The Golf Club at Dove Mountain - Tortolita/Wild Burro

Course was in very good shape. Traps need some work....many were too hard which caused club to bounce more than normal but that was the only thing with the course that was subpar. Tough greens to read but very fair. It made for a great day. Many holes can have a long carry to green, so pick your tees accordingly.

Played the Wild Burro & Saguaro course. Wild Burro greens will kick your butt. The greens were running about 11 but felt like 15 with the undulations. The Saguaro greens were more like 8-9 and not as undulated. Bring your A game but don't be intimidated. Hit it straight, enjoy the scenery and have FUN.

The Wild Burro & Tortolita is the hardest layout. Both sides have undulating greens so expect at least 6 3-putts and maybe even a 4 or 5 putt to really make you pucker.

In prime time January, there were not many people. I played at 10am and only played thru one 2-some. Not many people play this layout. What a waste!! Go out there and have some fun.

A perfect golfday! Everything is still great!
Would like to play more then one time, but we are only in this region a short time. To sad!

As usual with a Nicklaus course, this course features forced carries over hazards, incredibly deep bunkers, and severely undulating greens. I'm a good putter, and I 3-putted 8'times. We paid $109 green fees for the privilege of being beat up on. We wondered why on a beautiful, warm, January day there were few players. We found out.

Excellent courses, played the Wild Burro and the Saguaro. Both in perfect condition and really beautiful. This course is not for everybody, they are difficult and challenging. I would say for below 18 hdc.

Course is very challenging especially around the greens (bunkers and swales) but most of all on the greens. If you miss the pin location on the high side a three putt is very likely because of the slopes and speeds of the greens. However, overall a very enjoyable game even though I did stray into the desert a couple of times.

Beautiful facility with a very difficult golf course. I am a 10 handicap and shot 102? Most difficult greens I have ever played & putted on? My opinion they need to resurface all greens by flattening them which will make the course much more playable for average player.

Great course except that Mr Nicklaus lost control in the green design. Typical green has less than 30% puttable area. Everyone commented that a few greens like a miniature golf course is cute, but 18 is over the top.

Difficult layout. Greens fast and tricky. Beautiful views and framing of holes is outstanding. Bring your A game

Very difficult course by far bit the best overall course in Tucson. I have played all the public courses and is the biggest class and challenge.
Love this place when I can get a deal.

A must play in Southern Arizona. Great warm-up and practice area, including well marked driving range, and challenging sand and chipping area. Pace of play no problem for under 4 hour round on a Saturday afternoon. Challenging greens make you earn those birdies and pars. Fantastic value for the money on a hot deal tee time. I could play this course every week!

The real challenge is the green complexes. The pins were on plateaus with run offs on nearly all sides. Pick your misses well.

I feel blessed to have been able to play such a fine venue. Will return as soon as possible.

This is a must play course!!!! Beautiful landscape, the course is in excellent condition, and the people treat you how you should be treated at a golf course. I would love this course to be my home course! Wow O Wow!!!!

I played the Wild Burro and Saguaro nines. Tee to green they played fairly similar however there were more blind tee shots on WB and Saguaro had more generous landing areas. The huge difference between the two nines were the greens. The Saguaro greens were relatively large, undulating and fast but fair while the WB greens were even larger, more undulating and just as fast. The landing areas around the hole locations were so small that it was nearly impossible to have an approach shot stop close to the hole, lots of 3- and 4-putts which slows down the pace of play. The WB greens are ridiculous. It annoys me to no end that I paid money to play on them. If you play Dove Mountain, make sure you book the Saguaro/Tortolita nines. I will not ever play the WB nine again unless the green complexes are bulldozed and re-done.

5***** all the way.course conditions great. Very challenging especially greens but very fair ample area to hit tee shots.
Drove 2 hours but worth it !

I played the Saguaro - Tortolita combo in late November and I must say that I really wanted to like the course more than I did.

In general, the course was in good condition, tees and fairways have grown in from the overseeing well, the grass on the greens is a bit thin but it does not stop them from running pretty fast and they put fairly true, although there were a fair number of pitch marks and other defects in the greens that were pretty visible.

I think my overall disappointment comes from the design. I've played other Jack Nicklaus courses and have thoroughly enjoyed them, this one is different. Almost every hole has a forced carry on either the drive or a subsequent shot and on those holes without a carry, there are a number of bunkers in the areas where you are supposed to hit the ball. I spent a good part of the day being frustrated with the difficulty that the course imposed on my round. In many cases, I would say that I just had a bad day, but I was hitting some pretty good quality shots that were still taking odd bounces and ending up in bad places. One example was the second par 3 on the Tortalita course, I hit a shot to the right side of the green and the shot had a nice little draw. I expected it to land on the right third of the green and roll left a bit towards the hole, instead it bounced hard left and rolled off the green into a bunker. On most courses if I hit this shot, it would have stayed on the green and been in great shape - but this was one of many examples of bad bounces and penal hazard placement on the Dove Mountain Course.

I give it high ranking for the conditions and staff but when in the Tucson area I will not likely play this course much, I would much rather play some other tracks that I am familiar with and that I enjoy more than this one.

This is a challenging course in a spectacular setting.
Great facilities and staff. Some long carries so play the correct tees for your handicap.
Course conditions are consistently excellent, well worth your time and investment.
Enjoy

You might want to bring extra golf balls you don't want to look for them in the desert with the cactus other than that great play great golf beautiful course.I showed up as a single they put me with the other single who are great people from Atlanta Georgia I really enjoyed it ! It is 7-iron 50 miles from my house to Dove Mountain I would drive again I'm glad I plan a trip with my son my wife and his wife soon well worth it

Beautiful course in a beautiful setting on a beautiful day...life is good! Our back nine...the Saguaro...was cart path only but we didn't know until we actually started play there...no one bothered to tell us. No club/ball washers on the course or on the cart.