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Brian Clark
Buckeye
2020-02-20
$21 (cart included), played on Monday, February 2020 at 3:10 PM
My girlfriend’s son said that this course has the best “Price, Conditions, Challenge “ in the Western Phoenix area.....he wasn’t kidding. This course for $24 for 18w/cart could match most $60 courses with Blacks at 6,944yds that I’ve played in recent years. Of the four (4) available tees, we chose the Gold 3,085/3,286yds / 69.2 / 116 for this Par 36/36 golf community layout. The full green rolling fairways were generous in their landing areas and rolled out 20-50yds nicely. The 15-25 of rough was mostly a grassy hard pan that runs into the typical desert landscape. You also couldn’t escape the views of Estrella/White Tank Mts in the near distance as they enhanced the normal flat housing views. Firm sand traps dotted most landing areas with 1-4 scattered around to protect those smooth adulating greens. Today they were rolling at 8-9 and were quite difficult to judge speed and break. Front 9 had some forced carries (water/ditches) like #2 a 375yd Par 4 with a ditch at 210yds. The #6 154yd Par 3 has a full water carry to the large adulating green. The #7 is a RH dogleg with 180yd water carry on this 329yd Par 4 unless you hit the inside cart path and get an extra 100yds. The Back 9 has a few waste area carries, with #12 a 386yd Hcp 3 one challenging Par 4. The #15 321yd Par 4 has a split fairway that rewards an 220yd+ drive to the rightside fairway, as the left is only 190 yds long to the waste area. The finishing #18 hole can stretch to 601yds with a narrow trap infested fairway that highlights your challenge today. I ended up shooting 42/41 w/35putts with son and grandson enjoying the wildlife of rabbits and coyotes that roam the area. You won’t be disappointed playing a great warmup round here before heading to the other high end tracks.
Would travel: 20-30 Miles, Vacation Worthy
Bottom line: I would play again, Better than average course for the area, Bargain priced based on quality and competitive area pricing, Fair priced based on quality and competitive area pricing, Ranks with the best in this price level
$21 (cart included), played on Monday, February 2020 at 3:10 PM
My girlfriend’s son said that this course has the best “Price, Conditions, Challenge “ in the Western Phoenix area.....he wasn’t kidding. This course for $24 for 18w/cart could match most $60 courses with Blacks at 6,944yds that I’ve played in recent years. Of the four (4) available tees, we chose the Gold 3,085/3,286yds / 69.2 / 116 for this Par 36/36 golf community layout. The full green rolling fairways were generous in their landing areas and rolled out 20-50yds nicely. The 15-25 of rough was mostly a grassy hard pan that runs into the typical desert landscape. You also couldn’t escape the views of Estrella/White Tank Mts in the near distance as they enhanced the normal flat housing views. Firm sand traps dotted most landing areas with 1-4 scattered around to protect those smooth adulating greens. Today they were rolling at 8-9 and were quite difficult to judge speed and break. Front 9 had some forced carries (water/ditches) like #2 a 375yd Par 4 with a ditch at 210yds. The #6 154yd Par 3 has a full water carry to the large adulating green. The #7 is a RH dogleg with 180yd water carry on this 329yd Par 4 unless you hit the inside cart path and get an extra 100yds. The Back 9 has a few waste area carries, with #12 a 386yd Hcp 3 one challenging Par 4. The #15 321yd Par 4 has a split fairway that rewards an 220yd+ drive to the rightside fairway, as the left is only 190 yds long to the waste area. The finishing #18 hole can stretch to 601yds with a narrow trap infested fairway that highlights your challenge today. I ended up shooting 42/41 w/35putts with son and grandson enjoying the wildlife of rabbits and coyotes that roam the area. You won’t be disappointed playing a great warmup round here before heading to the other high end tracks.