7000 N Resort Dr, Tucson, Arizona 85750, US
(520) 299-2020
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About Resorts at Ventana Canyon: Loews and The Lodge

Tucson's Ventana Canyon development is home to a residential community and membership, 36 holes of Tom Fazio-designed golf, and two, four-star lodging properties, the Loews Ventana Canyon and The Lodge at Ventana Canyon. The Loews Ventana Canyon is the larger of the two with 398 guest rooms and suites, multiple dining areas and pools, including an adults-only pool. It also has four lighted tennis courts and a spa to go along with multiple dining concepts from fine to bar and casual. The Lodge at Ventana Canyon is smaller with just 50 suites that feature kitchenettes and oversized living areas. The Lodge has its own dining room for casual fare, the Catalina Dining Room, as well as its own pool and spa. Click here for the Lodge at Ventana Canyon website https://www.thelodgeatventanacanyon.com/ Click here for the Loews Ventana Canyon website https://www.loewshotels.com/ventana-canyon

Facts

Price Range$$$, $$$$
Property Class★★★★
Acres1100
Year Opened1987
Number of Units300-500

Amenities

RestaurantsFine, Casual, Bar, Buffet
Room TypesSuite, Room
PoolAdults Only
TennisYes
Fitness CenterYes
Practice FacilityYes
Golf School/AcademyYes
Banquet SpaceYes
SpaYes

Services

Kids ProgramYes
Room ServiceYes
ConciergeYes

Rules

Is the resort pet friendly?Yes
Is resort stay required for a tee time?No

Golf courses at Resorts at Ventana Canyon: Loews and The Lodge

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4.4
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Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Only issue we had were the plastic cup liners, Several putts were bounced adversely after contact. Would like to know the purpose they serve, when painting the top of the cup has become standard.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 05/01/2017:
We thank you for bringing this to our attention, we will have our staff take a look to ensure this is addressed. We still use plastic cup liners but they should be flush with the greens. Come back and see us, glad you loved your overall experience!
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Canyon Course at Ventana in Tucson

challenging course with amazing contast between lush green fairways and arid desert vegetation. Plenty of wildlife for entertainment - rabbits, praire dogs and road runners. Long distances between holes give players time in a cart with the cooling breeze of movement - nice relief from desert heat.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 04/25/2017:
Great! We're so glad you loved the challenge and the scenery here, including some of the wildlife you saw, how cool! Come back and see us again soon.
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Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
First Time Playing

Awful

Pulling up the resort looks great seems like a nice stay! Drove a mile to the driving range which isn't bad and it looks like they haven't moved the stations in a month! No grass to hit off of! Went to go buy a Gatorade and a sandwich $15 later and I got a Gatorade and a decent sandwich. The tee box's are nice but that's about it the fairways were rough and the greens were awful. It's almost like they had a disease that they tried to fill in with sand! Completely impossible. The course layout was horrible. The only great thing about that course was the view of the mountains and I found myself looking at them a lot asking the same question. Why did I spend so much money to play this course!!

Conditions Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Response from on 04/25/2017:
We're sorry to hear you did not see the value in playing here and it did not meet your expectations for you round. We are glad to hear you enjoyed the scenery and the staff were firendly, know that we are working diligently to make the conditions here exceptional for your next visit. Come back and see us!
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Reviews 12
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Ridiculous layout

Stay away! The drive from green to tee box is crazy! who ever played this course out needs to be... Conditions were good, but this is a $45 dollar course AT MOST.

Conditions Good
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great golf - poor ending

I've played here before. Challenging holes, fast greens, deep bunkers, collars won't bail you out. Great day of golf until tried to leave.

The clubs to cart to play area system is a bit awkward here to say the least anyway, but today was a fiasco. When we get off course, cart attendant starts cleaning clubs, asks if we need clubs stored or??? Told him no, we are leaving. he said Ok, I'll meet you at cart stand. We go get in truck, pull to cart stand. nothing. 20 minutes later, nothing. So my wife leaves to go in pro shop (3:30 PM) to see what the deal is to find it closed up for the day. She then goes down to cart staging area, no one obvious there. Finally finds the guy, he said he put them in storage. Says he'll get them, doesn't offer to let her ride up with the clubs or take them herself, but tells her to walk back up to cart stand. She walks back, still 5 more minutes here he finally comes. No I'm sorry, no nothing. You'd have sworn he got tot eh truck before we did.

Great challenging course - just don't make my mistake and tip before you have your clubs in your vehicle.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Response from on 04/20/2017:
Hey Terrie, thank you for the feedback. We regret to hear about the confusion regarding your clubs at the end of your round. We aim to please here at The Lodge At Ventana Canyon and give golfers the best possible experience. We will make improvements moving forward to ensure this does not happen to any future golfers and relay to the rest of our staff. Thank you for stopping by and we hope to have you back again soon. Have a great day!
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Reviews 4
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Response from on 04/07/2017:
Thanks for this excellent rating!
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Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart

Not worth the trouble

My biggest complaint was the difficulty with finding the course and the clubhouse. It is located at an aging resort and you park by the spa and walk to a clubhouse that closes at 3:00 which was our tee time. You then walk forever in the general direction of the golf course and if you are lucky you find someone who puts you on a cart and then ride forever to the other clubhouse and then try to play golf. By the time you actually play golf 40 minutes has gone by and you miss your tee time and have to skip several holes. I would recommend playing any course instead of this one even if I was staying at that resort

Conditions Good
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Response from on 04/10/2017:
We're sorry to hear you had some trouble finding your way to the clubhouse which effected your round with us. We do hope you come out again and try another round. We want to give you the best experience possible.
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Reviews 4
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great Golf Course

We played the Mountain Course. The fairways and greens are in excellent shape. Pace of play was great, nothing bad to say, we will be back! Staff was very helpful and friendly. We have played all the courses in Tucson and this one is one of the best.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 04/03/2017:
We love our fans! Thank you for being one and for enjoying your overall experience with us. We can't wait to see you back again!
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Reviews 9
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Wonderful mountain course

Excellent staff ,Lovely course ,great views , excellent course conditions ,

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 03/28/2017:
So glad you loved everything about your round! Thanks for this great rating!
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 03/28/2017:
We thank you for this excellent rating!
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

No GPS

The course and facilities are top notch. The only area they fall short is their carts. No GPS. There are municipal courses with $50 greens fees that have GPS in their carts.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Response from on 03/28/2017:
Thanks so much for this awesome rating, we're glad you loved the course and your round. We will notify management about the possibility of getting GPS in our carts, for your convenience. We thank you for this suggestion, your feedback means a lot to us.
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Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

high dollar golf

first time at this course. would not go back. Hard to find the club house for registration. No GPS on carts. Nice course but not worth the money.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Response from on 03/24/2017:
We're sorry to hear that you did not see the best value playing here due to some of the missing features at the course. We appreciate the 4-star rating though, hoping you give us another shot and come back to see us again!
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Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course in many ways

The unique layout and the friendliness and helpfulness of the staff are what make this course really nice!

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Response from on 03/23/2017:
So glad the staff and the layout made your round memorable!
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Reviews 25
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course and views

The course was fun, fair with great desert views. However as this course is also private you get a second rate feeling especially with the different off course entrance with long walks and cart rides to get to the practice area and first tee box.

Conditions Excellent
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Response from on 03/23/2017:
Awesome! We're happy to hear you loved the course scenery and had a fun time!
Played On
Reviews 54
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 03/17/2017:
Thanks for this awesome rating!
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 25+
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Play the course

Course was inExellent condition, good pace, great weather...the best condition for golfing

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 03/17/2017:
So glad you loved the conditions and the weather worked out on your round. Come back and see you again soon!
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great fairways and greens

March 7 and a 30 minute frost delay. One mile cart ride to the practice range. Pay attention to the signs directing to the next tee--can be confusing The Canyon course will cross a four lane highway--beware and use caution!. Most unhappy with pace of play--five hours--adjust your dinner resv. The course has excellent fairways and greens, All of the holes are very interesting--great layout. Maybe the best views in all of Tucson. Be patient with the first few comments and you have a good experience.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Response from on 03/10/2017:
So glad you loved the experience as well as the scenery. Thanks for lthe safety tip here for our newer golfers, very thoughtful of you!
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Reviews 10
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Best Views in the Valley

Beautiful course and very well maintained. Fairways are wide and manicured. Greens are beautiful with lots of subtle slope and surprising changes in speed depending on the grain. Beware of the influence of the mountain on grain and ball speed!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 03/08/2017:
Great tips for our newer golfers! Thanks so much for enjoying our golf course!
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Ventana Canyon

This was our first trip to Tucson, and I would love to play this course again. The scenery was beautiful, and the course was very well maintained and in great shape. In addition, we had no slow play issues.

The afternoon became very chilly the last few holes, but overall, our round was awesome!

C. Farkas

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 03/08/2017:
So happy to hear you loved the scenery and pace of play was on point!
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Response from on 03/07/2017:
So glad you loved the distinct design here at the course! Come back and see us again soon!
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