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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 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

venues are beautifull.

greeted quickly by bag staff. had to wait at the front counter while the desk staff worked on some computer booking issue. finally told us we were prepaid and go out. I had to come back in to see if we had a single joining us, they said we did but he was early and probably already gone. no starter o tell us to go and the group in front of us were quite slow and a marshal would have been a good thing to have monitoring . when we went to the back nine, a very slow twosome had gone in front of us even though wenhadn't stopped at the turn. no bag staff around when we finished. carried out bags out. not happy.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 52
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Always an enjoyable challenge

I always enjoy playing where the pros played during the Accenture Match play. Of course there are many tees from which to choose as to match the challenge you wish to take on. The course is in great shape, and not too difficult even if it is Cart Path Only on one of the Nines. The practice balls are always a great warm up, and the GPS matches my Garmin. Just stay out of the desert and yo will be fine. Even the bunkers are fun to play from.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Always fun to play

The greens can be crazy and you have to make good approach shots but even just after overseeing, this still played well. Greens were true but a little slow. But you have to love the tee deck combo offering to set most players up for the right experience.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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
First Time Playing

Perfection

What a jem, fairways and greens perfect, greens very fast and firm, beauty all around, please play this course!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Very good for $70 - greens are challenging due to contour and ongulation

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

Best condition course in Tucson !! Super friendly staff, good range and amazing course conditions with great views!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Beware of overseeding conditions

If you go in October and can’t drive on the fairways, I’d skip this course as we had to walk way too much from the cart to the ball. I’d rather have just walked the course with the amount of extra steps needed to go for the path to the cart and then back again. So many holes didn’t have direct access to the fairway so you have to walk forward and backwards to the cart with each swing. Made the round longer and tiresome after 18 holes. The beauty of the course is spectacular- I’d love to play again when I can drive on the fairways.

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

Good, Not Great

Greens and fairways excellent. Couple of green side bunkers in need of sand. Patchy turf around some greens. Skeleton staff and halfway house closed at 1:30. Could have used a ranger to push foursome in front of us, luckily there let us play through at turn.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Challenging course not for everyone

Beautiful layout with a mixture of different challenges on each hole. Can be difficult even from forward tees.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
1.0
First Time Playing

Disappointing experience

While the course is outstanding the greens were terrible. Rolling as slow as possible. Really ruined what could have been a good experience. Also the range was closed and the starter rushed us past the practice green to the first tee box. My hunch is the practice green didn’t simulate the real greens at all. Had a great GN rate which specifically stated unlimited practice balls. During the overseeding season lots of courses had the range closed. We chose this course due to the range being open and GN stating it was open. Very disappointed to learn that wasn’t the case. At 59, it’s important for me to get a few swings in to loosen up prior to heading to the first tee. Without that ability to loosen my back, etc...that carries thru the whole day. The golf course is beautiful, the overall experience was disappointing

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

wonderful views

with the beautiful views, hard to keep your mind on the shot at hand. course is difficult (it did host PGA events), but using proper tees, can be played by average golfer. Wild Burro was just reseeded, and we had no other golfers on that 9 with us! was amazing; pristine course. but, cart-path only made for good exercise.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 55
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

The driving range was closed. One course was cart path only. They got us out early but we stacked to close with other groups.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Cart path only

It would have been nice to know one of the 9s was cart path only before I made the reservation. Since it’s such a pain to cancel a reservation with u guys we went ahead and played. They let us play the front 9 twice to avoid the cart path only. I actually was 6 strokes better the second time thru. This course is tuff on us old guys as the hole course is a hilly mountain course and the cart paths are not close to the greens and are often either up or down which means u have climb hills at least one way at altitude. I’m 70 and the rest of the guys are older.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Superior

Excellent experience in a phenomenal setting. First class course, facility and staff enhances every aspect of an avid golfer’s expectations.

Played On
Reviews 29
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Great challenge

If you cant work the ball. Leave the driver in the bag. This is a shot makers golf course. A great exercise in discipline. You really need to know your yardages and be brave enough to exercise some restraint. Great mental exercise!

Nice that the give 2 bottles of water on the course, but water bottles or jugs would be better. Very clean, nice layout.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 27
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good public course

Greens have issues - bare spots

Fairways are dry. Pace was pretty slow

Cart lady was not very friendly. This course should be better than that!

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Awesome golf experience

This place has it all. Singular golf experience in the most Unique desert setting.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Desert course Played from the Copper tees

Good tough course. Considering the heat and actual air temp, course was in great shape. Yes, there were a couple of areas that had been burnt up by the sun, but minimal. Did not affect the play. Shot an 87.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Dove Mtn

Golf course & greens in excellent condition for the heat conditions. Best course played behind WeKoPa (Saguaro) & Grayhawk (Talon). Pro shop staff very personable & engagingl. Definitely on my return to play list!!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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