This course is located on the east side of the Phoenix metro
and was also fairly accessible. Though
it is somewhat in the city it provides a unique desert setting with giant cacti
and rumors of rattlesnakes. The course provides an interesting mix of long and
short par fours along with probably the best group of par 3’s I’ve played in a
while. Of the two courses we played, Longbow was the more compelling layout that
provided more opportunities to make a mistake as well as score. Being closer to
the population base, you could see the use that the course was getting: noticeable
pitch marks in the green and the receiving areas of the course that had plenty
of un-repaired divots. This could have been because a recent Women’s NCAA
tournament was held at the site (again a nod to the strong layout). There were some
things that showed sometimes of neglect as it was clear that none of the
bunkers had been raked for at least a day. Longbow also didn’t provide the
resort type of feel that Ak-Chin did i.e. there was no cook to prepare
breakfast (so we had toast), the range wasn’t open before we teed off, there was
little to no drinking water throughout the course and no in cart GPS. Again, we
were the first group out for the day and paid $100/person.
This course is located on the east side of the Phoenix metro
and was also fairly accessible. Though
it is somewhat in the city it provides a unique desert setting with giant cacti
and rumors of rattlesnakes. The course provides an interesting mix of long and
short par fours along with probably the best group of par 3’s I’ve played in a
while. Of the two courses we played, Longbow was the more compelling layout that
provided more opportunities to make a mistake as well as score. Being closer to
the population base, you could see the use that the course was getting: noticeable
pitch marks in the green and the receiving areas of the course that had plenty
of un-repaired divots. This could have been because a recent Women’s NCAA
tournament was held at the site (again a nod to the strong layout). There were some
things that showed sometimes of neglect as it was clear that none of the
bunkers had been raked for at least a day. Longbow also didn’t provide the
resort type of feel that Ak-Chin did i.e. there was no cook to prepare
breakfast (so we had toast), the range wasn’t open before we teed off, there was
little to no drinking water throughout the course and no in cart GPS. Again, we
were the first group out for the day and paid $100/person.
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