Arizona Biltmore, a Waldorf Astoria Resort

New layout was interesting if a bit confusing. Some greens were in bad shape but mostly pretty good. Huge disappointment was absolutely no distance markets. Normally not a problem but they don’t have gps service with any of the major apps either. Should not be charging what they charge if they aren’t ready for play…

I understand they’re doing construction, but charging $200 to play a course in such poor condition was a joke. The new layout has fairways playing opposite each other so oftentimes you had to wait while a golfer from the opposite tee was playing off your fairway. Sand on the greens, mowers and maintenance vehicles everywhere…I would not pay more than $50 to play that course again. To top it off for some reason they were cart path only making play even slower. There’s better alternatives in Phoenix.

I was looking forward to playing this redesign course and was highly disappointed. They were the worst greens I've played in years and that's including muni courses. I played it for a hot rate and would have been very upset if I had paid full price for that! You figure the course was closed for so long that the greens would have been in decent condition at least but was far from it.

The course is not ready for play
Green are mark up and were brutal
With marks and missing grass

Really enjoyed this course. It was cart path only due to re-seeding, so meant lots of walking. Only problem we had was a couple of times we weren’t sure where the next hole was. Not well marked.

Overpriced. Terrible greens. Would not play again.

We paid approx $100 each to play this course which was essentially a dry, dusty dead track. The greens were fine but the tee boxes and fairways were dead. We weren’t warned that it was the last day before overseeing, and as Canadians visiting, we had no idea how dead a course could be. We should have been told that the course had not yet been over seeded and was in rough shape so we could decide if we wanted to fork over that much money.

horrible greens & fairways. How could you actually charge $100

Horrible. Fairways and greens. A complete goat ranch and charging $100 to play. Never again.

Teed off in the early afternoon, and after 4 hours had only finished 14 holes. Every hole was backed up and no one was out on the course to moderate pace of play. We had to stop after 16 holes due to darkness. At the clubhouse, had to just leave the cart as no one was left to meet us.

This was a decent course.
There was a lot of waiting at each tee with the way they book tee times.
We saw a refreshment cart only once the entire time.

Played the links course, the other was closed for Reno and/or overseen. Course was in good condition prior to overseed but it was obvious that overseed shutdown was coming. Practice putting and range were also closed. Multiple construction projects were ongoing too. Premiere facility that was worth the price.

The Biltmore seems much more focused on the refurb of the Adobe course and the new buildings than keeping the course they have open in good shape. Greens were rough, fairways were thin and patchy. Some of the tee boxes were hard as a rock. I’ve played the Adobe course before and felt like the conditions were pretty good, this was a different story.