Arizona Biltmore, a Waldorf Astoria Resort

Course was in good shape, and pace was good. Refreshing change from desert-target golf

I played the links course yesterday for the first time at either of their two courses. Besides being a nice course what really stood out were the staff. From the awesome, friendly, kind and proactively helpful rangers to the cart ladies, the snack bar hut lady, the cart boys and more it was exceptional service.

This course was awesome. Beautiful views and the course lay out was great.

wouldnt ever go back unless its for breakfast or lunch.

not great value for your money, traps are just concrete bunkers they used in WW2.

Greens needed water, some were burning out.

Good staff and restaurant

It has been 10+ years since playing the LInks.

The good: fun lay out, good pace of play, decent condition of course

The not so good: driving range is very scruffy and not well attended by crew; bunkers are hard and thin

Over all: good value for the price. I will play it again soon

They obviously spent a lot of money renovating the pro shop & restaurant, but virtually nothing on the golf course. Planting lots of ficus column trees to try to block errant shots does not constitute a course renovation!

The crowned greens with false fronts are already brown (in April!) & scraped dry with virtually no grass on them. They’re unfairly rock-hard & will not hold any shots. Doesn’t matter how good a shot you hit. It’s not going to stay on greens that play like a concrete driveway.

The age-old routing problems on the Estates course persist. The crazy layout means you’re constantly in danger of being hit by wayward shots from other golfers. Most fairways are routed back-and-forth next to another fairway. It’s much too easy for shots to go off-line & land in someone else’s vicinity. It’s actually dangerous.

The fairways, unlike the greens, were in good condition. Tee grounds were only fair- rock-hard like the greens.

Overall, the Estates course plays like a good muni, but with diabolical greens. It’s in a beautiful location & the surrounding scenery is fantastic, but that doesn’t justify the premium prices for this course.

There are dozens of other courses around Phoenix & Scottsdale that are in far better condition. It’s a shame.

The redesign of the Estates course was very nice. The app I use for distance was not updated but the on cart GPS was great. Other than a few singles players that appeared from nowhere and seemed to be members jumping in and playing wherever they chose, it as a good round.

The course is pretty easy but the staff in pro shop and on course are 10/10 . They were awesome. Friendly helpful and made me feel like I play there every day. Service is everything, no matter what the course plays like.

Greens on Front 9 of Links coarse are in terrible shape, lot of patches and bare spots. Back 9 better but not worth the money. I asked the Ambassador why the conditions were so poor he said he didn’t know that they were not good.

Just paid $150.00 to play a golf course that should have cost $50.00. HORRIBLE shape!

It was VERY obvious out of the $150.00 per golfer that maybe 15 cents went back into the care of the golf course.

We had played the links course and really enjoyed it. However the Estate course was definitely not the same. Many fairways and tee boxes inter connect so balls flying all over the place. Our cart got hit by a ball and I almost got hit by another ball while waiting to tee off on tee box. The course itself is good but just too dangerous in my opinion. To make it worst there where some groups of 5 that we saw and our round was 5 hours and 15 minutes. Won't play the Estate course again but will the links. The staff and facilities were all great!

Fairways were hard, bunkers need sand, the greens while fast and playable - were in rough shape. For the price, some courtesy water in the cart would be expected.

They have two courses and the links is the better one, in my opinion. Staff are very friendly and really enjoy the course which is in very good shape. Will be playing it again