Crowne Plaza Phoenix Chandler Golf Resort

I like San Marcos but slow play and sand traps make me wonder if I will come back. I am from the Midwest and a golf round is usually 3 - 4 hours. At San Marcos, it was 4 1/2. In addition, the course set-up with sand traps on both sides of all greens is diabolical - contributing to the slow play ( put some sand in the traps to give the no-pros a chance without hitting the ball across the green into the other side trap).

Our morning began by having the starter push us to start early, our tee time was at 7:52am with two open holes in front of our foursome. About 40 minutes into our round in the middle of the 4th hole the ranger, Janet, approaches us and states she’s “been getting calls left and right” about our slow play. At this point we’re averaging ~10min per hole at a course with a 4 hour pace of play. We somehow became the scapegoat for the mess and bad pace management from the starter allowing golfers to tee off 2 minutes apart it seems like. We proceeded to skip the rest of the 4th hole, kept playing our pace, and on the 11th caught the group in front of us. We noticed golfers continuing to stack in the previous holes, and we now had a 2 hole gap between us the group behind us. We finished the round in 3 hours, and keeping our initial pace were later congratulated for being “rockstars”. You’re welcome for fixing your mess and bad pace management by skipping golf that we paid for.

PSA

-If you have somewhere to be don’t come play golf, go tend to your responsibilities.

-5 stars for the actual course this place is a gem, in great shape, and very forgiving. The burritos are amazing as well.

This is about my 5th or 6th time playing San Marcos and it never disappoints. Quality course for under $100 is rare this time of year.

Staff is very friendly from check in to the 19th hole. Course / greens in great shape. Solid option to other public courses.

We like playing this old time course! Noticed that some fairways are starting to acquire bald spots. Could use more sand in the bunkers. There seemed to be more trash than normal so would suggest the course marshals could do trash patrol while driving around? The staff is always very nice. Would like to see some refreshing of the bathrooms, repair the cart path as needed, removal of dead plants and trees. It’s a good course overall!! People do need to fix their divots on the fairways and greens.

SM is a fave of mine and my friends. It’s in fab shape currently (Feb 2024), pace of play just great on a Tuesday morning, food in the grill on point. We were able to get some footage for our channel (YT Two Average Golfers)—shameless plug, yes—without interrupting the pace of play and it was just a great time. We shall return!!

Well looked after my first time playing your course , we were fortunate to have Jerry join us for 9 holes tough greens but much enjoyed

My group and I have played this course 3 times, so far, in 2024. The fairways and greens are in really good conditions.

The sand traps, all 3 protecting every green, could use some sand as they are a little shallow. But hey, who wants to play from the sand anyway?

On my first trip here staff warned me to stay out of the sand traps. They were spot on.

San Marcos is a nice, clean course. Not too much trouble and is fun to play as an average golfer.

Have played this course a few times now and we really enjoy it! It’s in pretty good shape! It had rained the day before so the bunkers had water and there was scattered standing water in the rough and fairways, no big deal. The staff is always pleasant and pace of play was great.

Didn't realize we had booked right behind a tournament, thus a bit slow for my liking. However we did manage to finish. Greens were great, fairways good. Any staff we interacted with were awesome. Some sandtraps could use some sand.

Overall a lovely day.