.9
Amenities
4.5
StaffFriendliness
4.6
94.4%
Recommend this course
34 out of 36 reviews
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4.5
37 Reviews (37)
5 Stars
23
4 Stars
10
3 Stars
2
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.7
Value
4.5
Layout
4.5
Pace
3.9
Amenities
4.5
StaffFriendliness
4.6
94.6%
Recommend this course
35 out of 37 reviews
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Course Highlights
Desert Hills consistently delivers excellent course conditions, with fast, well-maintained greens and lush fairways that impress repeat visitors and travelers alike. The layout offers 18 distinctly varied holes with challenging elevation changes and undulation, all at outstanding value.

About

Holes 18
Type Municipal
Style Desert/Traditional
Par 72
Length 6800 yards
Slope 119
Rating 71.8
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Course Details

Year Built 1973
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Forrest Richardson

Rentals/Services

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

Practice/Instruction

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

Policies

Fivesomes Allowed Yes
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Collared shirt, no cut-offs, denim ok.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Snacks, Grill, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities
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Reviews

4.4
552 Reviews (552)

What Golfers Are Saying

Course Challenges Include:
Elevation Changes 6
Water Hazards 6
This course/club is great for:
Seniors 7
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 7
Near the Airport 6

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Played On
Reviews 21
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great place to play

This is a long and challenging golf course. The greens are large, undulating and in great shape

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Desert Hills never disappoints! Friendly staff, nice lay out!!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
1.0

Poorly managed booking system

We phoned and got a tee time for the next day and when we showed up, there was no record of our booking. And no other tee times available that day. Thanks a lot Desert Hills. Make sure you get a name of booking person if you phone.

Played On
Reviews 21
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Wonderful round of golf

Good course conditions and steady pace of play. We walked the course and as a twosome we’re able to keep up with a foursome in golf carts

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 45
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great condition, greens are always nice.

Always like desert hills especially that it is not "condo golf" like many other courses. Good condition for a course in the desert. Roughs are quite playable but do try to stay on the the green stuff!!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Won’t Be Back

Nice coarse in fair condition but the pace of play was unbelievably slow and the marshal could care less. I walked into the pro shop to see if I could play as a walk on and the short lady with a poney tail behind the counter told me there was a time at 12:08 for me to play for 50$ I said great I’ll book it for 27$ on golf now. she didn’t like that amd got very upset and rudely said go ahead. On the turn I tried to buy a hot dog with my phone not having cash and the lady behind the bar was offended I would hand her my phone to pay, then some rude Mid 20’s girl short with tattoos with her hair in braids started getting extremely sassy and rudely said you and one other person are the only people that have had a problem with handing their phones over to pay and was extremely rude about it.

Then at the end of my 14 holes because I was tired of sitting in the golf cart and not playing do to the extremely slow pace of play. I went to the bathroom to wash my hands after my 14 holes and there was no paper towels so I went into the bar to ask for towels for the bathroom and a rude employee that apparently works on the greens crew by the name of David Eckels who looked to be drunk drinking beer told me to stop being a F’N A hole and there was paper towels on the cart in the bathroom. I told him he was mistaken and it was toilet paper so he went in the bathroom to confirm then came back out and called me more expletives. Maybe I expected too much from Desert Hills municipal golf course. So all that being said I will never play desert hills golf course again

Unbelievable the staff get away with acting like this.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 41
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 77
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Beginner
Plays Twice a year
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 40
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 32
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Windy at Desert Hills

Typically windy day at this course…lol. Don’t mind that around Yuma but course conditions including first cut of rough is crappy.. Hard to get any type of clean contact. But, if you can keep it in the fairway, not so bad.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
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