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| - A top notch Bermuda-laced track located in the golf corridor of Fountain Hills and home to the infamous Wicked Six. The course was in excellent condition, especially the back nine. Tee boxes were in good condition but a few needed some re-seeding. The fairways were in excellent condition, easily delineated from the rough which was burnt-out Bermuda. The greens, as some recent reviews have noted, were not as fast as most Phoenix-area resorts courses but they hardly turn play into a round of "pasture golf". Chip and runs and long putts need to be given an extra bit of muscle but it's not like your putting on unkept muni course back East.
Scoring on the front nine is a must because once you make the turn, your golf game can turn ugly fast. Whatever tees your playing, the uphill climb of the final eight holes, especially the aptly termed, Wicked Six, turns what's nominally on the scorecard to something literally 400 yards longer. The wide open fairways are forgiving but even the scratch golfer will be pulling out his 3 wood, 4, 5, and 6 irons on this stretch of holes.
SunRidge Canyon is not perfect by any stretch of the imagination and there are better courses in the Phoenix area but the scenery, modest green fees (by Phoenix standards) and back nine alone is worth the price of admission.
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