Arizona Biltmore, a Waldorf Astoria Resort

Great course, very friendly and supportive staff, but no marshals out on the course. We were backed up several holes and had to skip two holes. There were 2 wide open hose. Had a Marshall been out there or someone monitoring the positioning of the carts they would have seen this. Made for a very frustrating round and we missed two holes.

It’s been years since I’ve played this Biltmore course. It’s deceptively easy for the first few holes, but it gets tougher. It can be punishing if you miss the fairway. Many holes cut on a slope, so pars were hard to find. Some holes feel like a typical muni course, but go around the corner and you’ll be surprised at the great views of Camelback mountain and Praying Monk.

It’s a great course to come practice at for lower handicaps. Greens were great. Bunkers were great as well. It’s just a muni type layout with premium prices.

Pace of play was incredibly slow. Not worth the money in my opinion.

Fun course and easy to play due to wide open space. Unfortunately I left after 12 holes as it took over 3 hours to play up until that point. Too many people on the course and half couldn’t hit the ball off the tee but still played from the tips!

No Marshall in sight to speed things up. Shame.

The Estates Course was in very good shape, tee boxes, fairways & greens all good. But the course layout is very tight, at times I felt nervous about an errant shot coming at me for a neighboring fairway. Very tight.

But the course was in good condition and the restaurant/bar next to clubhouse provided excellent service and cold drinks after the round.

They need someone out there to push slow groups more. People need to learn how to play ready golf and be aware that others are playing too. A Marshall on the course would solve this.

The course is great place to play they have done a good job. It is however expensive and they can have special offers for senior citizens. One of the best thimgs is the staff always reasy and helpfull. The course need some imrovements to be more up to the money they charge. Any way it is Still a good place but expensive.

One of my pet peeves is where the beverage cart stops to sell drinks. Yesterday the group in front of us were extremely slow. They were playing from the tips and frequently didn’t get passed the forward tees. We waiting (again) on #12. Instead of taking their orders on the other side of the lake she stopped to help them before they attempted to hit over the water. It would be nice if the ranger would try and help improve the pace of play. We played the front 9 in 1 1/2 hrs. The back took 2 1/2 all because of the foursome holding up the entire course. We were backed up with 2 or 3 groups waiting for them to move on frequently. Towards the end of the round I noticed more than one group give up and quit their round.

It was a great value for what we paid. Very pretty course. Greens were a little beat up but still great overall. We really enjoyed the course and I will come back to play again.