Paradise Valley Athletic Club

"Please read the entire review. This is a private course that offers one single tee time (10:27) on the app/website Golfnow that is open for the public. I thought this was extremely cool since I had never heard of a private course doing this. I booked the tee time and on the day of my round I seen that it was supposed to storm. Not wanting to get rained on I decided to try to call up later so I could play my round at a later time. It started absolutely storming around 10:55 so I thought to myself good thing you didn’t go or you would’ve been caught in that. It stopped raining around 1 so tried to call up and see if I could go out then. After explaining the situation to the younger gentleman that answered the phone he said he would check with his club Pro. Although I could clearly hear him explain this to the club Pro, the club Pro RUDELY got on the phone and made me re-explain the entire thing and asked why I wasn’t there at 10:27 (even though he knew it was pouring 20 minutes after that) and told me I couldn’t get out later because he didn’t want to set that precedent. I wasn’t even upset at this (I didn’t even ask for a refund or rain check) I decided to try it again the next day….. The following day it was lightly raining when I arrived at the course but I figured they would be open if not by my tee time then shortly after. I arrived about 30 minutes early and when I walked in I wasn’t even attended to until the GROUNDSCREW had to come in and inform the club Pro that I was at the counter (8 steps from his office). When I told him my tee time he simply looked at me and said the course is closed at the moment, and said nothing else. After waiting a few seconds for him to say something else or offer a solution, I asked him “so okay what happens now?” He simply said we won’t open by the time you need to tee off so you need to call Golfnow to get a refund. I asked him is there no way for me to simply try and wait it out for a little bit and then play? I am a fast player and I was playing alone. He said no. Now if there had been 20 people waiting in there to play I would’ve understood. There was one twosome, that’s it. Of course it stopped raining 20 minutes after I left and I went and golfed 36 holes at Stone Creek (love that course). If I would’ve been considering joining a club in the NWA area, that would for sure NOT be the one. -customer service was piss poor -clubhouse was old and outdated -amenities were terrible YOU COULDN’T PAY ME TO PLAY HERE"

"Great golf course. Kept very clean and pretty. Had a blast!"

"Best value around for joining a country club. The course it's self is very nice, the club house is older but still functional. Everyone always remembers you. Plus they just upgraded the carts to some premium ones. Can't go wrong here other than it gets crowded during those peak hours"

"Beautiful place with wonderful golf options. The view in the evening was gorgeous."

"The course is good for all levels of play. They also have food and a beverage cart."