Verrado Golf Club - Victory Course

Always play at Verrado when I come down to Arizona to escape the Canadian winter. Course is beautiful, challenging, friendly staff, great course conditions, and pave of play is good. Play there about 5 times per winter.

Jeff

Yes, I know it is the sound of freedom but this course lies directly under the nearby Air Force flight pattern. The F35’s were cool to see but the roar was constant except for the lunch hour. There is construction activity adjacent to the course which is any other distraction. While the course is very nice and well laid out, for the price, it wasn’t worth it to me.

Ton of construction going on for at least the next year or two, but this course is going to be AWESOME!

Ton of construction going on, but this course is worth the drive! Gorgeous 18th hole

I have played Victory since it first opened and I find it very average in course condition. The sand traps were hard and compacted, the greens slow, and the fairways a bit rough looking. The carts have no GPS and the yardage marked on sprinkler heads can be hard to find. The flag position on several greens was not correct,#2 green was suppose to be a back flag and it was up front resulting in a 50 putt instead of one that may have been a birdie opportunity. For their high priced green fees I find this course lacking. All the homes built, and being built take away from the course. The feel of a desert course is mostly gone at Victory except for the White Tank Mt views

The pro shop staff, starter, cart gal and marshal were all great and very friendly. A beverage after hit the spot and the food staff was very attentive.

After we arrived (and had paid) the staff said cart path only due to first rain in months. This made club selection challenging. The course seemed very dry except for two areas that easily could have been cordoned off.

Pace of play on front nine was great, back nine backed up.

I thought the fairways were in rough shape. Apparently this course does not over seeded with rye for the winter season. Plus the grass on the greens (mini-verde?) is dormant making them rock hard and unreceptive. This course is not offer an elevated experience IMO. The Founders course was in much nicer condition when I played it back in Dec 2024. I suggest playing there instead. Or Sterling Grove which is close by (i.e. the west valley).

Terrible pace. Marshal’s kept asking a couple 4some to speed up but they were playing like it was a PGA tournament.

Having played the Verrado Founders Club a few times previously, I was a bit disappointed with the Victory track. Based on the previous comments, I was anticipating a similar top notch experience. Though it is a newer course, the fairways were very tightly mowed and looked like they were going in for overseeding. Not the nice green grass that I was expecting. Greens were quite fast with lots of undulations, which with the tight fairways, the ball had not much chance of sticking around on most holes.

The course has a lot of home and road construction going on which also impacted the esthetics of the course. I had a chance to play Quintero that day for a similar price, but wanted to see what the hype of this course was. Though the day was enjoyable with the threesome from United that I hooked up with, Quintero would have been a more enjoyable round of golf.

When you come down in January, you are expecting fairways and greens to be perfect, lush, green, etc. These were not. Grow the grass a little longer, it will take better, and provide the experience that golfers are looking for.

Overall, the track layout is great, having a GPS on the carts would have helped with aiming and distances to landing spots. Will come back, but would prefer the Founders course over this one.

This was the worst course we played in Phoenix area. Something happened to the grass and the conditions were terrible. They should have given us our money back or at least a discount.