Arizona Biltmore, a Waldorf Astoria Resort

Whoever they paid to redesign this course should be sued for malpractice. How they thought this was an improvement over the previous layout is beyond me. There are areas where there are two or three tee boxes on top of each other with a green or two tucked in there for good measure. One member that I played the Links course with a couple of weeks ago told me that they should issue helmets on this course due to the layout. He wasn't kidding. Won't play it again, I'll stick with the Links. Love the Adobe restaurant.

The new Estates course is a massive upgrade from the old Adobe course. They have transformed a relatively flat, uninteresting, and compact plot of land into 18 strategic holes.

The course was playing firm and fast, and the majority of the course is now fairway-height short grass, which leads to some fun options off the tee and around the greens. There are many well placed fairway bunkers that make a golfer think about where to place the next shot. The new green complexes are far more dynamic and have interesting runoffs. The greenside short grass gives a golfer a variety of shots (pitch, bump & run, putt, etc) from which to choose. The greens were in very good shape for the summer months and rolled truly.

4 is a great, short par 4 that gives the golfer some options off the tee, which includes laying up short of the right fairway bunker at 220 yards or pushing it past the bunker, which brings on some additional challenges as the fairway narrows.12 is a fun par 3 that could play between 120 and 170 yards, depending on where the pin is placed on the extremely deep and narrow green. 15 is a particularly strong par 5. The series of cross bunkers starting around 100 yards short of the green impact the decision around laying up or going for the green on the second shot.

My only critique is that the routing is a little confusing in spots, but that is a function of the somewhat limited space. Additionally, the new facilities (pro shop and restaurant) are beautiful and modern, and the staff members are incredibly helpful and friendly. All in all, I would highly recommend the course, particularly if you like to play interesting and strategic golf courses.

The new layout is great! Love the new clubhouse too!

Quick pace of play .. although at 107 degrees we were the only ones out there .. that being said, course in good condition

Biltmore Links is our favorite local course. Play among the mansions with million dollar views of the city. The first 9 holes are rather level with water on 3 of the holes and dog legs on 4 other holes. The second nine winds up through the ravines to the elevated tee box of Hole #15 that is 172 feet above the fairway with 360 degree views of the Valley. If you have out-of-town friends this is the course to bring them to!

I know the course is getting ready for aeration but this is the worst I've seen this course in almost 30 years of playing it. It does look like the Adobe (oops Estate's course now) is in good shape so I am looking forward to the Links being finished. For now there are just a lot of non-grass areas in the fairways. But they have priced it accordingly to make it worth the play. I still love this course and the layout remains great as does the staff.

Wish I knew range was closed all summer. Poor pace of play and lots of dead spots on the fwys

The conditions on the front were horrible, would be nice to play on grass. The back was better but this course needs a lot of attention. Would not be back any time soon. I have had better luck in the winter months, no excuses. Make it nice or shut it down.

Not sure what they were trying to accomplish here. I could go into detail, but the course design was confusing and actually dangerous. Greens and tee boxes were on top of each other and the intersecting fairways were troublesome. Using a golf watch for distance often became difficult because of close proximity of other tees. Oh, and no practice facilities, putting greens or driving range available.

The new course layout is a bit wonky, but overall the course is in decent condition. They are still working on large areas, so be prepared for that. No driving range when we played as it was under construction.

It was a great family day but the course conditions were disappointing. We showed up early to warm up on the driving range and it was closed. It was a wet soupy mess that even smelled. The reality is there are lots of courses to choose that are in better condition. The golf shop and restaurant were a 10/10.

The course was in really good shape and was greatly improved from when I last played it 2 years ago. Golf shop staff is friendly and polite. Outdoor services guys were helpful. Pace of play was great. Starter and rangers were nice guys. New restaurant and bar is beautiful. Only criticism is there are a few dead trees by first tee and on 18 that need to be cut down. Definitely recommend this place.

While the round was great and would come back. The course was under repair. Multiple greens with sandy and just out right bare patches. I understand this is summer golf but dirt is not dead grass. The grounds crew was horrible. Refused to move during shots turned on sprinklers while cart was next to them. I got soaked on 2 holes. Summer golf at its finest.

I've been playing The Biltmore for years and always enjoyed the layout and condition of The Links course. However in recent years they have been renovating, changing the layout of the Adobe and totally rebuilding the clubhouse and restaurant area. Unfortunately the driving range and practice facility are currently closed also.

I feel as if they have prioritized these projects and not upkeep on the Links course, which is unfortunate. The grass was in considerably poor condition even for summer, the ground everywhere was hard and compact so there was little to no control for any shot, and the bunkers so hard and compacted that you are not able to get under the ball at all.

The Adobe did look in great shape but I only saw the "show" holes so it's possible there could be other issues.

I'll skip The Biltmore for a while.