JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort & Spa

Great course and layout. My complaint is that they have so many concrete bunkers. This course is completely designed around bunkers, really cool to look at and play off but they don’t have any sand thy are hard as a rock and deep. For what the charge these bunkers should be maintained more frequently. Other than that it’s a great golf course and really well conditioned. If I was going back just due to the bunker conditions play th Palmer every time.

I have played this course several times and it’s a big layout, well conditioned and a great value. Some courses in the Scottsdale area that are not as nice as this one charge twice as much. This might not have the big fancy name but it’s a must play course when in the area.

The course was in great condition and the Faldo course is a challenging track. I didn’t have even my C+ game so it was a tough day for scoring. Still, sunny and 80 degrees made it nearly perfect.

Conditions were very good ( only comment sand traps were “hard” not very sandy)!

Course layout great , challenging and fun

Good pace

Not that impressed. Parking 29$ on top of the 109$ round. A lot of holes were boring. Green was slow and bumpy with rocks and dirt. If you’d happen to get into the restricted areas; prepare to be locked up for at least 10 mins.

What resort has no restaurant open at the course? Everything was on the cart, which is unacceptable for the price. The lady in the cart was amazing, she made our day very pleasant! Course was good, silly they wouldn't pair members and guests to keep pace of play. No marshall to keep pace, we played around a group 2 holes behind. Overall, there are way too many courses in the area with a nicer staff, more amenities, and better layout.

181 bunkers. Phenomenal course in incredible shape. Really enjoyed the Faldo course design - challenging yet accessible. Pretty wide fairways, true greens, lots of bunkers with good sand. Excited to play it again

Overall always great, challenging layout. When we played, they had just come off cart path only… Supposedly… But when we teed off, we had no idea we were going to be cart path only for the day. It made for an extremely tiring round of golf. But, pro shop staff and bag drop was great. Everything was lush, but the fairways were very very long, bunkers had no sand and were caked to hardpan, and the rough was so long that it was unplayable. And the tee boxes were long and in rough shape. Greens were very slow and not well cut. You expect a lot more out of this resort and today was not it. Was fairly disappointing for what should be a Premier track.

We were given a heads up that the course would be cart path only, kind of topical this time of year. However, we did not realize that the bunkers were unplayable! Dry cracked earth at the bottom of the bunkers with huge ravines and wash outs! We complained about them on our return and were told they were to be considered ground under repair/unplayable and to remove your ball from the bunker. They said that someone should have told us that before we began our round. We also did not realize that when the course is over seeded that it would include the greens. They were downright shaggy and impossible to putt on! The course layout is beautiful but for the fee absolutely not worth it! Golf Now shouldn’t even offer this course. Golf Now should offer a credit as none of this was communicated!

The greens were not maintained at all. The putting greens were playing like a 6 which made it near impossible to putt. Also got there an hour early just to find out there driving range was closed and they had no artificial grass to lay out so you could still use the driving range. All that for $200 not worth it.

Beautiful, well laid out. Greens were perfect. Bunkers were inconsistent with depth of the sand at the bottom. Cart attendant was already off at 3pm, the hottest part of the day. Got beverages at the bar but in uninsulated cups so they were watered down and warm within an hour. But the course is awesome.