A challenging and fair course for intermediate players. Well laid out with water and gullys and OOB to punish wayward shots. #1 is the most devious beginning hole I've ever seen. If you shoot par (58) you are truly talented. You can make up for all your bogeys starting on #9 with reasonable birdie opportunities. #18 is a great finishing hole. Very challenging and interesting #1 - 8.

Too hot to play in the summer except in the early morning. Lots of spiny cactus and broken glass on the course, so wear sensible shoes and shirt. Even a good shot can be punished. Not appropriate for beginners (too frustrating). Very difficult to play in wind above 5 mph. I saw a coyote at dusk one evening, but they steer clear of humans usually. Homeless people sometimes hang out in the 'woods' but they are harmless.

This is my favorite course in Phoenix except for Buffalo Ridge. It amazes me that students from nearby ASU campus don't play here more often. But it is a very difficult course. You should play it at night with lights on the discs. Amazing experience! People who give this course a poor review (1 or 2) are not to be taken seriously. I've played for 20 years and this is one of the finest courses I have ever seen. Immensely challenging, interesting. Forces good shots. I have only shot under par on this course once.

I love this course. This is the very first course I played 3 years ago and I still play it on the reg. New tee pads were just poured on the back 9 along with multiple new pin positions. New tee signs are in the works now and should be installed within the next few months. This course a lot of great features that MANY if not ALL of the courses around the valley do not offer. This course has everything you could want from a desert course. There is a river on the front 9 that provides OB and tight fairways. There are elevated downhill shots and there are uphill shots. There are short shots and there are long shots. This course has tall palm trees you must shoot the gap or throw around, and also LARGE desert shrubs that obstruct certain throws and will challenge you to throw with accuracy. I love this course and I can tell that most of the reviews on this course come from A.) people who played here once, lost a disc, got it scratched, and went home to write a shitty review or B.) Aren't too familiar with disc golf.

This course can be difficult to navigate but with some research before hand and a little patience, you will make your way through this course and want to come back to take it on again!

The people that I know who love this course are all solid players that like the challenges that Papago offers. They like playing up and down and all around the desert landscape.

I've heard people who don't like this course make the following comments:
"I don't like desert courses."
"It's too windy."
"There isn't any grass." No shit, we live in the desert
"My discs get scratched."
"I can't pull my cart there."
"I don't like walking up and down the hills."

This course isn't for everybody. This course is for people who like a course that is a little more challenging than being able to see the basket from tee pad and just throw straight at it because there is little to no obstruction...aka Vista.