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JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort & Spa
About JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort & Spa
The JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort & Spa is among the largest golf resorts in Arizona with 865 guest rooms and suites. It is an amenity of the next door Wildfire Golf Club, home to two full-length, 18-hole golf courses designed by Nick Faldo and Arnold Palmer. The resort features five pool areas, including a lazy river and water slide, as well as the more exclusive and quiet Griffin Bay pool area. There is also a fitness center, full-service Revive Spa and tennis courts. Managed by Marriott Golf, there is a kids program and kids play golf free at Wildfire Golf Club with a paid adult.Facts
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Plenty of BUNKERS Folks ! Photo submitted by Marky3PuttzV on 03/17/2020
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Great facilities Photo submitted by GREGCGOLFER on 07/30/2017
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Beautiful Desert scenery Photo submitted by GREGCGOLFER on 07/30/2017
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Faldo Hole 4, Par 4 (birdie) Photo submitted by vrob008 on 08/18/2016
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Great Course
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-
Will be back
This is a great course, lots of sand, but can be avoided. The staff was pleasant but not overly friendly.
Nice course but very expensive
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.
Awful pace of play. Get a golf marshal. And towing around your drink cart?? Stay classy
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!!
Found the course interesting
The course offered challenges but it was fun to play.
Wildfire/ Palmer Course
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!
Nice track if you are in the Fairway
This is a fair track, you will enjoy it more if you hit fairways the ball will disappear after the maintained areas.
Take less distance and hit fairway woods it will pay off.
Must Play
Great facility all the way around.
Enjoyed a great breakfast. Nice big range. High-end carts. The layout and course conditions were great. Greens were a touch hairy, rolling maybe 8. Other than that, a 5 star experience.
Beautiful course for AZ!
Great course to play with lots of sand traps. Also great course to play late in the day.