McDowell Mountain Golf Club

There was zero warning about overseeing, until we were done and we asked. Course was like playing on hay! No cart girl, again something we didn’t find out about until after and the answer “oh yeah not today”. They have fees for over $100 the day before over seeding starts,…hopefully people do not pay the price.

We booked here because I’d played the course a few years back and remember it being a pretty nice. Unfortunately the conditions were awful for the price they were charging. Grass was dead and greens were not in good shape. Would understand paying $40 for the current conditions, but $85 was outrageous for the condition the course was in. No mention they are getting ready for over-seeding, which is misleading and prices should be dropped significantly because it’s not worth it.

Conditions: 4/5. A couple patchy spots and roughed up tee boxes. Greens & fairways were great. Bunkers were inconsistent. I hit out of 3; one was soft, the other 2 were like concrete.

Service: 3/5. Outside Service was great. Nice & helpful.

Beverage Service: Yarri was great! Everybody else was bleh.

Other Staff: Proshop attendant was unmentionable. The starters here like to do 12 point turns in the rocks behind you while your hitting off the first tee! Happened to me 2 weeks in a row here. It was actually pretty funny. Ranger was nice.

All in all for August, the course is in great shape. Fairways were nice greens rolled pretty good no complaints.

The staff & pace of play was great. The course is in good condition considering this time of year. Greens aren’t up to par on most holes though.

Five hours is too long, no ranger out there helping with pace of play, course in rough condition, no beverage cart after 11am

Apparently this course didn’t get the memo… you can’t charge premium rates when the greens, fairways, areas around the greens, and tee boxes are crap. Don’t waste your money, go somewhere else

They just aerated the greens, which are still playable, and discounted to $39 for afternoon tee times. Yes it's hot here in Scottsdale AZ, but the course conditions are amazing for a Phoenix area course.

Included in price is cart, with ice/water bottles, and a detailed course map, very helpful, as well as two small bags of balls for warming up at the range. You can't beat it!

The course was average with a serious lack of fairway yard makers to the center of the green. It was a total guessing game on distance and club choice. Come on McDowell Mountain Ranch Golf step up your game. You are in the middle of golf Mecca!

Course was recently aerated and bumpy, but it should have been. Great rate and I knew the conditions when I booked the reservation. For summer conditions, the course was in great shape. No complaints and will definitely play this course again.

Greens we rough sure to aeration, and they discounted green fees accordingly. We got done with 18 in 3.5 hours, players spread out nicely. Rest of course in great condition. No amenities like drink carts etc, due to low season. Will play again.

Have played here a lot and will never go back. We booked the first tee time (6am) because generally, that ensures a quick round.

After arriving at the course, we learned “corporate” bumped back our tee time to 6:08am. Nbd. We flew through the first 9 holes in a little over 90 minutes only to learn they had been starting people off the back all morning. At the turn, we had to wait for 5 groups to tee off, and then the back 9 took over 2.5 hours to play. Every tee box had a 10 minute wait. Brutal.

The management was indifferent, the starters were confused and helpless, and the overall experience was miserable. I understand golf is popular and Arcis wants to increase revenue— I’m all for that concept, just charge more for our round, don’t make us miserable for 5 hours.