The best courses you can play in Maricopa, Arizona
Course Vaults is a golf course logging app where members have logged 8,344 rounds in Arizona and rate what they played. These are the 14 highest-rated public courses within about 25 miles of Maricopa, Arizona, ranked by those community scores.
Southern Dunes Golf Club
Maricopa, AZ, USAPublicLee Schmidt & Brian Curley
- 3.8Conditions
- 4.1Layout
- 3.9Value
- 3.8Scenery
- 3.6Facilities
Probably the best public in Arizona, wide enough, interesting green complexes and surroundings, lots of runoffs and myriads of ways to play shots. Definitely not as punishing as most desert golf, so it’s a great change of pace from just about everything else.
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- Challenging
- Must play
- Driving range
Cattail
Whirlwind Golf Club
Chandler, AZ, USAPublicGary Panks
- 3.0Conditions
- 3.0Layout
- 1.0Value
- 3.0Scenery
- 1.0Facilities
- Driving range
Devil's Claw
Whirlwind Golf Club
Chandler, AZ, USAPublicGary Panks
- 5.0Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 4.0Value
- 5.0Scenery
- 4.0Facilities
- Restaurant
- Underrated
- Desert
The Legacy Golf Resort
Phoenix, AZ, USAPublicGary Panks
- 3.0Conditions
- 2.5Layout
- 2.5Value
- 2.5Scenery
- 2.5Facilities
Blue
Ocotillo Golf Resort
Chandler, AZ, USAPublicTed Robinson Sr.
- 4.0Conditions
- NRLayout
- NRValue
- NRScenery
- NRFacilities
Championship
Aguila Golf Club
Laveen, AZ, USAPublicGary Panks
- 4.0Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- 3.0Value
- 5.0Scenery
- 3.5Facilities
- Driving range
- Grass range
- Hidden gem
Dobson Ranch Golf Course
Mesa, AZ, USAPublicRed Lawrence
- 3.0Conditions
- 2.0Layout
- 2.5Value
- 2.5Scenery
- 2.7Facilities
- Parkland
- Restaurant
- Scoreable
San Marcos Golf & Resort
Chandler, AZ, USAPublicHarry Collis & Willie Watson
- 1.5Conditions
- 4.0Layout
- NRValue
- NRScenery
- 2.8Facilities
Lone Tree Golf Club
Chandler, AZ, USAPublicDarryl Wilson
- 2.0Conditions
- NRLayout
- NRValue
- NRScenery
- NRFacilities
The Foothills Golf Club
Phoenix, AZ, USAPublicTom Weiskopf & Jay Morrish
Arizona Grand Golf Course
Phoenix, AZ, USAPublicForrest Richardson
- 2.7Conditions
- 1.3Layout
- 2.3Value
- 2.7Scenery
- 2.3Facilities
Bear Creek Golf Complex
Chandler, AZ, USAPublicBill O'Leary & Jack Nicklaus
Kokopelli Golf Course
Gilbert, AZ, USAPublicBill Phillips
- Views
- Dog track
Ken McDonald Golf Course
Tempe, AZ, USAPublicJack Snyder
- Patchy
- Dog track
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How we rank
Course Vaults ranks public golf courses by Course Vaults Score (CV score), a community rating from golfers who have played and rated each course. Only open courses with at least 5 explicit ratings qualify, and this list is limited to public or guest-friendly courses. City pages include public golf courses within about 25 miles of Maricopa, so nearby suburbs can appear on the same list. Rankings refresh about hourly as new ratings come in; each page shows when it was last generated.
FAQ
Common questions about public course rankings in Maricopa, Arizona.
The top public golf courses in Maricopa, Arizona on Course Vaults are led by Southern Dunes Golf Club with a Course Vaults score of 8.0. This page ranks 14 courses, including Southern Dunes Golf Club, Whirlwind Golf Club, Whirlwind Golf Club.
Course Vaults ranks public golf courses by Course Vaults Score (CV score), a community rating from golfers who have played and rated each course. Only open courses with at least 5 explicit ratings qualify, and this list is limited to public or guest-friendly courses. City pages include public golf courses within about 25 miles of Maricopa, so nearby suburbs can appear on the same list. Rankings refresh about hourly as new ratings come in; each page shows when it was last generated.
Yes. The Maricopa, Arizona list includes public golf courses within about 25 miles of Maricopa, not only courses whose city field is an exact match. Nearby suburbs can appear when they fall inside that metro radius.
Southern Dunes Golf Club is currently #1 among public courses in and around Maricopa, Arizona on Course Vaults at 8.0 out of 10.
This ranking was last refreshed Nov 12, 2026, 4:16 AM EST. The page revalidates about every hour as golfers add new explicit ratings that meet the 5-rating minimum.
