El Conquistador Tucson, A Hilton Resort

It's a good course. Not really "resort" course quality, more like a muni. No GPS in carts, no water bottles provided. They run tee times on 8 minute intervals so 4.5 hours at minimum.

The layout is target practice. Plenty of doglegs and elevation changes on the course. Both uphill and elevated tee box par 3's. Heavy slopes around greens so you need to hit them. Lots of levels on many greens with some challenging pin locations. Not many holes where having distance helped you. Hole 16 has the best view - elevated tee box par 5 into the mountains. There was a water hazard on 2 holes but it didn't really come into play.

Narrow fairways. Plenty of desert rocks and shrubs that balls roll into. Course is in a residential community so expect barking dogs/music, even had some people who were walking their dogs on the course and watching us. You don't finish hole 9 at the clubhouse, no way to order food at the turn. Drink cart came around 2x.

Starter would shout at everyone on the practice green/range when it was their turn, and there's 2 courses going off every 8 minutes, kind of a weird set-up here. Starter would push people up tee time slots at his discretion, sent a five-some off after us.

Greens were soft and ran fast. Fairways were overseeded and had good roll out. Rough is limited to green areas and only about an inch. Tee boxes were not level on several holes. Pin placement made for a difficult day.

Rained, snowed, hailed. Unfortunately unable to play this round of golf

Course in great shape for winter golf. Beautiful views! Restaurant was decent with good service.

Course is in good shape and very good practice facilities. Starter was friendly and attentive. Nice layout but a little confusing on back nine flow. You will get friendly resort kicks back towards fairway to make for an enjoyable round.

Originally thought this was a 9 hole par 3 course. It actually has 3 3s, 4 4s, and 2 5s, so if you want to play 18, you need to make a second lap. Pretty tight layout even by desert standards. Lots of uphill, downhill shots needed. Staff was very friendly and welcoming. Definitely a place if you’re looking for a nine hole round.

Nice course in great shape. If you go out there with low expectations, you’ll be pleased. Don’t expect a warm greeting from Mark and his staff. They need to take a class on customer service issues and how to better accommodate guests and prospective members. Maybe it was a busy day and they were stressed out, but that still doesn’t excuse less than friendly and warm reception upon arrival. Thanks!

water in club washers on cart, very good, no dry brushes👍🏻

Good greens and fairways, over all difficult to play