Talking Stick Resort & Casino

My wife was a last minute scratch due to getting sick. The TS staff was great. The golf course was in super solid shape, yet the staff is why I recommend the course and why I’ll be back.

Course in good shape, greens were a little firm. My only complaint is they closed the range from 1pm to 3pm to do maintenance. They couldn't pick a worse time. I had a 1:45 tee time and got there just before 1pm and as I walked over, they closed it. I don't know why they can't close it at 3 or 4pm for the evening and do their maintenance, instead of doing it in prime time. Other than that, had a great time.

Pretty repetitive course. They shuffled our tee time around a bit, which made it tough to finish before last light, so keep an eye out for that if you are going to be right on time.

Descent desert track, course was in very good shape, the greens have a lot of grain, which I haven’t seen much of in the desert, nice change.

Generous fairways, good condition make this a good course for the Hot Deal value. Not sure if I would have still felt that ways if I had paid full price. It was great for a winter round for this Northerner while attending the WMPO. Average layout, but no real memorable holes, but I was happy to be out playing golf! Hit the casino adjacent to the course, which was a bonus!

Range was beat tore up with no turf whatsoever Most boring layout I have ever played. Stay away. People were good.

The course was extremely busy, slow and in below average conditions. There are a lot of deep bunkers, but they have no playable sand and many were still soggy/muddy late in the day. The fairways are green, but the grass is so short you might as well be playing on the dirt. The driving range is large but also has very little grass to play off of. The layout is good and very forgiving as in many resort courses.

Course was I. Good condition including the greens wish I would guess ran 10 - 11. Very wide fairways and pretty large greens make for a good statistic round of golf. Definitely resort type course. I think a bit pricey for what it is, but it is the week before the WM Tourney.

Greens were a little quick but other than that great

The talking stick facilities are decent. Not the best but not nearly the worst. The included range balls and massive practice green is a great warm up. Make sure to hit up the sandwich shop and grab a pastrami on the pretzel bun. The course has nice large fairways with plenty of wildlife. Eagles, roadrunners, coyotes and more. The greens were in fantastic shape, though hard, but fairly flat. All in all, very scorable and had a great time.

Played the O’odham 2 days on the trot, first day dreadfully slow and following some drunken loudmouths, not fun. Second day pace much better. Course is flat and featureless, compared to other courses around its relatively cheap but if you asked me to pay that much for a similar golf course in the UK I wouldn’t even consider it.

Everything about the day was great:

Pre round lunch at the bar

Staff

Top end cart

Conditions

Greens were super fast

Post round drinks on the patio

Staff vacated after 6:00 and the.course and clubhouse locked up.