On this day of play however, it was windless and sunny with temperatures in the low 70s which was good, because our tee time was behind a very large group of golfers from one of the other RV parks in the area. We were in for a slow day.
Arizona City Golf Course is set within a residential area and as such the homes will come into play on an errant shot (ask Denny.) There are four sets of tee boxes with the black tees measuring out at 6742 yards with a rating/slope of 72.0/116. The blues are next at 6413 yards, 70.1/114, the whites at 5935 yards, 67.8/111 and the yellows at 5126 yards, 68.2/109. Surprisingly the women's yellow tee boxes are as well maintained as the men's, which isn't always the norm for golf courses. And the grassy areas are in pretty good shape for the amount of winter play this course receives.
Since this is a desert golf course there aren't a lot of water hazards on the course, although there are four irrigation ponds and a lot of coots. Sand traps aren't really a problem on the fairways and around the greens, but the waste areas along the sides of the fairways and sometimes running across the middle of the fairways can be really rough on your golf clubs. The golf course is flat and open (if you ignore the houses, that is) so you can swing away at the ball without too much worry about getting into trouble. You will certainly get some added distance if you land in the waste areas of the fairways. And folks here behind you will play up pretty close to you since the course is always heavily played and busy. That took a little getting used to.
I recommend you make sure you have a lot of water with you on hot days as there aren't a lot of water coolers on the course and there are no beverage carts driving out to relieve your thirst. Our round of golf took four and a half hours and it would have been longer if the players ahead of us had played a full round of eighteen holes instead of quitting after nine holes. This is one of the more reasonably priced golf courses in the area at $35 to play eighteen holes with a riding cart, so it gets a lot of play. The only online tee times with a lower price were those before 8 AM and those after 2 PM, neither of which appealed to us. Since this is not quite the snowbird season yet (that's still about two weeks away) I can't even imagine how busy the golf course will be then.
Planning a golf vacation is always fun; however, far too often all that anticipated fun could turn out to be a big hassle if you do not know what to plan in advance and how to plan the aspects of your upcoming vacation.
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