Gold Canyon Golf Resort & Spa

Greens where quicker than I remember. Great morning to be out too play.

What an amazing place!!!

We came to Arizona for a 6-round trip. We played Southern Dunes, Quintero, Gold Canyon (both courses) and We-Ko-Pa (both courses). At the end of the day, many members of our group thought that Dinosaur was the single best golf course we played on the entire trip, and every single member agreed that it was by far and away the best value deal in the entire state of Arizona.

To begin with, it is hard to beat the staff at Gold Canyon. Ryan in the pro shop worked with our group and he was excellent. They were on top of everything we needed, and ensured everything went off without a hitch. The rangers are awesome, and the staff is friendly. This isn't the private club atmosphere like you have at Quintero or We-Ko-Pa, and yet the staff treats you that way. It has all the great qualities of an exclusive club, just minus the pretentiousness.

The course is plain amazing. The front 9 takes you up into the mountains and the back takes you through them. Some of the holes have entirely dramatic elevation changes that make you feel like you're hitting into the vast desert beyond. Both the fairways and the greens were in incredible shape. Putts rolled true, but multiple tiers and heavy undulations placed an emphasis on hitting your approach shot to the right spot. Our afternoon round finished with a spectacular sunset on the back 9. The 15th hole has one of the best tricky drives out there - make sure you ask a ranger for the right line (which is in between two cacti well left of where the fairway points you). If you catch it right, you can hit the green or at least the green side bunker. Speaking of the rangers, they were so incredibly nice and helpful! Just added to the overall experience.

I think there would be debate among the group on what courses we would return to on our next Arizona trip, with the exception of Gold Canyon. It cannot be missed. And if you're looking to avoid the $150 - $300 rounds that comparable courses will stick you with, even better.

This course is as fun as it is beautiful. Very friendly staff that treat your clubs like they were theirs. They load and unload them and wash all of them when you're done. Lots of deer and hogs running wild. Wide fairways for a fun round.

We played for $100 which was a good deal. Course scenery is beautiful. Course was in perfect shape. Pace of play was ok. Practice range was lousy making you hit from crummy old mats but that is my only complaint.
I played 5 courses on my trip and this was the best. Greens are very challenging and hard to read. Par 3 downhill from 246 yards was one of the best holes I have ever played-great for pictures!

This course was in the best shape of any we played on our golf trip this year and we played other courses in this price range. The views are spectacular. The fairways are wide so the course wasn't as hard as the starter made it out to be. There are no total distances on the scorecard but they say what handicap should play which tees. This is flawed logic to me since I prefer to use total distance to pick tees. Blue tees are 5900 yds for a par 70 course. Ask starter for distances. Lots of memorable holes and would play this course any time even if it is a bit of a drive.

Just an outstanding course. Driving up you might not think that this is a 5 star course. However, once you are out there, it is wonderful. Fair, forgiving for the most part and beautiful. The course will challenge you at time, but you will always look at it a fair.
The views are fantastic and the course conditions were pristine for so close to overseeding.

A little spendy for this time of year, but the overall value considering golf, condition, layout and vistas was well worth it. Will be back many, many times.

Wonderful views, paired will super couple from USA, shame about the constant foul language from 4 ball of men in front, beer kicked in ++ by the 15th, we picked up many clubs etc they left lying around!!

Thoroughly enjoyed playing here. The elevation changes made for some amazing views. The course was in great shape for being late summer.

We had not played here before, and to our surprised the vistas were stunning. We played in September and the course was in great shape. I recommend this course to anyone !

Great coarse, spectacular views,
We live real close and play it when rates are low, otherwise very pricey. We are seniors and tough coarse to walk, when it's 98 degrees and cart path only.

I had a group of people (about 10 or more) that came with me to watch me and a young lady play. We spent the morning having Brunch then were treated Horribly in the clubhouse and b4 going out to shoot 18..First they Charged us more for all the carts we needed than it cost to play, then the Starter was rude and rushing us (wasn't Nobody waiting to go behind us)..I love the Dinosaur but after this experience I'd be hesitant to go back if they gave me a round. Totally disgusted with the service on this outing and take back all my recommendations for Gold Canyon to any of my visiting friends.

Nice condition and fairly challenging

I played the Whites but next time will play the blues. I'm not a long ball hitter but found the whites left me with shorter ten usual shots into the greens Also found par threes to be very short

Nice overall good time and I will be back

Nice course - seems easy but if you get too relaxed it will "bite". The course was in good condition considering they will be overseeding next week. The sand traps need some work and the greens were still a little rough from aerating a few weeks ago but who can complain about a 3 1/2 hour round on a nice course in the foothills of the Superstition. Life is good in the East Valley!

This is the golf course I've been looking for. Very scenic mountain views, lots of elevation changed. This is a must play golf course, you will love it !!

The view is just fantastic and the course is in great shape.

This course is beautifully routed through the Gold Canyon hills. Although not a difficult course many of the holes will take your breath away. A must play in Phoenix!! The wet towels supplied by the beverage cart were just one example of the great service. Take your camera, this course will not disappoint.

Course and views absolutely beautiful. Tee to green very nice. Greens very bumpy due to only fair green condition. Difficult to make even short putts.
Long walk up and downhill from cart path to green. A major problem for seniors as your legs get tired from all the walking from to/from tees and especially to/from greens.

NO WATER ON COURSE AND NO BEVERAGE CART.

I've played several courses around the valley and I've enjoyed this one the most.

This is a beautiful desert resort/residential course. Homes do not come in to play much. Wonderfully scenic settings on many holes. Bunkers have course sand and present a challenge but tee boxes are manicured and fairways are lush. Greens were in excellent condition and putts held the line. Enjoyed this course so much, we're headed back on Friday!

This place was amazing. The views were awesome and the condition it was in for middle of summer was top notch. Some of the greens were a little rough but other then that it was an awesome place to play