This is a great course but expect 4hr 40min round and no help from ranger who will lie to your face about pace of play. Staff completely unhelpful rude and untruthful. There are many great courses in Arizona and while the layout is good the experience is not. The course bunkers are worse than any muni and the maintenance of tee boxes and fairways is fair at best. Do yourself a favor and play elsewhere
Do not play here ! Let this be a warning, youwill regret it . Course fine, etc greens fee stupid high but the problem in Mequitos!! The worse day I’ve had on a golf course, they will swarm you all day. Covered in OFF but still bit over 200 times. MISERABLE!!
DO NOT BOOK VIA AK-CHIN website.
We booked our tee time via Ak-Chin. 2 golfers with a cart was $325. We found out later other golfers booked on GolfNow with a cart for only $228. When I brought it up with the pro shop that I booked via their website because they claim the rates are cheaper the earlier you book with them. They said they could do nothing about it and could not give me the cheaper rate that was listed and currently available on GolfNow. They said ‘it’s just the way it is’.
Other than the poor customer service, including that of the groundskeepers who do not mind having you wait several minutes while they finish working their area, the course is very well kept. We enjoyed the golf, but not the staff.
I want to play here again, but doubt I will based on the pro shop staff.
This was my first trip to Arizona for golf and our first course of the weekend. Southern Dunes did not let us down. Yes there are like 105 bunkers and it is in the desert but that is what made the course so amazing. From the scenery (not a building in site, to the wildlife (saw roadrunners, Havalina's, and a bobcat). that was just the beginning, the course itself was in incredible shape from the greens that ran true to the lush fairways. Along with all of that the people make this course a 5 star. Everyone from the bag guys to the starters and people in the pro shop. Everyone was friendly, helpful, and all-around great. Weare already planning a trip next year and we will definitely be back at southern Dunes.
Fun to play in The Sand Box! This was the second time our Colorado group had played SD , but it will be the last! The 142.00 price is a bit much and the staff in general not very friendly! In particular the ranger who told us to hurry up on the ninth hole! We complied but checked there clock on the cart and we completed 9 holes in 4: hours 12 minutes in a very windy condition! He told us we were 2 holes behind, lie, and to skip the 10 th hole! When we go to the 11th hole the group in front of had just gotten there and we waited long enough we could have played 10 easily! Unfortunately he came around again later in the round and we asked him again, he said we were 2 holes behind! Total BS!! We told him that and he said he’d let us play 10 after we finished! No thanks! He was actually more polite the second time but rude his first time! No need for that even if he was right, and he wasn’t! We bring up to 12 players on this trip, none will play the sand box again!