Papago Golf Course

I arrived at 2:30 for a 3:08 tee time. I was told the practice tees close at 2 on Mondays and I could not warm up there. That would have been nice to know before buying a round.

I was paired up with nice group of folks and we quickly learned we were behind a group of walkers. The walkers quickly fell behind on pace of play, never asked if we wanted to play through and there was never a ranger monitoring pace of play. Could have played 18 but for the pace of play.

Papago has some of the nicest staff but that can’t replace course conditions that are extremely weak from PHX area courses. Weak turf, poor soil and overall terrible layout for a course.

Hard to play this course with a decent starting time for under $200 in season. They’ve gone the Torrey route of giving a decent price to Phoenix residents & gouging everyone else. Otherwise it would have gotten at least a 4 rating from me.
That saiid, greens were in great shape & running fast, fairways were well kept. Some tee boxes were torn up & the rough is dormant & pretty much non-existent this time of year. But it was also a crowded 5+ hour round.
The new outdoor restaurant & bar area is great. Nice addition for the area, even non-golfers.
Overall, what you are paying for is location. Go 45 min to an hour away from the middle of town & similar Courses would be 40-60% less.

The course was challending but fair.
Keep your ball in the fairway, wayward shots will be penalized.
Some of the fastest greens I have played, it took a few holes to get used to teh speed.

We arrived and were told the other two in our foursome cancelled. We were advised we would be a twosome unless we wanted to wait until they could pair us up with another twosome. We opted to play as a twosome. We also realize a twosome behind a foursome would slow the pace down. After 4 hours and 50 minutes I jokingly asked if we were playing behind the OWNERS of the golf course. The group was repeatedly asked to keep up with the group in front of them by the Marshalls. By the way we never saw the group in front of the foursome holding up the entire golf course. They obviously knew no golf etiquette. They had at least 16 holes to allow us to play through. Golf staff was apologetic but in this situation they should have been more aggressive with the OWNERS group. It certainly put a damper in trying to enjoy our round and the day. I did not rate the golf and the experience very high because of this.

very well run golf facility with excellent and convenient amenities. Thank you!

Over priced, make you drive on off road cart path. Play any course in the area but this one.

To me for what I paid, you get what you get.
I think one thing they need to do is for sure have a Marshall out on the course and make the pace of play go faster. No reason the course should take more 4 hours to finish..

If not on grass it is dirt. Course is fair and in good shape for August. Staff if very good. Very bumpy as most cart paths are dirt

Truly, one of the most awful golf experiences of my life. I will preface this by saying unless you have a city card, stay the F away. $30 on city card makes sense. Anything more than this no way. Let alone, $90!!!!?!?. This place is notorious for overbooking. Pace was horrendous and mind numbing. Blue tees were moved back to tips on most holes. Greens were slower than Biden. Wanna know the worst part? I WAS PLAYING WELL AND I STILL QUIT AFTER 9! Overbooked to the max. One positive note, staff are the friendliest people on the planet. Nothing against those guys. Let’s just maybe work on TEE TIME SPACING!

This course is just play slow. No one moves anybody around the Rangers don’t do anything the staff is very friendly and nice and how do you let a five hour round happen every time I play this golf course 10 to 12 times a year it blows my mind