TPC Scottsdale Stadium Course, Scottsdale, AZ

The course was only in fair condition. I was expecting more the money. Good practice facility. There were other places in Scottsdale that were more challenging and cost less.

The starter sent five of us out at one time two married couples and me. It was just my bad luck. They were all nice people. Everyone was extremely nice in the club house.

If the course was not on TV it would not be worth playing, and TV is what you are paying for. In an area with many great courses this is not one of them. The condition was poor, it is a big number to play, and then they make you take a caddy whose job it is to make sure you play fast not to help you around the track. Without the stands the 16th is nothing more than a nine iron par three. Play it once, but of the 16 people in our group nobody wants to go back.

Played October 28, 2010. Course just out of overseeding, not in as good of condition as other "lesser" Scottsdale area courses. Bunkers were like mud not sand. Fairways patchy. Greens good but not great. Not a value at $189 per round. Play elsewhere unless you need to say you played a PGA course.

Lots of better values in Scottsdale, but it was an experience. Stadium hole was not built. I would not play there in the peak season. Not worth $275, but well worth $75 in the summer. They also offered me a package to play the Champions course also for around $120 for both rounds, but I saw even more value in "discovering" golf courses in Scottsdale on my own.