Desert Hills GC
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4.4
553 Reviews (553)
5 Stars
206
4 Stars
288
3 Stars
46
2 Stars
8
1 Stars
5
Conditions
4.5
Value
4.5
Layout
4.5
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
3.9
Amenities
4.3
96.3%
Recommend this course
532 out of 553 reviews
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4.4
36 Reviews (36)
5 Stars
22
4 Stars
9
3 Stars
3
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.7
Value
4.5
Layout
4.5
Pace
3.8
Amenities
4.5
StaffFriendliness
4.6
94.4%
Recommend this course
34 out of 36 reviews
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4.4
38 Reviews (38)
5 Stars
23
4 Stars
10
3 Stars
3
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.7
Value
4.5
Layout
4.5
Pace
3.9
Amenities
4.5
StaffFriendliness
4.6
94.7%
Recommend this course
36 out of 38 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
553 Reviews (553)

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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Reviews 14
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Happy golfer

The course is in the absolute best condition I’ve seen in years . Management and ground crew have nailed it .

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
Incentivized Review
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

The course is in good condition

I played this course many times last year and I have never seen it in such good shape.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Cold weather
Used cart

Great course

The course is in excellent condition. the over seeding , this year, is excellent.. the fairways are in great and the greens are in great condition and are speeding up....

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great golf course

Easy to check in after using the putting and chipping practice areas. Lots of parking. Staff were friendly and helpful when our cart wasn’t working well. They brought another in less than 5 minutes. Great conditions.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 98
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

a Municipal Jem

This course is an unusually nice Municipal Gem!, the Fairways are wide and forgiving, the over-seeding and green care are really very nice especially this year. In fact the greens are on par with some of the 120 dollar courses in Phoenix. The restaurant is good and has a full bar, the carts are quite old but clean and dependable. There is a Pro on staff and the people are very nice!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Enjoyable course

The course is in good condition, staff members are pleasant and efficient. This is an interesting and challenging course.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 21
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 98
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played

Beautiful job of overseeding!!

This course is better than it's been in 5 years, the greens are still a little long yet but I'm sure will be shorter, fairways are so green right now! Nice work grounds people!

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

Desert Hills Course condition

The course is beautiful. Never seen it greener but the mowing leaves a lot to be desired. Fairways left too long with patches of grass strewn all over, greens way too slow, again because of the length of the mowing. Always a difficult course but these things made it much more difficult to the point of not being fun. Our foursome is all mid 70's and not the best players but enjoy the game when not being pushed. Left a chipper somewhere behind us on course retraced to hole, asked other golfers on the way and no one found it but it was not on the last hole that it was used at.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Desert Hills via Golf Now App

I love using the golf now app for booking a tee time at Desert Hills. It is actually easiey than calling the course for a tee time! The “Hot Deals” are excellent!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 50
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great Day

We got to the course a bit early, wew gave the receptionist our paper, she gave us the key to a cart & said your ready to go, got to the first tee, there was a 4 some just off the tee, it was brutally unbearable to watch their pace. We finished the first hole, they had just finished teeing off I asked if we could play through, they agreed. We never had anyone in front of us after that. Finished our 18 holes in 3 hours 10 minutes. Course is not very busy now.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
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Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

Real Nice Day!

We had a real nice day at Desert Hills. Not much interaction with staff but noticed Marshall doing little but picking balls out of pond. Course was busy but pace of play was OK. Fairways good and greens are recovering (slowly) but still not up to par. I will definitely play here again.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 40
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

condition

Course is in best condition of all courses in Yuma. Disappointing how bad most Yuma courses are for the greens fees they charge. Supply/ demand on full display.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 40
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Really crummy

No rough= hardpan. The greens were really ugly / almost looked dead. Don’t bother bringing a wedge because you can’t take a divet. I’ve played this course for 20 years and this is the worst condition yet. We were a threesome being held up by a foursome with 3 open hole in front of them finally went around them. I won’t be back anytime soon

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 54
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Greens lack grass

Course is OK but greens obviously are lacking grass and hard as rock. Obviously the overseed could have been better

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
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