JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort & Spa

The front 9 took so long there was no hope of finishing in under 6 hours and the sun was going to set in 5. Slowest play I’ve ever seen even in Arizona in the winter. Skip this one like I had to do on the back 9

Fun course - played in 3 hrs 37 min. Lots of sand traps but greens were nice and staff was too.

This is a nice course but I would say it’s a bit pricey compared to other Phoenix-area golf courses of similar quality.

I was impressed with their starter...he seemed on top of his job.

However, during our back 9 a ranger asked us to step aside for a 5-some behind us. We were keeping up with the group in front of us....even waiting on some tee boxes.

Then when our round was complete, no one asked to assist me and my 90-year old husband with our clubs. I ended up doing it myself. They completely ignored me.

Really enjoyed the layout. Have to place the ball around the course with all the bunkers. Greens are very quick.

Course was in great condition. Always enjoy playing here. Challenging yet can score well if you can hit the fairways. Greens were extremely fast, almost like putting on glass. That was hard to deal with-

This is a great course, lots of sand, but can be avoided. The staff was pleasant but not overly friendly.

The course was great. Because of the # of out of town players, I think they are charging much more for similar quality as other courses in town. I’ll go back in the summer.

Pretty nice course but come on we are in Phoenix every course is nice. Views aren’t anything to brag about. But they should be absolutely ashamed of the pace of play. I will never come back here. I am a 14 handicap and my girlfriend shot a 105. We do not light the course on fire. But we still had two groups standing and waiting on Every. Single. Hole. Why? Because evidently they booked 6 twosomes in a row and let them play at a pace of a foursome. What respectable golf courses that charges $200/round let’s the tee box pile up like that? Talked tot he Marshall and he said he couldn’t do anything about it. Of course you can’t now! How do you now know better then to set your course up for failure like that?? Waited 5-10 mins on almost every shot! Not to mention they only had one drink cart for 36 holes!!! And that one drink cart had to get towed around by another cart because it was as broke down. Seriously where are we a trailer court??? Never again!!

The course offered challenges but it was fun to play.

Got a tee time as a single, fully expected to join a group... I played the entire round by myself. There was a threesome in front of me and a twosome behind me. Played the round in about 3.5 hours. I could have spent a lot of time waiting but instead played two balls quite a bit, lots of second tries at poor shots. Great course, challenging, easy to hit into trouble. Very Zen golf experience!