Arizona Grand Resort & Spa

I’ve played this course more times than I can count, but I’ve never experienced worst conditions than I did on this outing. Our tee time was 1:50 pm. Staff is always good. Pace was great. Never caught up to anyone; no one pushing us… and that is where the positives end.

Tee boxes: even if you could find a relatively even spot, good luck trying to hammer your tee into what feels like bedrock.

Fairways: dry and hard—like landing my ball in a parking lot.

Greens: would be the only redeeming feature if it wasn’t for the animals playing earlier in the day that can’t fix their ball marks.

Staff was friendly and the course layout was great. This is definitely a course where you need to keep it straight or you’ll spend a lot of time playing out of the desert.

That said, the price didn’t match the condition of the course. Many fairways had large patches of dead grass, and the last hole had turf where tees couldn’t even be used. We also had to switch carts because the battery was dying.

The most frustrating part was an interaction with the ranger. He came out and told us to turn around because “the tournament goes the other way.” We weren’t part of the tournament, and it would’ve made more sense to ask before assuming. Overall, there were several issues you wouldn’t expect from such an expensive course.

For the most part , the course is still in good shape , with a few fairways and greens being a little rough . Staff was ok not exceptional for a resort course . I arrived and no one to greet us or take our bags . When I did see , what I assumed was the starter , he never said hi or good morning . All he asked was my tee time and he had that wrong .

Otherwise , I would play this course again.

Haven’t played this course in a while and will not play again. Turf was bad with many dry dirt areas.

Golf course was near empty. Pace of play was great...Finished in 3.25 hours.

Greens were quick and lacking grass. Lot's of bare areas on the greens. Fairways were plush but once of the fairway, grass was hard to find.

Outside services staff was extremely friendly while the pro shop staff left a little to be desired. Overall, I guess I would recommend this course to the part-time golfer. Advance handicap golfers will get bored.

Nice course, like playing two different courses. Front nine more open and back nine target golf with mountain views.

Arizona Grand is our favourite course! We played this course last April (2025), and at that time we were disappointed with the poor course conditions. We decided to try it again this year and I am very happy we did! The course this year is in almost perfect condition. The only issue is the forward (red) tee boxes; many were humped in the center, making it difficult/impossible for my wife to find a flat tee-off spot. This was our last game before returning home to Toronto, but we will be back next year.

This course is amazing, a little challenging if you can’t hit the long ball. Lots of hills and water.

Had a great time and almost pared the back nine.

I play The Grand about 40 times a year and they have added these new fences that make it hard to get out on the course where you need too!

My first time, lots of blind shots, elevation changes made this very difficult, course book provided for free was helpful but very hard to pick clubs and hit landing areas. This slows down pace of play for resort guests unfamiliar with the course. Nothing you can do about it, it's a very tricky, challenging layout. Love to play it again.

Negatives:

•Mounded & slanted tee boxes.

•Tee box were torn up. It was obvious they hadn’t been moved.

•Tee times are too close together. 8:15 tee time. 5.5 hour round.

•They have 1/2 of the fairways blocked off with rope & stakes.

•Overly sensitive gps on the carts.

Positives:

•Really cool layout with a couple of good views.

•Descent price but still not worth it with the conditions.

•It looks like they may start putting some money into the course. Saw some new flower beds around some of the tee boxes.

Goofy layout, lots of blind tee shots, meh

No complaints, but power cart access to some fairways is restricted Conditions were great holes were spectacular as are the views

Playable. Some fairways were bit up . Greens were ok