Westin Mission Hills Golf Resort & Spa

It is a Gary Player signature course, so I expected an interesting and challenging layout. Instead, I found the front nine boringly simple. There is no rough. The fairways are wide. The greens are flat. Every putt is straight.

The back nine looks and plays like it was designed by another person. Many of the greens were protected by bunkering and water. The run-ups weren't all flat. Much more interesting.

However, what is a killer in my opinion is the bunkers had dirt instead of sand. I was told the wind often blows sand out of the traps, but I've played courses where they use a heavier sand to combat that problem. On top of that, many of the bunkers were not maintained well.

Had a great time at Gary player mission hills course today. Greens were in good shape and this course gives you all you want. Great value and pace was great. Well definitely play here again

Just spent 3 weeks in the Valley, course was the worst by far for a Hotel/Golf Resort, you should be ashamed to charge relative to others in the Valley and offer this course to quests. You have gone thru new ownership about 3 years ago and still are below par. But are preceding to give the place a new paint job, awesome. Yes I did notice the place was dead. You should go next door to the course you divorced a couple years ago, was one of the nicest courses I played.

Fertility of grass was very poor on greens, bare spots, and dead ball mark holes littered the greens.

Marshall’s did not manage course whatsoever. foursome in front of me them they sent me out as a single, a single behind with wife and baby crawling on course, single behind them, and a random walker playing the front nine in between all groups. Made the turn and a twosome and single jumped ahead of the foursome ahead of us. Went to clubhouse to address issues and it was closed. There was no staff around to help or remedy a situation.

Westin is supposed to be a prestigious company but the staff there is doing whatever they want and have zero thought or care for the customers paying 99$ green fees.

This was very unprofessional and there was no communication to be had with staff.

I understand this. All courses around are in the grow in period while switching to cool season grasses I give lots of grace and respect towards the greenskeeping staff. This fault lies with clubhouse staff management and their non communication and management practices.

Low handicappers might not find this course challenging enough but mid/high handicappers will find it ejoyable. Course is kept in excellent condition and there's nothing "tricked up" about the course. It plays very fair and rewards good shot-making. I've played it twice and am a fan.

The staff was beyond unfriendly and the starter was just down right rude, to everyone! The course was brown, their was actually trash everywhere, the pace of play was AWFUL... don't waste your money, so many better courses in the desert to play.

This was my first time playing the Mission Hills Gary Player course. Really enjoyed the round. It’s an interesting track with just enough water and other hazards to keep you honest and had gorgeous views of the mountains. Course was well maintained and the staff was friendly and helpful. Only issue was when I went to post my score. I had trouble locating the course. Turns out on you have to select Mission Hills North to post your score.

5 minutes before my tee time I was informed there would be a 45-60 minute delay teeing off. Apparently the staff had forgotten to send groups out off the first tee for over 30 minutes. After quite a delay, we were told to start off the 6th tee (which was not really an issue). However, once we reached the 1st hole again around 2pm-ish, it was unfair for all golfers involved because multiple groups were teeing off on 1 trying to finish their round in addition to those just starting their round.

Management was not very accommodating for anyone during the day and did not provide any assistance or clarification as to their issues in the morning.

We were a twosome, and were behind a slow foursome

The grounds (fencing, off course landscaping, cart paths) all need some tlc; The course is showing it's age.

The staff was super nice and helpful

For some reason, no beverage cart service. It was a holiday week, so we felt lucky to get a last minute tee time, and the price was reasonable for a resort town.

All in all a nice time

Greens were in very good condition, fairways great conditions

Sand was poor

Still, a great round!

For the money, I found many courses locally that outperformed the gary player MissionHills, I’d recommend playing this course, but the greens keepers have been sleeping. Anything off the fairway is in my neighbor’s yard, unkept and dirty.

Overall enjoyable course but the greens need work, very slow and didn’t seem as well maintained as the rest of the course.

I truly enjoyed playing this course. It was in great shape and I loved the layout. I think the price was a little high when I compare it to others in the area, and because of that, there weren’t many people out there, which allowed me to zip on through. I love it when I can play a fast round!

Course was in great shape. Solid course for the price. Greens rolled true and easy to hit your line, on the slower side but that was more because of the dew. Teed off at 7am and finished at 10am. Starter was laid back and easy to talk to. Everyone there was accommodating. Would recommend and would play again.