Reviews of Arroyo Del Oso Golf Course (Golf)

Anthony Sanchez

This is a very nice public golf course. Had a great time playing.

Jess Parker

This is one of the better City golf courses we have. 27 holes one called the dam 9. Somewhat challenging to if you slice your ball you're always going to end up in the Arroyo. I think that's why they built the course there. Like I said great City course

Eddie Gallegos

Beautiful course!

nathan clark

Amazing day and facility! Cant wait to go again and again!

Jeffery Brown

1. The course itself - 4/5 stars. For a municipal course, it is quite good and more demanding than might be expected. It is usually in good to very good condition. From the white (men's) tee, it rates at 70.2 (course) and 128 (slope). The price is reasonable - $25-30 for 18 holes. 2. Practice facility - 4/5 stars. The range balls are average (10% good, 60% moderate, 30% poor). Only on rare occasions are artificial mats placed to hit off of. The putting green is representative of the course. 3. Pace of play - 1/5 stars. Expect extremely slow play. The only time I finished in under 5.5 hours, was when I was playing alone and few other people were on the golf course. I have had several rounds last over 6 hours and the marshals do nothing to speed up the pace of play. If the pace of play were reasonable, I would love the course.

A. M.

Nice people.

John Konitzer

Course is in great shape. Pace of play usually good during the week....

butch cillessen

Very Nice

Chris Romero

I enjoy playing this course. I think it's one of the better city public courses and is typically in good shape. I feel that this summer it has been on ok/fair condition and has been better. They just upgraded the carts, which I thought were really nice. It's a walkable course and isn't terribly long, but still has some challenging holes. I think the Dam 9 might be the best 9 hole course in town and is fun to play when you don't want to go a full 18. I'd recommend the course for anyone from beginner to mid-level players.

John Rockhold

3 hours to play 9/dam 9. Both groups in front played multiple balls each. All should have been on the range. Not ready to play.

Mark Cline

Not sure what happened in this golf course but the fairways are in bad shape and the greens are not good because no one knows how to fix a pitch mark. Not anywhere neer where it was earlier this summer

Ralph Manchego

Good place to spend a few hours.

Gary Fears

First time and it was good.

Philip Bushman

Big bucket $10

Randy Barnes

Great!

Kevin Burger

Most challenging of the city courses. Well maintained and great view of the Sandia's. Nice little sportsbar for after round drinks and snacks.

Allen Welch

Love the bear

GP Garrett

great course in the summer not so great in the winter. Dam 9 is hard and challenging

Bill Estes

Always love to go there and hit balls or to play 9 holes. If you go in the week days it never seems real crowded. And you can let people play through if you want to go slow. Of course they like that.

john olszewski

Great

Frank Montoya

Love playing the dam 9. Best 9 hole course in Albuquerque

John Elias

Well maintained course

Wendy Waters

Wonderful fall golfing

Felipe Mendoza

Great course to learn on how to control your 9 iron. The arroyos are fun to catch your ball in.

ken kroening

Course in pretty good shape. Carts are vintage 1980.

Kevin Chappell

Played the Dam 9 and had a great time. First time being at this course and it had nice green fairways and greens. The day I went there was a tournament going on on the 18 hole course, so the Dam 9 was a bit crowded to the point we were waiting on the people in front of us which also held up the people behind us too. I will definitely go back.

Chris Samosas

Great golf, wonderful cafe!

Michael Beach

Best city course in Albuquerque

Richard Devine

It is a beautiful municipal course. A little more attention to maintainig the bunkers would be beneficial. Fairways and greens are well kept. The views of the Sandia Mtns. is spectacular.

Jesus Ramirez

Course is in decent shape, but Bear bar is great....

ian thompson

Great staff and 27 holes of good municipal golf.

Kevin Raisch

Staff have always been nice and cordial. Course is nice for a public course. Driving range is always relatively open. Nice and quiet place to play with the mountain backdrop.

Stephen Madrid

Great city course!

Bob Cody

ADO is still a great value and the staff continues to be above the rest. Professional. It’s getting slightly dated but the City needs to support this gem. Great value!

Raquel Bibbey

Their burgers are the best, beautiful course too

Jonathan Lewis

Really nice relaxing place to golf

Jill Salley

I like this course. Taking lessons with Casey- he's such a good instructor.

Ed Lefebvre

A great course maintained really nice, Damn Nine really challenging at the last 3 wholes, good work.

Geoff lawson

Great municipal course. You can get around it quickly when it's not too crowded (afternoons and weekdays). The damn nine is legendary.

Dr. Savage0001

It's got 27 holes, very beautiful, and has awesome staff.

Gary Tomlin

I have played Arroyo for over 30 years. I have always maintained that for a municipal course, it is among the best I have played and over the 50+ years I have been playing, I have played dozens in several states. Still carrying a single digit handicap and I can say without equivocation that it is challenging for all levels of players. Usually in decent to very good condition. Routing is great for a muni. Actually, it is just great. Lots of doglegs and elevation changes make the course very interesting, even if you play it many times a year. I also feel that the greens don't get the respect they deserve for the subtle breaks on virtually every green. The backdrop of the Sandia mountains towering to 11,000 feet to the east is a spectacular view that many pay a much larger green fee to enjoy. A real value at just over $30 for weekend play and less during the week. Admittedly, pace of play could be improved, although I have rarely experienced rounds over 5 hours and have played in under 3 during the week playing by myself. I am a walker and carry, even though I am over 70. Course is walker friendly. No long walks between greens and the next tee. Driving range is well maintained and plenty large. Putting green is similar to course greens and the course also has nice chipping green area and practice sand trap. Pro shop is always well stocked and the staff are friendly. All of the 4 Albuquerque City courses are a good value. No. I didn't get paid to write this.

Joey Graham

Usually this course is pretty cool, it has a fungus this year that is really taking a toll. However, I still really enjoy it when they have that under control. I recommend checking out the specials that the onsite cafe/bar has to offer. Personally, I don't recall what they are, but I remember they are really good deals.

Carrie Leckrone

I don't golf but had a recent interaction with golf course. My car was hit by a golf ball as I was driving to work along Academy. Although none of the golfers fessed up I really appreciated Dave taking time to help me try to see if anyone would take responsibility for the damage caused by their bad shot. He was so nice and understanding. Dave really went above and beyond to help me.

gabriel rios

Nice challenging

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Erin Pike

I love playing the dam 9! This golf course never disappoints!

Matt Douglas

Rent clubs were horrible! Course was green for the lack of rain. Still had not cleaned up the brush and fallen branches from a couple days ago. Also kids wandering the course playing Pokemon Go while we were golfing.

Elizabeth Stewart

You have to rent clubs if you only take one bag. Also the staff didn't seem very helpful. Overall I was disappointed.

Patricia Zen

Nice greens

David

With a course with 27 holes and probably some of the best views on a public course I can not pass on playing here. Great course for all abilities and always feel like you have the course to your self during twilight. Living in the desert the greens are very well kept. Plus you can not get away from some classic Albuquerque dirt so be sure to bring your sand wedge .

Winton L. Smith, Jr.

For a public golf course, it is tons of fun. Proposed to my wife on the 9th hole of the damn nine....does not get better than that.

Scott Kallio

I like to play golf.

Michael Metz

Great golf course. It can get very crowded at times so expect a wait to get a tee time and the course can back up so don't expect to play in under four hours.

Glenn Coontz

Course in great shape. Lots of rain helping conditions. Could use attention to small things. For the price, best track in NM.

Kevin Hughes

A good, fairly challenging course. Walkable.

Demetrius Garza

very nice facilities

Sarah Marie

Staff was rude, not family friendly or begginer friendly. Course was nice, but was absolutely not worth it. Very disappointed. Luckily they a full refund.

Genoveva Paiz

Location, the people, personalities and the beauty of the land! ******* Happy 4th of JULY! ********

Clay Szenasi

Beautiful golf course!

Terri Foree

Course is nice but no marshalls!!! 4 young punks in front of us at 10 and they never let us around. Would not waste money or time to play here again!

Michael Hirshfield

Great course and well maintained with over 70,000 rounds per year!

Allen Nelson

Great course

Jerry Wilson

Friendly staff nice people great fun for everyone .kids happy to hit balls at grabber tractor the smile big factor

Shane Buck

Great public course!

Matthew Corbo

awesome

Steve Sanchez

Great Place!

Jeff B.

Have been going to arroyo for about 20 years.

Leviticus Clarke

Great shape. Greens are consistent. Excellent price

Dale 'Kent' Shaw

The course is a good challenging test of golf, always in great shape, staff is friendly and helpful.

Casey Lake

The course is good, but terrible customer service! I live 40 min away so I called to make sure I (a single) could get out to which they said no problem, come down. I made the trek only to get there and find I had to wait 2 hours! I was frustrated, but polite and all they said was sorry (in a smug manner).

Roger Castro

Great city course dam 9 is damn good!

Ted Scholer

Used to be on golf digest as top 100 public courses and i feel should still be there. We'll managed and good grounds crew. Course plays wide for errant golfers and long for people that want a challenge.

Justin Denman

Golf here once every two weeks or so. Wednesday special is awesome! 18 holes plus a cart for around 30 bucks and a hot dog for lunch. Rounds usually play very quickly here, however sometimes the crowd can slow it down. Expect right around 4 hours, on a good day make that 3. Beautiful views and good course conditions. The dam 9 is very challenging.

Thom Austin

Albuquerque's best city course, in my opinion. First come first served, but you can call in for weekend tee times.

Ryan Nunn

Fun course for all abilities. Course was in good shape. Everyone working there couldn't have been any more friendly or helpful.

Sacha Johnston

The Bear Trap is the best golf course bar in town, and Nina is the best bartender in the state!

Andrew Contreras

Came from out of town to play here for the first time was a nice course. Very inexpensive and the pro shop was nice and the workers here were not rude at all like some of the courses i been to. I will be coming back even if it takes me an hour and half to get here.

Travis Tegreeny

Best city course

Ryan Michalski

One of the better Pokemon nests!

Joseph T

Good range to learn on.

Gregory Roche

Really a wonderful and surprisingly well-maintained public facility! The reason I say 4 stars, is that its extremely rare to find conditions this nice at this price and it's only the possibility of a slower pace of play on weekends that could be held against it. The course features an 18-hole track of medium length as well as a similar 9-hole course ("The Dam 9"). Both are well maintained and open to walkers and riders, singles or groups. It's public, so on weekends it can be a little crowded, particularly the 18, but I found that through the week (after work), pace of play is fine and this place becomes an excellent little retreat to either play a quick 9 or practice on a well-maintained driving range. Overall, I was really impressed by the facilities and condition of the grounds. Without a doubt, this is worth the price they charge.

Alice Fox

It has greens

Rory Garcia

Beautiful course. Lot of divots in the fairway and quite a few leaves.

Steven Keliiaa

Best public golf course in Albuquerque.

Chris Guzman

Great views, good course, golf course staff is hit or miss. Some are courteous, others seem to hate working there and it shows/ruins the relaxing environment. Once you're off the first tee box however, it's pleasant

Ruben Escandon

Great course, had a blast!

Nickiel Patel

I like coming to golf here. Always have a good time. Staff is very organized, but sometimes rude. Great golf experience otherwise.

Cristin Mann

Rude staff, not beginner friendly at all!!!

Daniel Schmuck

Reasonable prices and a nice golf course! It's great that the city keeps up places like this!

Jason Clements

Friendly staff for the most part... Beautiful course for the urban location... Also, if you go in the evenings they have reduced prices

Chris Hernandez

A good muni course,best of the 4 options in abq,priced at bit high when adding the cart,weekdays is $39,for $6 more you can play Sandia with free range balls and GPS.

G vining

Nice place

Bradley Garcia

Loved it

Thomas Alvarado

Can't get enough!

Tino Madrid

I stunk up the course but still had fun!

Jason Braun

Very nice course for the price ($35 to ride). Friendly people in the pro shop. No advance tee times but we showed up at 9:50 on a Thursday and were playing the 18 hole course by 10:15. Played through a very slow group or we’d still be out there. Plays fairly long from the White tees (6500 yards).

Jeremiah Dotson

Golfed the Dam 9 for the first time it was fun and well maintained.

Kenneth Manley

Shot the dam nine. Course is in great shape. Greens are quick and consistent. Traps need some work, pretty hard.

David Schofield

Fun, challenging public course.

Donnie Begay

The Dam 9 is pretty dam fun.

Tim Frazee

Spectacular staff, very professional and friendly, that are also very compassionate about the game. They offer a full spectrum of services from the beginner golfer to the more seasoned player. Wide selection of equipment to fit all the golfers needs.

Richard Getty

Dam course was nice for early spring.

Robert White

The grounds are getting into shape and the greens are in good condition. The driving range is in good shape.

Joe B A S

Dirty, sad, possibly good 20 years ago

Brian Kim

Great course to play

Dave Intermont

Greens were a little rough today.

Cyndie BEll

Volunteered for Sangre De Oro Tournament. Great people at Arroyo del Oso.

lndshrknm

Love playing the damn 9.

Rob Mc Carthy

Great staff, golf course is improving after a very dry winter.

Jon Brown

Shot one of the best games of golf on this course

McRae Heard

Lots of leaves

T. Quintana

I think this is the best public course in Albuquerque. They also have the dam 9 holes course.

James Alaniz

Course is nice ,staff could take a lesson in manners

Tracy Johnson

Nice course in the middle of the NE heights

Paul Trapp

ADO is in great shape.

Jack Jackson

Practice facilities are pretty good at this city course. Home of the infamous dam nine it plays quick but challenging. On the nine it has 3 holes that bring the arroyo into play. These holes are fun when you're on and punishing when your not. Good luck.

Aj Ellingson

The head bartender is awesome! Cheapest drinks in town by far. And I mean cost wise not quality!

Henrique Valdovinos

It's a public course so the type of players that attracts is not always the best...

Adrian Lopez

Very nice intermediate course.

William Crelin

Golf course needs work, but is very good for a public course. Grill n bar are excellent for food and service. Drinks are priced Right.

Angelica Dallas

Nice

The stikbot Gaming DINO

Good Sunday afternoon mini bbq buffet!

Art Torres

Best place for putting and pitching for free.

Marty Mart

Nice City Course great for the price.

Bruce Byers

One of the best municipal courses in the southwest, if not the country. 27 holes built along canyons with lots of mature trees and landscape. Great walk. Played from the blues it is a fair test of your skills.

Brett Haworth

Beautifully maintained course. All the extras, putting green, driving range & multiple course options. Food & a clubhouse as well. Very nice.

Justin Bowie

Well maintained city course