Ventana Canyon
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Great scenic views
The Mountain Course is the course to play. It's a beautiful layout, very challenging and unbelievable scenery !!! Everytime I'm in Tucson, I make a point to play the Ventana Canyon Mountain Course.
October 4, 2012
Great practice area, great views, great staff, nice condition always!
Played the Mountain side, 3-some, Saturday monrning, less than 4 hours. This is such a good golf course - always. The fairways and rough were in perfect condition, nice and lush. Bunkers have excellent sand. The only knock on the course, minor one at that, is some of the greens were a little thin in spots, but only some, like # 1. Most of them were perfect across the whole surface. The layout of course offers crazy-good city and mountain views. #s 4 and 18 are among the best par-5s in town (from the tips), just climbing the steps to those tees is a nice workout : ). The pro shop staff was most accommodating, I had a pre-paid hot deal for 4 but my Dad broke his shoulder the night before and could not play, we had to go as a 3-some with my 2 sons. The pro on duty (RRW) gave me a rain check for 1 in consideration of the circumstances. My many thanks for that ! I will be back shortly.
April 3, 2013
This course provides beautiful views and lovely desert flora along with challenging play for novice and expert alike.
My husband and I enjoyed a beautiful spring day on the Mountain Course. The staff were friendly, efficient and helpful. Directions to each hole were well posted and easily navigated. My husband is a long time golfer and I am a beginner, but we both came away having enjoyed a great day of golf.
April 1, 2013
Extremely well maintained with fantastic views..
This course can become confusing at times because of the merging of two 18 hole courses, Mountain and Canyon. No map of any kind was given out and the score cards were useless as they did not have a course layout an no GPS. There was a placard listing the holes inside the cart above the windshield which was absolutely meaningless to me. The only reason I gave this course four stars instead of five was because of this complete lack of navigation help. According to one of the doorman my opinion is not without merit as this is a common complaint. Wake up management!
March 29, 2013
Best Maintenance in Tucson
Ventana courses are challenging, but offer a variety of tees. The course is reasonably wide open with few long carries. The biggest challenge is the greens.
It is the best maintained courses in Tucson with and excellent practice facility
My favorite Tucson course
March 29, 2013
great course
While a great course, I was expecting more after all I had heard about Ventana Canyon. Go to the back tee on #3, the famous par 3 over a canyon. The view up there is amazing.
March 26, 2013
Interesting mix of target desert golf and valley desert golf
Being a Loew's resort course, one can expect the course is very well maintained. I was playing the Mountain course rather than the Canyon course. The course is a mix of target to target golf often found in foothill desert courses along with open fairway holes lower in the canyon. Overall the course is a good test. If you played Arizona National before the maintenance lapsed, then you will definitely like this course.
March 25, 2013
Very scenic, good grass
Ventana was all that it should be for the price. It had smooth fairways, rough in excellent condition and nice sand in the bunkers. We enjoyed our round. The greens on the Mountain course the day we played were significantly slower than the Tucson city courses at Randolph, Dell Urich or Silverbell.
March 24, 2013
Always great course sometimes slow play
THe course was in its usual great shape and the staff was very friendly. I have played here where a 5 hour round is not unusual, but we played in just over 4 hours.
March 22, 2013
Play and Enjoy
As you approach the T Boxes there is a complete feel of seclusion. Once you step on the Tee each hole opens up in front of you presenting mostly generous fairways. Challenging approach shots with several elevated greens and mounding and bunkering to penalize the off target shot. Immaculate conditioning. Helpful staff. Would highly recommend this course.
March 17, 2013
Beautiful facility, great shape. Slow play and ridiculous layout.
I've always loved Ventana Canyon. Both courses. Always in great shape, breathtaking beauty, very friendly and helpful staff. The design of the Canyon Course has always been a problem, with distances of nearly a mile (!) between several holes. Ridiculous design. Play on this particular day (a Friday) was a bit slow for my tastes (almost 5 hours).
March 17, 2013
Nice wide fairways and large greens
The Ventana Mountain Course combines the variety of foothills terrain with desert vegetation. Fairways are separated by cactus rough, and very few houses are close enough to pose an out of bounds problem. Perfect resort course for 10 to 30 handicappers.
March 16, 2013
Excellent in every phase.
Every golfer should play this course once, even though it is costly. Impressive was the fact that nearly every hole had staff working on it, but it never detracted from our game. First class.
March 12, 2013
Beautiful fairways, greens were funky (overseeded)
Beautiful course with great views, fairways, and interesting holes. Greens were in poor shape due to overseeding. The golf shop didn't mention it when we checked in.
March 1, 2013
Beautiful course, staff very friendly and accommodating, Fast greens,
Beautiful course, staff very friendly and accommodating, Fast greens,
February 26, 2013
Great golf course.
Beautiful course, great condition, challenging and fun course.
February 26, 2013
One of the best I've played
Both courses are well laid out and well maintained. A pleasure to play!
February 17, 2013
A class A- course
The Canyon Course at Ventana is a very well designed, and maintained course. A bit pricy, but worth the additional expenditure every so often.
February 9, 2013
Great Course
3rd hole on Mtn course has great view. Great course.
February 7, 2013
So-so
Access convoluted. Course routing poor, at best. Course in very good condition. You are on your own to get to pro shop and return to your car. No breakfast dining at the golf course - you have to take a trip to the resort hotel - we didn't do that because of the inconvienence For the price charged we had expected finer service. Too bad.
February 4, 2013
Tom Fazio Courses are Fantastic
Arguably the best courses in Tucson. Absolutely plush! A stay at the hotel and gastronomie in one of the restaurants are a must as well.
January 31, 2013
Course is amazing...staff is HORRIBLE!!
This is the second time playing the Mountain course at Ventana Canyon using GolfNow.com and this is the second time the staff has failed misreably! The front gate didn't have our names causing us to wait 10 minutes for them to figure out if my email was legit. Then got to the course and for the second time didn't have us in the system so thank goodness I brought my email proving we had a tee time. Then they tried to charge us again for the round even though my email clearly says I paid. Didn't know what hole to start us on....then older guy handling bags (didn't get his name) was rude and nonhelpful. When asking him for simple instructions his reply was an extremely smart #@% answer. When at the conclusion of the round took bags off the cart a literally threw them on the courtesy cart to take back to bag drop. During the round hasseled by the marshall to speed up play yet we were on a 4 hour pace with using cart path only. His reasoning....they had a large group they had to get out in the afternoon. Talk about a 5 star property with 1 star staff. The entire staff needs to be overhauled at that place starting with the person who is in charge! Too bad to because the course is a masterpiece. Unbelievable scenery, pristine conditions, amazing greens....so sad but never again will I play this course.
January 30, 2013
Female Friendly in all ways
My husband and I played this course while vacationing at Ventana Canyon. The value from Golf.com saved us $40/person on the outing. I rented ladies clubs and was delighted to use a new set of Callway Big Bertha/Razr clubs for $35. We had a great day on the course, and the staff could not have been friendlier. We would definitely recommend the course to all. Don't be fooled by the titles Canyon and Mountain course, however, they are laid out with the Mountain Course actually surrounded on the outside by the Canyon Course. So you're really not playing at a higher elevation than the Canyon Course. My husband is an experienced and regular 3x/wk guy, while I am hardly that experienced. We both enjoyed the challenges of the course.
January 27, 2013
Nice But
I played Starr Pass a few days prior and it is equal to in everyway but more relaxing as there is no vehicle traffic like at Ventana Canyon and $ 50 bucks cheaper.
Dont get me wrong, I played the Mtn Crse and it was beautiful and I enjoyed it but you get more than your mmoney worth at starr Pass
January 26, 2013
Definately a do over!
Excellent course even in the rain. Good breakfast and great staff everywhere. Will definately play there again.
January 25, 2013
Beautiful course with impossible greens.
Tough course with beautiful vistas. Expensive for Tucson but worth the money given the condition of the tee boxes & fairways. I heard that the recent frost took a bit of a toll on the greens.
January 24, 2013
splendid experience
thoroughly enjoyed the course. i ranked it as challenging but it is very playable for all handicaps. my son-in-law is a 34 handicap and he loved it too!
January 22, 2013
Always friendly staff and excellent conditions. A great practice facility
The staff are great from the time you walk up to the pro shop to the time you are leaving in your car. The practice facilities are large and very well maintained. Having 2 good practice putting greens is also a plus. Both the mountain and canyon courses are well done and in great shape.
January 12, 2013
Great course - great day but pace of play a factor
The Mountain Course at Ventana Canyon is a fantastic playing experience but it is a resort facility and you are subject to the variety of players skills that brings with it. Our 4-some was behind a VERY SLOW group that kept falling more and more behind the group in front. It took us 3 hours to play the front nine and we eventually just skipped the 10th hole when they made no effort to speed up (skip a hole or let us through). It took us 1 1/2 hour to finish. Rangers talked to them 3 times and came back to assure us they recognized the problem but in reality did nothing. part of the problem with high priced resort clubs is the staff wont do anything to fix pace of play issues, The back nine was fantastic when you could maintain some rhythm to your game rather than waiting 5-10 minutes for every stroke.
January 9, 2013
Great shape
If you have a choice, play the Mountain over the Canyon. Frost delay so modified shotgun at 1000. Played with a "snooty" member who obviously did not like the shotgun and "resort" guests on "his" course. He needs a little education how resort guests help keep his dues down. Needless to say, I didn't invite him to come play my course if ever in Denver. Fairways, greens in great shape after over seeding.
January 6, 2013