Foothills Golf Club
This Arizona Golf Review
is taking us into the
foothills of "The Too-kee", our destination this time
is
playing at The Foothills Golf Club. Let me quickly say Ahwatukee
is fantastic! Great places to eat, great bars, healthy people.
Seriously, it looks like the freakin Boston Marathon in the
mornings around there! The golf club is very easy to get to.
If you know don't know about Ahwatukee, it is the worlds largest
cul-de-sac. Once you get to the course, the outside attendants are
ready and willing to
grab your bags. The team at ifigolf would like to thank the staff for
letting us on the course complimentary...ifigolf.com really does appreciate it!
However, in no way swaying our opinion....Sorry! At The
Foothills Golf Club you will get rates around $30 during the lowest season and as
high as $100 in the prime season. Lets not get it twisted here,
$100 a round to play golf is outrageous! There aren't many
courses in Arizona that deserve that price tag, but economics
are
what they are. This time it was a freakin steam bath, for
Arizona golf purposes, so plenty of fluids were needed. The
beverage stand was close to the first tee and they were very
reasonable. Bud Lights @ $3.00 was down right fantastic compared to
many of the other courses that we have played. The first tee
is a fairly difficult opening drive if you have never played
there before. The sneaky architects hid some water behind a
crest just, nicely positioned within a "short knocks" distance to get wet. The
course plays overall very nice. Many scenic holes and dramatic
stadium style greens. There is plenty of fun holes to pound
driver for the green, even if you know you can't get there. The fairways were...how
you say.....HARD! But those of us needing it were getting an extra 20yds.
Unfortunately, in many places it was anyones guess if you were
in
fairway, or cartpath grown over with a grass like substance.
Anyhow, the greens held
pretty well, probably cause is was soooo damn steamy, and because
we wre playing in the aftermath of the dreaded green punch. That
might explain the complementary status? As you know in Arizona, punching
the greens is a regular event in the summer and we understand
that the greens are not always like this, and we took that into
consideration when deciding on the review. After taking a few
holes to get used to the plinko like game on every putt, the round became more
enjoyable. The bev cart lady was very nice. We saw her a
total of 6 times in the round, which is better service than most
restaurants in town.
So to this point the course and round are good. There are the
little neances that all courses have and things are looking up.
Very nice scenery of the foothill, a playable course, very nice
beer lady, and then BOOOM! The GD sand trap!! Da beach...a place
none of us like. As I approached my fried egg, prepared to fling sand for miles I was
pleasantly suprised! Unlike many courses around Arizona, this
place found the sand fountain of youth!! For some reason, in
which I will
never understand, of all the maintenance cuts a course could do,
I wonder if getting rid of sand in exchange for a salt flat,
proves to be cost
effective? Honestly a guy should get a free drop from that crap,
you could get a better lie on the cart path. Anyhow, after being a "little" upset that my ball
was actually in the trap...I was happy when I stepped in and
felt my feet sink in an inch or two. I am not sure how everyone
else likes or dislikes bunkers, but we prefer the sand
fluffy or simply existant!. I am going to say honestly there are
a few other courses that I would have rather played for the
money but the upside to this place was the change in course scenery.
From a players standpoint some spray off the tee was still ok.
If you do find the rough or as we say "the crap" finding and
playing your ball was definitely possible. Playable courses
always lead to a better round. So for the money The Foothills
will
always produce a very nice scenic golf round. Also, this Arizona
golf course always has a serene feel thanks to being tucked back in the Foothills.
Its quite and you can actually relax. So overall for the time of
year dictating the price we enjoyed it. I will also publicly
state this is in no way a $100 dollar course, anytime of the
year...Just Sayin!
Now the moment you have all been waiting for...the IFIGOLF
rating!
Overall on the IFIGOLF scale of 1-10...The Foothills Golf Course gets a 6
I challenge all of the IFIGOLF fans to debate this on our
discussion boards if you think I am wrong!
| Course: | The Foothills |
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| Course Rating: | Black: 72.6/128 Blue: 70.2/122 White: 70.5/117 |
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| Hardest Hole: | Hole 18 | |
| Easiest Hole: | Hole 8 | |
| Map: | 2201 E. Clubhouse Drive Phoenix, Az 85048 |