TPC of Scottsdale

My husband, myself and a friend played this course in June 09. It was 108 degrees but, we are from Tennessee so we had to play it while we had the chance. They warned us that it wasn''t in the best of condition because it was off season but, the only thing that we noticed was that the fairways were a little dry and sparse. Sand was deep and well cared for (what makes that interesting is that most Phoenix courses shouldn''t call it sand, it is more like concrete with some gravel on top). Greens were nice and there was some nice grassy areas. Every other course we have played out here (about 6 so far) the ground has been rock hard with very little grass.

This is a fun course to play. They have several landmarks such as the rock that fans picked up and moved out of Tiger''s way during a tournament. The landscaping is lovely. The staff is very kind. We had a ranger bring us all mango scented icy wet towels. It cost us 73 dollars each for 18 holes, cart and range balls. It is a nice place and not a bad price to say you played a PGA course. We didn''t think it was all that difficult though, which is fine with us.

Overall, a very good time.

Nice design with plenty of interesting holes and options off the tee. Fun finishing group of holes - 15 is great par 5, 16 will leave you scratching your head, looking around going "this is THAT hole", but still the rest of your 4-some booing/cheering depending upon the success of your tee-shot, 17 is great short par 4 and 18 is fun off the back tees, with the clubhouse directly behind the green.

Play the correct tees for your skill level, and you can leave here with a great feeling of having "handled" a PGA Tour site - play the tips before quitting your day-job!

If you play this course in the summer, BE WARNED, it will look and play a little (sometimes very) tired! That said, given the great rates that can be had in the summer, I'd still recommend this course - especially if you've never played here before. One pleasant surprise of a summer round is the excellence of the staff, who seem to fare much better than the greens in the desert heat - kudos to the TPC for that.

A little overpriced outside of the summer months.

Played this course twice two years apart. Both times it was in very poor condition. First time it was the greens, worse than a low end public course. Most recently it was the fairways. The worst course conditions I have ever played. They appologized, but frankly it was near theft to take my money for this horror of a course. If you're not playing in the PGA event they don't seem to care.