Overview

JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa, Wildfire Golf Club is an upscale daily fee facility located in Northeast Phoenix. It touts two picturesque 18-hole courses, situated in the rugged Sonoran Desert , each with its own distinct personality, including 18 holes of Nick Faldo-designed Championship golf and 18 holes of Arnold Palmer-designed Signature golf. Wildfire Golf Club also offers state-of-the-art practice facilities for our playing guests, including an all-grass driving range, putting and chipping greens, and a fairway bunker. In addition, there is indoor and outdoor seating with complete food and beverage service, as well as a golf shop with a distinctive array of men's and women's golfing equipment and apparel.

Arnold Palmer-designed Signature golf

A desert-style course of championship length (7,170 yards), with generous fairways and large (average size 7,000 square feet) bent-grass greens, the Palmer Course features from four to six tee boxes on every hole, challenging all levels of golfing skill. The 415-yard par 4 6th is Palmer's signature hole, with the beautiful Camelback Mountain as the backdrop. The Palmer Signature Course, with a slope of 135, is a very playable, scenic experience. The expansive fairways allow the player to remain in play even on an errant shot. The flashed bunkering on Palmer is superb, and the putting greens carry plenty of undulation, like many Arnold Palmer designs. The expansive square footage of the greens (average size is 7,000 square feet) allow the undulations to create subtle challenges for the short game without feeling contrived or "tricked up".

Faldo Championship Course

The Faldo Championship Course sits on a 174-acre site and offers a slight variation from the typical desert-theme courses. It features generous fairways, large bent grass greens and tee boxes. The surrounding mountains and century-old saguaro cacti as well as 106 sand bunkers, reminiscent of the Australian sand belt courses, provide a spectacular setting for the golf course and golfing guests. This is a discovery we are sure you will share with your golfing friends.

Location

Easily accessible from Phoenix metropolitan area, Wildfire is 16 miles from downtown Phoenix and 10 miles from downtown Scottsdale. Both courses surround the spectacular JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort and Spa, completed in November 2002, giving guests a wide variety of activities to choose from after an invigorating day on the course.