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Francisco Grande Hotel and Golf Resort
About Francisco Grande Hotel and Golf Resort
Francisco Grande Hotel and Golf Resort is a historic hotel, golf course and sports academy 45 minutes south of Phoenix-Scottsdale. The hotel and golf course is on the campus of Grande Sports World, a training destination for youth and national teams. The property was founded by Horace Stoneham, the owner of the San Francisco Giants, and opened in 1959. There is an outdoor pool and jacuzzi, while guest rooms are standard rooms and suite accommodations. The golf course was designed by Ralph Plummer and can stretch to over 7,500 yards from the championship tees.Facts
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Golf courses at Francisco Grande Hotel and Golf Resort
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Images from Francisco Grande Hotel and Golf Resort
Golfer Photos
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Photo submitted by u000004038903 on 02/12/2026
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Dry and dead Photo submitted by gmcenvoy1 on 11/13/2022
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Photo submitted by gmcenvoy1 on 11/13/2022
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Photo submitted by oldmaddog50 on 12/09/2021
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Photo submitted by daveberg714 on 05/17/2021
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From our balcony Photo submitted by Shypoke55 on 04/22/2019
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Hotel with history behind it!! Photo submitted by Shypoke55 on 04/22/2019
Reviews
Fun course great pace
This course was a real fun course to play on. The fairways were forgiving, great pace of play. The greens were a little rough but nothing some TLC can’t fix. I know it’s an older course but it showed it still has great potential of being a beautiful course. The staff was great, very friendly and very helpful. I would definitely come back and play here again.
P.S be on the look out for wild life, first hole we spotted a big snake in the fairway lol.
Great Views and Scenery’
I’ve been here a few times! Definitely would recommend. Didn’t loose too many balls. It’s really challenging on a windy day.
There were dead palm fronds land everywhere which made it impossible to find your ball off the fairway.
Brucer 3
We always have a good time playing at this course. However, they are fighting a large gopher or ground squirrel population which is directly impacting both the fairways and several greens.
Once Nice
The history of this resort and course goes back to Spring Training and the SF Giants. The course was part of their training home base. The old pictures look great and I’m sure the course was very nice back when Hollywood celebrities visited and played.
Now however, the course has been allowed to deteriorate with very spotty watering, tens of thousands of gopher holes destroying large parts of the course and no one around who seemed to be assuring a reasonable pace of play. As a result, we teed off at 10:15 and finished at 3:20.
Outside services didn’t so much as speak a word when we came in and never even approached us to clean clubs. Amazing!
There is potential here for a course that would be fun but ownership has let it go to the point where it hardly resembles the course it once was. It’s a shame.
Nice fairways and decent greens
Overall the course is pretty sweet. Only tough part was landing anywhere but the fairways, lots of desert areas and high grass rough. Bunkers weren’t soft at all, more dirt than actual sand.
Good value. Course in decent shape
We enjoyed a couple of rounds here. Good value and friendly staff.
Needs a little TLC
The scenery is beautiful on this course with mature trees. Greens are slow with some patchy spots. Fairways were in good condition. Tee boxes were a little hard packed.
Overall was okay for the price we paid and considering the cost of other courses in this area.