McDowell Mountain Golf Club

First visit to the course and ultimately played 2, 18-hole rounds that day. The club house is in excellent condition having been refurbished in the past 2 years. The pro-shop is well equipped and quality of food & drink very good - you could rendezvous with family / friends after a round quite nicely.

The practice green is indicative of the putting challenge - which is quite complex. My father is a lifelong golfer with a low-teens handicap and he struggled with the greens.

Still, the course is fun and at the current price point (below $100/round) worth including on a Scottsdale itinerary.

We played a second round after stopping for lunch and pace of play was a lot slower. A lot of larger groups of older golfers slowed things down and had to push to complete our round in twilight - so if you have a tight itinerary - go out early as a priority.

Charge for range balls puts this into lower class of courses.
Did not have enough golf carts for all golfers-how can you run a golf course and not know the number of carts you need?
Great scenery if you like power lines.
Only play this course if you get a decent price.

We were late starting and the starter encourage us to stay close to the group in front. We didn't see a marshall after the front nine and it was very slow. The cart girl had no sandwiches, only chips and nuts. Otherwise the golf was good and the course in good shape

we appreciate this course and will be back next year

Great pace of play for a warm pre-holiday round. Got paired with a fun twosome from Canada who had never played the course before.

The course was in wonderful condition, the staff was friendly, and well worth the greens fees! A challenging layout with links-type desert feel.

Outside staff was extremely inattentive, leaving my bag at the bag drop for over 15 minutes until I asked them where my clubs were. Then, they did not have carts available. Then, they blamed Golf Now for overbooking them, and thus I was delayed 40 minutes from my tee time (the people I got paired with were delayed over an hour from their tee time.) They had the nerve to blame the delay on frost, it was in the mid 40s and NO frost. Claimed each nine would be played in 2 hours, what a joke, took 5 hours to play. I have booked with Golf Now many times, and have never had any booking problems, yet their staff blames their problems on Golf Now.

Course is in great shape, greens are true but a bit beat up but still nice too putt on. The course design is fantastic but the only distraction is the the power lines that run through the course, but worth $70

Average golf course for the money but you have to pay for the range balls. most courses that we played give you range balls to hit.
I will not play this course again because of the extra cost for range balls.

THE WEATHER WAS GREAT AND THE COURSE WAS CHALLENGING.
THE COURSE NEEDS TO HAVE A BOOK TO SHOW YOU THE HOLES BECAUSE SOME ARE HARD TO FIGURE OUT WHERE TO HIT.

I played the blue tees and found it too much with my driving. Moved to the white tees and had a lot more fun.

Play it forward !!!! Don't let your ego ruin a great round of golf.

Booked high dollar tee time for visiting guests, making sure there were no restrictions on course after overseeding. The day before play I find they are in fact "cartpath only". I used a Rewards benefit so I couldn't get anything back and cancel. First course I've played costing over $100 that doesn't include range balls. First course I've played where marshall hounded us to speed up play because "members" behind us were calling and complaining #we played front nine in under 2 hours#, only to run into groups on back nine that had us waiting on every shot. Bunkers had more rocks in them than most munis. All in all a very disappointing experience that guarantees we will not return.

A good value for a Scottsdale course. Friendly staff greet you at the bag drop. The course was well maintained. Lunch at the grill after was good. Once again friendly staff making the whole experience enjoyable.

Course is in good condition considering it's just back from over seeding. Bunkers could be in better condition with more sand and less dirt. Some bunkers had rocks in them. Pace of play was good considering it was cart path only. Club house is very nice with good food. Cost to play seems a little high for this course.

Given recent overseeding, course was in good shape. Pace of play was ridiculous. Marshall set expectations, that we were to be finished in four hours. This marshal was long gone when we finished in just under five hours.

Course has been well maintained. One of the best in the valley for the price.

Golfers assume normal conditions unless advised differently. Golfers should be advised prior to booking.

very good early november conditoon pace was great. staaff was friendly will play again

The new clubhouse is beautiful. The staff is very friendly. The course was still "cart path only" after reseeding, and was in excellent shape. The course itself was challenging not necessarily because of it's length, but the fact that there is not a flat spot on the course other than the tee boxes. It has the feel of links style fairways that carries through the greens. The course is very "lady friendly" also. All in all, a great experience that I'm looking forward to playing again.

Staff was super friendly, course was in great condition for the most part. Cart path only because of overseeding but still got off the course in under 4 hours. Great pace of play. Would definitely go back.

McDowell Mountain is Desert golf at it's finest and is what every other course in Phoenix should aspire too The course layout and conditions are top notch as well as the service too. The two things that stood out to me were the proper spacing of tee times, as to avoid back ups, and the different tee boxes were spaced out very well so the course can be very challenging from the tips and very playable from the forward tees. All the amenities follow suit and are exemplary. Phil Mickelson got it right attaching his brand to this course.