9800 Talking Stick Way, Scottsdale, Arizona 85256, US
(480) 850-7777
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About Talking Stick Resort & Casino

Just east of Phoenix-Scottsdale, Talking Stick Resort is owned and operated by the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. It is among Arizona's largest golf and casino resorts with nearly 500 guest rooms in a 15-story hotel tower, six restaurants, entertainment and pools. Located off the Highway 101 loop, it is conveniently located near Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport and many of the area's best golf courses. In addition to nightlife and live casino action at the resort, a Topgolf was recently added to the property as well. The main outdoor pool is large and has live music and DJs during a summer series and cabanas for rent, while there are two smaller pools. Additional amenities include a spa, fitness center and a complimentary shuttle that can transport guests to area attractions. The golf club is located next door and feature 36 holes designed by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw, the Piipash and O'odham. Both golf courses are void of residential development and feature forgiving fairways and greens on native terrain.

Facts

Price Range$$, $$$
Property Class★★★★
Acres350
Year Opened1999
Number of Units300-500

Amenities

RestaurantsFine, Bar, Casual, Buffet
Room TypesRoom, Suite
Fitness CenterYes
Practice FacilityYes
Golf School/AcademyYes
CasinoYes
Banquet SpaceYes
SpaYes

Services

Room ServiceYes
ConciergeYes

Rules

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

Golf courses at Talking Stick Resort & Casino

Golfer Photos

Reviews

4.3 out of 5 stars
2718 Reviews (2718)
Reviews 2
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
Recommended
Played

Greens are really fast & watch out for the coyotes

Great course! Had a BLAST, all the course staff were super friendly would definitely play here again! Greens were super fast but thoroughly enjoyed the track! Watch out for the course coyotes!

First Time Playing
5.0
5.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 5.0
Value 5.0
Layout 5.0
Friendliness 5.0
Pace 5.0
Amenities 5.0
Played

So So

Great conditions. Great resort. The golf was pretty boring. Play this course if you want friendly staff, well manicured grass and to just grip an rip. It’s flat boring wide open. Greens are in good shape

Great to knock the rust off to start a trip but the price doesn’t match the course .

First Time Playing
4.0
4.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 4.0
Value 2.0
Layout 2.0
Friendliness 5.0
Pace 5.0
Amenities 5.0
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
Played

Poor customer service after a great day of golf.

Played the piipaash course today. The course was in excellent condition and played very good. Was very happy with the golf, unfortunately staff at the course put my golf bag on the cart and didn’t strap it in properly and my bag feel off the cart resulting in my driver shaft breaking in half. Staff at the pro shop pretended to care and made it seem like they were going to do something about the broken club and just toyed around with me. I ended up waiting for a couple hours after the round for them to do absolutely nothing about it. Extremely poor customer service. Will unfortunately never go back and never recommend anyone to go based on how they handled the situation. A simple no I’m sorry or free item from the pro shop would have made me okay with it. Instead they questioned if I saw the bag fall off the cart.

First Time Playing
1.0
1.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 5.0
Value 1.0
Layout 3.0
Friendliness 1.0
Pace 3.0
Amenities 1.0
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
Recommended
Played

Pairing player

Staff and the course are very nice, it is the third time that I have played at Talkingstick while out here on vacation. My biggest gripe about the course is that there’s not a flat, level put on the entire course. And, unfortunately, I was paired with a racist, opinionated, loudmouth person. He wasn’t afraid to share his thoughts and opinions on just about any controversial subject. I play as a single all winter while on vacation and I can honestly say this is the first time that I almost walked off the course because he made my round so miserable. Maybe that also taint my view of not giving you excellent on everything.

Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
4.0
4.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 4.0
Value 4.0
Layout 4.0
Friendliness 4.0
Pace 5.0
Amenities 4.0
Reviews 5
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
Played

Nice Day

Very impresses with the course. Everything was in great shape. The rough was plush and the greens were in nice shape.

Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
5.0
5.0 out of 5 stars
Difficulty 4.0
Reviews 3
Plays A few times a week
Played

Expected more!

Greens were covered with divots. Faairways were not maintained. Did not see the value for what we paid. We were disappointed because it used to be a great course

Previously Played
2.0
2.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 2.0
Value 2.0
Layout 5.0
Friendliness 5.0
Pace 4.0
Amenities 4.0
Reviews 29
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
Recommended
Played
Previously Played
4.0
4.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 4.0
Value 4.0
Layout 4.0
Friendliness 5.0
Pace 5.0
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
Recommended
Played
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
4.0
4.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 5.0
Value 4.0
Layout 4.0
Friendliness 4.0
Pace 5.0
Amenities 4.0
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
Recommended
Played

Christmas Day Golf

The cost of golf here and Phoenix in General is “Hoghway Robbery”. But we are amongst those that are stupid enough to pay what clubs are asking for. Actually on this day we payed $110 which is fair value for the layout and condition of this golf course. I’m seeing green fees over $260 for this place on Golf Now. Absolutely ridiculous.

The layout is just ok and the conditions are just ok. I guarantee you that the people making the money and running the place know that they are taking advantage of the fools willing to pay such a price for golf here.

Previously Played
3.0
3.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 3.0
Value 3.0
Layout 3.0
Friendliness 4.0
Pace 4.0
Review 1
Played
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
2.0
2.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 4.0
Value 1.0
Layout 2.0
Friendliness 4.0
Pace 1.0
Amenities 3.0
Reviews 11
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
Recommended
Played
First Time Playing
5.0
5.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 5.0
Value 5.0
Layout 4.0
Friendliness 5.0
Pace 5.0
Amenities 5.0
Review 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Twice a year
Recommended
Played

Friendly service

Beautiful course, enjoyed the pat 4’s most of all.

Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
5.0
5.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 5.0
Value 5.0
Layout 5.0
Friendliness 5.0
Pace 4.0
Amenities 4.0
Reviews 214
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
Recommended
Played
Previously Played
5.0
5.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 5.0
Value 5.0
Layout 5.0
Friendliness 5.0
Pace 5.0
Amenities 5.0
Reviews 32
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
Recommended
Played

Surprised in a bad way

Everything was excellent, except for one big problem. I’m am handicapped and they refused to accommodate me by adjusting the GPS. This slowed down our pace of play and turned a great experience into work! Hopefully, someone will be able to solve this issue.

First Time Playing
5.0
5.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 5.0
Value 5.0
Layout 5.0
Friendliness 5.0
Pace 5.0
Amenities 3.0
Reviews 62
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
Recommended
Played
Previously Played
5.0
5.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 5.0
Value 5.0
Layout 5.0
Friendliness 5.0
Pace 5.0
Amenities 5.0
Review 1
Recommended
Played
Previously Played
5.0
5.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 5.0
Value 4.0
Layout 4.0
Friendliness 5.0
Pace 5.0
Amenities 5.0
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
Recommended
Played

Beautiful

Course is in great condition. We loved everything about this course from the friendly and helpful staff to the amazing lunch we enjoyed. I managed to find almost every sand bunker, but that was my playing for the day, nothing to do with the course. The pace of play was great, we moved right along. The pro shop was very well stocked with men’s clothing and as with most pro shops that we’ve encountered the ladies section is much more limited, but there were nice choices here. I’m very happy we played this course and I’m excited to make another tee time on our next visit to Scottsdale.

First Time Playing
5.0
5.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 5.0
Value 5.0
Layout 5.0
Friendliness 5.0
Pace 5.0
Amenities 5.0
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
Played

Course Oversold

We called Talking Stick in AM to book a mid afternoon tee time. From the onset the play was slow and we could see that there was a group on every hole. Ranger seemed to ignore this dilemma. Only communication we received from ranger was to insure cart was returned by 535 PM before darkness fell.

Halfway house was closed by time we reached in spite of starters representation that it would be open.

Course was in great shape but hard to enjoy when you had to wait to hit every shot. I believe the course was oversold and our experience could have been prevented

First Time Playing
3.0
3.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 5.0
Value 2.0
Layout 4.0
Friendliness 3.0
Pace 1.0
Amenities 3.0
Review 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
Recommended
Played
Previously Played
4.0
4.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 5.0
Friendliness 3.0
Pace 3.0
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
Recommended
Played
First Time Playing
5.0
5.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 5.0
Value 4.0
Layout 4.0
Friendliness 5.0
Pace 5.0
Amenities 4.0
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