JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort & Spa

Typical marriott hospitality. Friendly, accommodating staff, excellent golf courses. We played the Palmer back nine then the Faldo back nine. Faldo course was in exceptional condition. Palmer greens are still recovering from top dressing, but rolled smoothly, just a bit slow. Typical summer greens, got to keep them long enough to keep them alive. Still a good experience.

Played Ocotillo yesterday and wildfire today. No comparison in condition or service. Marriott knows how to run a course and accommodate people. Ice and water on the carts and on the first tee, friendly staff, great gold course. One of my favorites, just a little pricey.

wide fairways. need to hit good approach shots, greens are fairly smooth

Great layout and staff. Played after aeration but greens still rolled true. Pro shop said the course would be back to peak shape in about a week. Overall great experience.

Great conditions.
Finished round on a beautiful rainy day in less than 3 hours. Loved it all.

Very good course. I’d put it just outside top 10 of courses I’ve played in metro PHX. But I’d put the pricing just inside the top 10 most expensive.
Very good layout. Good conditions Well trapped and the sand was fair and consistent despite being thin. Nice practice facilities. Cold drinking water every third hole. Cold towels at 1 and 10.
Does not have the elevation changes, breathtaking views or true signature holes that most of my top 10 courses have. No boring holes either.
But the best part was we played in 2.5 hours. There was a twosome a couple holes in front of us and a threesome a hole behind us that had to have a similarly fast round.

Wildfire was beautiful! They had just aerated the greens however, so the greens were not in great shape. The club house employees stated that Golfnow was supposed to have that stated on the website, which was not the case. Not a big deal because they only charged $39/golfer rather than the $125/ golfer as stated on Golfnow due to the aeration.
I highly recommend this course.

Great course; greens and fairways in excellent shape; completed 18 holes in 3 hours; staff is very friendly and accommodating; only negative was the sand traps need sand but that wont happen until whenever the traps are reconfigured. Very challenging course when the pins are strategically placed on the greens. Can't wait to play either the Palmer or Faldo course again.

Fairways are wide but the bunkers are punishing and very steep if you unfortunately have to get out of one - which is extremely likely as there are many and every green is guarded by them - even in front - so forget about running up shots to them. Tees, fairways and greens are all in excellent shape. The only complaint is that their bunkers (especially greenside) are Very steep & have very little sand at their base , which makes greenside outs very difficult even for above average players which I am not. If you can't hit high and flush irons you'll be spending your day hitting out of them :)

Excellent greens, fairways and tee boxes considering the summer transition to bermuda. Extremely challenging and very picturesque setting surrounded by wildlife and nature.
My only complaint was the lack of sand in your unfriendly and steep greenside bunkers . I could not blast out and bladed some of my shots due to this very avoidable issue. You're very stingy with how much sand you provide. Your course is very pricey and the least you provide are bunkers with sufficient sand to give an average player half a chance. Your bunkers are as deep and as numerous as I've seen anywhere and difficult enough just to pop it out even if there was an acceptable sand base to get underneath with your wedge and have at least a chance to save par. What should have bogeys turned into triples because the lack of sand caused me to blade the shot over the green. I understand there will be bunker renovations very soon and hope you will act on my complaint as other reviewers have also commented on this issue.