Been playing here since last year. Huge improvements and more coming. Seriously considering a membership. I see the improvements from week to week and month to month.
You can certainly see the differences from the previous original owner. As a golfer on a budget this is where I like to play. Golf unfortunately is costly no matter where you play. I've played all over the country. The fees here are fair and reasonable. You must also consider the weather here especially in the fall and winter. Way different than the Valley's conditions. This group has the right core people in place and has been consistently makeing updates. It's certainly a big process and it's very expensive. My wife went to elementary school down the street when this location was Payson's main drag. I've been coming to Payson for 40 years from the Valley and now own a 2nd home here. This is the only public venue in my price range and with this group in place this course will shine with some time to update itself. The restaurant serves great food and the Staff all around here are interested in your experience and your enjoyment. Give them a chance and you won't be disappointed. I too have worked at a large golf course and there is certainly no shortage of things to do when making over a course. You really have to know the inner workings of the maintenance challenges and requirements to makeover a course. It's a huge process and it can take years to accomplish. I enjoy myself here and I think you will too. I bring my elderly mother weekly and we have a blast.
Every course has quirks and needs constant updates. Give this course time to complete its over-all makeover and support it while it continues to improve. It is and can continue to be a place for the public to enjoy a round of golf and get...
Read moreGot a membership about a year ago through Bobby, due to my traveling and my membership getting ready to end they paused my membership so I could use the rounds I already paid for this far. Well they switched systems didn't notify me to any of the changes and I lost out on hundreds of dollars worth of rounds. When I signed up they promised better changes to the course, nothing's really changed. The club house is great cool. But nothing in the year that counts for anything major that they promised in the membership. Dirt mounds still on the side of 18, 12s green is still half dead, carts are still older, fairways are still rough, old sand traps still on some of the holes but not removed just over grown. I could knit pick the hell out of this course over the empty promises and...
Read moreI have played this course half a dozen times over the years, and this course is in the best shape I have seen it. The fairways and greens were very playable, the greens in particular were in good shape, although a bit slow. I think the layout is quite fun, with the ninth hole with two separate carries over the wash my favorite. Yes, if you are in the rough, you will not have a great lie, and I think all of the white out of bounds stakes in the middle of the course are stupid (we just ignored them). And yes, I would not want to be the guy in the pro shops dog... but if you are in Payson and want to play golf, I would certainly recommend it. Play it once, and decide...
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