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About

Holes 18
Type Public/Resort
Style Traditional
Par 71
Length 6782 yards
Slope 133
Rating 72.2

Ocotillo is a one-of-a-kind golf spot in a state full of top golf spots, and the four-star golf course is suitable for both golf upstarts and old-timers.

Ocotillo's Blue Course is a watery grave; water comes into play on eight of the nine holes. It's not overly long but there's so much water the length becomes irrelevant. The best hole may be No. 1, a 590-yard par 5. Big hitters are faced with the classic risk-reward: Do they lay-up on their second shot or try to fly a tributary that splits the fairway about 50 yards short of the green?

The White Course is the most unique of the three. It has only one par 5, and the water is a factor on just five of the holes. But it also has the best hole on the property -- the 479-yard, par-4 ninth, which used to be an easy par 5 but is now a treacherous finishing touch.

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Course Details

Year Built 1986
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Ted Robinson, Sr. (1986)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Clubs Yes
GPS No

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Collared shirt required, no denim

Food & Beverage

Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities, Locker Rooms

Accolades

  • Golf Advisor: Top Courses in Arizona (2014 #13)

Reviews

3.9
1908 Reviews (1908)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 104
Patio Dining 95
19th Hole Scenic Views 56
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 230
Bunkers 136
Forced Carries 110
This course/club is great for:
Advanced Golfers 117
Locals 98
Playing Multiple Courses 83
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 119
Worth the Drive 105
In the 'Burbs 73

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Played On
Reviews 14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 02/15/2023

Thank you for the great rating. Care to share any details?

Played On
Reviews 23
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Not for the faint of heart

This is a very unforgiving course. I was aware there was an extreme amount of water here, but totally unprepared for the horrible drop offs on not only the approach areas, but the greens as well. Wonderful staff, just a really hard course.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
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Commented on 02/15/2023

Thank you for the feedback. The more times you play the course the easier the course gets.

Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Overpriced

Great course, but definitely the most overpriced course that I have ever played. Would recommend spending your money elsewhere for $200/round

Conditions Excellent
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 02/10/2023

We appreciate you coming out and playing. Try us again in the spring or fall when the rates may look more friendly for you.

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fast greens awful bunkers

Greens are lightening running 11-12 on stemp but they forgot to take the bunkers .saying they are going to get redone doesn’t mean you don’t have to take what you have.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 02/16/2023

We appreciate this kind of feedback. Thank you for taking the time to review us. Have a wonderful day!

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Tough greens to putt

Need a GPS on the carts to many blind shots or layup tee shots

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
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Commented on 02/07/2023

Really glad you had a positive experience. Thanks for reviewing. Have a great day!

Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 02/09/2023

We’re thrilled to see you had a positive experience, u314161554821. We’d love to know what made your experience great!

Played On
Reviews 66
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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Commented on 02/09/2023

Care to share any information on your experience so we can achieve a 4th or 5th star from you?

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Commented on 02/07/2023

Thank you for the rating. If you’d like to share any details about your experience, we are always looking for ways to improve.

Played On
Reviews 18
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
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Commented on 02/16/2023

Thanks for taking the time to rate us. We’d love to know more about what we did and didn’t do well so that we can better serve you in the future.

Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 02/03/2023

Thanks for the rating. If there are any details you’d like to share about what we are doing well, we’d love to learn more!

Played On
Reviews 18
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
4.0
Verified Purchaser

Tough track. Slowwwwww.

Ocotillo is not your desert target course. Tons of forced carries and water.
Plenty of tourist trade and those "frozen from the winter swings" and all the water make for a very slow round. We just made it in in just less than 5 hours.
Bunkers are in tough shape as it's been rainy and, of course, few visitors bother raking.
This would be a great Country Club. Experienced golfers who know the course would make the course move well.
For a daily fee course, I would rate it in the lower tier due to the length of their rounds.
Food in the grill was adequate. Patio is relaxing and scenic.
Don't get me wrong, it's a nice venue with some nice holes, but I have 14 courses I would play before Ocotillo.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 01/22/2023

Terry, Thank you for your review and so glad you had a chance to play Ocotillo Golf Club. Hope to see you next time!

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Commented on 01/22/2023

Terry, Thank you for your review and so glad you had a chance to play Ocotillo Golf Club. Hope to see you next time!

Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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Commented on 02/03/2023

Thanks for the rating. If there are any details you’d like to share about what we are doing well, we’d love to learn more!

Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Give it a try!

I've played this track twice in the past 2 winters. Both times, it was enjoyable.

Greens are fantastic, challenging, undulating, and fast. Only issue, lots of ball marks not repaired. I'm noticing that is a theme down here. Seems like courses don't really care about patrolling that, and if they did, many of these courses would have some of the best greens I've ever played.

Suggestion, use a GPS based app to review your tee shots and even approach shots. Helpful in hitting to correct areas.

Overall, our group loved the course. Challenging and fun.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 01/30/2023

Thank you for your review, we will see if we can't get some of those ball marks taken care of.

Played On
Reviews 12
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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Commented on 01/20/2023

Really appreciate the rating. We’d love to learn more about what we did to earn it!

Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Geese

This course is full of birds and bird dropping are everywhere! They need to get a dog who follows staff around the course and chases these things away. Excellent course and I would only play it again once they solved their bird problem. I would suggest no one play this until they have resolved this issue!

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 01/20/2023

Brian, thank you for your review. Unfortunately, we have tried two dogs in the past. With seven miles of shoreline the waterfowl just find another location on property to fly to. We use lasers to annoy the geese and swan decoys to help prevent some of the waterfowl from getting onto the greens. We will keep trying.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played

Oversold and Poor Course Management

Ocotillo used to be well managed course with great pace of play. Unfortunately they are only focused on flooding the course with golfers and do not care about the player experience. I’d avoid any tee time after 11am if you want to finish with the sun still up. Horrible.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 12/26/2023

We're sorry for your negative experience with pace of play at our property, our management team will be reaching out to you via email.

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
Previously Played

No More

I’m done playing here. First off…..the pace of play is SLOOOOW!!!!!!! Come on guys…..get a marshal out there to enforce the pace of play. It was ridiculous. Waiting 10+ minutes to tee off on EVERY tee box. Terrible. Took 6 hours to play 18. Also…..goose feces everywhere. GROSS. There are thousands of geese on this course because of the endless water. The geese ruin the experience and they crap everywhere. It is disgusting. Finally, super overpriced for what it is. I’m done with this place. So many better options out there.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 3
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
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Commented on 07/26/2023

Thank you for your rating!

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played

Terrible Pace

The pace of play was absolutely atrocious. The staff was unfriendly and there was no Ranger to enforce pace. After every shot we were waiting 15-20 minutes. We got the the turn and two foursomes were inserted in front of us. We waited 45 minutes to start the back nine. They are clearly trying to increase revenue without any consideration for the experience of the golfer. Will not be going back.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 07/09/2023

Thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. Very sorry your experience wasn’t what you’d hoped. Your feedback has been relayed to our team.

Played On
Reviews 3
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 07/06/2023

Thanks for the rating. If there are any details you’d like to share about what we are doing well, we’d love to learn more!

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Commented on 07/02/2023

It’s great to know that we left you with such a remarkable impression of our golf club. We’re delighted to see your rating and genuinely thank you for sharing your feedback!

Played On
Reviews 8
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 07/02/2023

Hi Isaac, thanks so much for rating us. We’d love to know what made your experience great!

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