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Value
4.1
Layout
4.5
Friendliness
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Pace
4.2
Amenities
4.2
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About

Holes 18
Type Private/Resort
Par 72
Length 7791 yards
Slope 147
Rating 76.0

Nestled in the desert foothills of the Tortolita Mountain Range, the 27 holes at The Golf Club at Dove Mountain feature dramatic elevation changes and stunning views. The three nines were all designed by Jack Nicklaus and are played in three different 18-hole combinations. The Wild Burro/Saguaro golf course combines Nicklaus' favorite nine, Wild Burro, with the front nine of the Accenture Match Play Championship. The golf course features intricately contoured greens and carefully placed fairway bunkers. The course plays through canyons and desert washes covered in centuries-old Saguaro cacti. The third, fourth and fifth holes on the Wild Burro nine are notably challenging with the third featuring an "island green" standing amidst sand and cacti.

Course Details

Year Built 2009
Fairways Bermuda with Perennial Rye overseed
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Jack Nicklaus (2009) Chet Williams (2009)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
GPS Yes
Pull-carts No
Caddies Yes - Forecaddies
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes
Practice Hole Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted Yes
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed No
Dress code Appropriate golf attire.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill, Restaurant

Lodging

Lodging Available

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Meeting Facilities, Spa, Locker Rooms

Available Activities

Swimming

Available Sports

Fitness, Tennis

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4.3
1498 Reviews (1498)

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Reviews 19
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Seemed to be short staffed, no starter or rangers, some of the fairways were real bumpy and clumpy so not a good lie for your golf ball.. Typical Nicklaus course with hazards on blind tee shots..

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 47
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 22
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Outstanding Golf i

This course is an outstanding shape. Fairways are perfect along with the greens. Never had to wait to tee off . We finished in about 4 hours!

Just bring some extra balls because this is a difficult course and you must use the course gps. The gps will tell you accurately how far you are to the pin and most importantly, how far is to lay up.

Will play here again and highly recommend!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

People were awesome

This was a great day. They sent me and my wife out alone to play this beautiful coarse. Nobody behind us and nobody ahead of us. Couldn’t have been better.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 33
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Some good, Some bad

Day started bad when we arrived early to have lunch before our round. Clunhouse informed us the restaurant is closed on Mondays. No mention on their website which touts the restaurant. Suggested we go up to the lodge. We did that and found the parking was a quarter mile away. After making our way to it, found 2 of the 3 dining areas we not yet open. The only one serving was the pool grill at the far end of the resort. We were now out of time and decided to just get a sandwich from the beverage cart. So did everyone else and they were out. Not what you expect from a supposed high class facility. The course itself is beautiful and was in great shape except for the greens. They were very inconsistent both for putting and chipping. Sometimes they rolled quickly and sometimes it was like putting on glue. I can handle one or the other if they are all the same but now when it varies from green to green. If the greens keeper can correct that, the course itself would be an absolute 5 star.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

A few negatives

Some bunkers had next to no sand in them. Unfortunately I was in a few of them and the sand was very inconsistent.

The pin positions on the cart distant systems were not accurate.

There were a number of lay up, forced carries. The club attendants should have mentioned that to us as a courtesy.

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

Nice course

A group behind us had their own music and we could hear it 200 yards away

They need to have a course Marshall out there

The noise really made a fun time not so fun

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 91
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Better Courses for the Price

Best thing I can say is that the pro shop and bag staff were very friendly. Beverage cart staff were few and far between. The course was not in very good shape for the $150 greens fees and pin positions were unplayable.

Beautiful location but course needs a lot of care.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 22
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 89
Skill Advanced
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 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Difficult course.

I played wild burro and Tortolita. Wild Burro is extremely difficult, and hard to follow if you have never been there. Tortolita is easier and more reasonable.

The staff were reasonable but didn’t offer to say if anyone was in my group, no starter, no directions.

The carts stop in the middle of the fairway of you mistakenly go into a cart path only fairway which is poorly marked. You have to back out which takes a long time.

The greens were well cared for but the bunkers were rock hard. It appeared to not have been dragged for a long time.

OK course but not worth the money to someone like me who is a 14 HC.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 27
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice course but hard

Great shape but the greens can be a nightmare with all the undulating slopes!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Poor Service & Conditions

Being connected to the Ritz-Carlton sets high expectations. The pro shop and restaurant are wonderful. We saw the woman driving the beverage cart four times and not once did she say hello, hi or how are you doing? She looked at us and waited for us to place our order. The roughs around the greens weren't long enough to hold errant shots, so the higher handiacappers we played with would miss the green by a few feet and the ball would run into the desert. As a result, the round took 5+ hours. The dormant bermuda grass around many of the bunkers had died, so there was barren dirt where grass should be. The bunkers did not have nice sand in them, only the natural dirt and rocks. The GPS on our cart turned on and off throughout the round and we called the pro shop to ask for help... and they said they'd send a ranger to us... but we never saw him/her. With poor beverage cart service, no sand in the traps, lots of barren soil, almost no rough, cart difficulties, and a 5+ hour round... the round proved extremely disappointing. I will go back and give them another chance, but this is not a $200 per round course.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great Course, Staff was fantastic. First time playing here and will be back in the near future to play again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 28
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Tough course

Only complaint was the sand traps 1" of sand and compacted base. Tough to play around tricky greens. Over all it was great.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Burro/Saguaro

Everything was excellent. We started out behind a slow foursome but they let us through after a few holes and it was clear sailing after that. Played in 3 hrs 40 min.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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