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Desert Forest Golf Club is an 18-hole private course in Carefree, Arizona.

It plays 7,201 yards from the Gold tees, rated 75.5/149 (checked 2026-08-21).

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18
holes
72
par
7,201
yards (tips)
149
slope (gold)
The shape of the round · Gold teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — GOLD TEES404456168441464371551231533392594194466329435535170467142433445464758395104115123134144154165173184PAROUT 3,619 YDSIN 3,582 YDSFIRST NINESECOND NINE
The published card in playing order, 18 holes with the two nines split — hole number under each bar, its par below that.

The course

access
private
address
North Mule Train Road, Carefree, AZ, 85377
phone
480-488-4589
elevation
2,454 ft derived

33.82229, -111.90838 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes, their lines predicted by a model from USDA NAIP aerial imagery and numbered against the scorecard. Its greens, fairways, bunkers and water are predicted the same way.

96 features across 6 layers for Desert Forest Golf Club, 1 traced and 95 predicted by a model, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery.

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96 features across 6 layers for Desert Forest Golf Club, 1 traced and 95 predicted by a model, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

© OpenStreetMap contributors · Holes and outlines predicted by a model trained on OpenStreetMap data · GeoJSON

Holes and outlines predicted from USDA NAIP imagery · Contains information from SatlasPretrain, which is made available under the ODC Attribution License

18
Holes · predicted
18
Fairways · predicted
40
Bunkers · predicted
1
Water · predicted
18
Greens · predicted
7,201yds
Gold tees
594yds
Longest hole
168yds
Shortest hole

1 imported from OpenStreetMap and 95 predicted by a model from aerial imagery, hole lines and edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2023-06-15

Tees & ratings

Ratingsreported, not from the clubchecked 2026-08-21

All 5 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 5 rows.

Gold72720175.514936193582
Blue72681674.514234133403
Black72651472.213332653249
Silver72619270.412031063086
Green72565573.413628082847

Every figure as published; a blank cell is one nobody publishes. Front 9 and Back 9 are summed from the per-hole yardages on the scorecard.

Scorecard — every published tee

Scorecardreported, not from the clubchecked 2026-08-21

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 443444535453444534 72
Gold 404456168441464371551231533392594194466329435535170467 7,201
Blue 397428168392440361530203494392573194449309378523170415 6,816
Black 377408141381397346530191494371553169416297368514159402 6,514
Silver 351397127369351346518173474357540153393297349496148353 6,192
Green 356342120370310290466121433358495150346282344442110320 5,655

We don't hold a stroke index for this course's holes, so that row is not above. The yardages are every figure we hold hole by hole.

The Studio

The Studio can't plan Desert Forest Golf Club hole by hole yet.

We hold its scorecard and 96 of its features, 1 traced and 95 predicted by a model, but not a model of every green, which a plan aims at.

It plans 4,579 courses hole by hole today, and it charts your bag anywhere.

  • The approach, planned A Studio approach map on the aerial photo: a lob wedge aimed at the island green, its spread drawn as a dashed ring over the water, and the side it most often misses. Example from another course: hole 15, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • The green, from LiDAR A Studio green view on the aerial photo: arrows for the slope a LiDAR survey measured, the area a cup could be cut, and the safer side to miss. Example from another course: hole 15, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • Every shot, tee to green A Studio plan on the aerial photo of a desert par 4: the driver off the tee and a 7-iron into the green between the bunkers, each shot with its landing spread drawn as a dashed ring. Example from another course: hole 2, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale

See the courses it plans Open the Studio

Pictures: Studio output for a sample golfer, drawn 2026-10-15. The Studio needs a free account. AI can make mistakes.

© OpenStreetMap contributors

Book nearby

Desert Forest Golf Club states private access, so there is no tee time here to book. The nearest courses that state access you can book: Legend Trail Golf Club (2.3 mi, public) · Rancho Manana Golf Club (2.8 mi, semi-private)

Measured against comparable courses

How hard and how long this course plays against comparable courses — never how good it is.

FigureThis courseIn ArizonaNationwideAmong its peers
Longest7,201 yds44th of 361=645th of 12,02523rd of 206 in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metro area · =246th of 2,954 private courses · =644th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread1,546 yds between tees219th of 348=5,105th of 11,523124th of 201 in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metro area · =1,492nd of 2,885 private courses · =5,033rd of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level2,454 ft derived 113th of 3661,075th of 12,43714th of 208 in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metro area · 205th of 3,026 private courses · 778th of 9,106 18-hole regulation courses

A published figure is compared only against the courses that publish it too, which is why the totals differ from row to row — a state's length field is the courses with a scorecard, not the courses in the state. Height above sea level is the exception: we derive it from a coordinate, so its field is very nearly every course we render. Ties share an ordinal and are marked =. How this is computed →

What's on this page

In progress4 of 6 built

4 of 6 parts of this course page are built, and we're filling in the rest.

  • Scorecard, built.Par and yardage for every hole, from 5 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 5 sets of tees.
  • Course map, built.All 18 holes and their greens are drawn, predicted by a model from aerial imagery and shown over it.
  • Per-hole distances, built.Every hole's line of play is predicted from aerial imagery, so carries and distances to the front, middle and back of each green are measured along that predicted line.
  • Green contours, not built yet.We haven't built the green contours for this course yet.
  • Course details, partly built.4 of 7 background details — we don't hold the architect, the year it opened and the grass on the greens.

The site is in beta and the database is still being built, so expect gaps. Know something we don't? Help us fill it in — a link to where it's published is worth more than anything else you could send.

Sources

Gathered from the course's own site and public records — every figure on this page is traceable to who published it and when. Spot an error or a gap? Tell us.

Location and identity seeded from OpenStreetMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Last checked 2026-08-21. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

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Nearby courses

North at Boulders Golf Club Resort

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No 7 at Desert Mountain Golf Club

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South at Boulders Golf Club Resort

1.7 mi · Carefree · 18 holes

Legend Trail Golf Club

2.3 mi · Scottsdale · public · 18 holes

Terravita Golf Club

2.4 mi · Scottsdale · private · 18 holes

Renegade Course at Desert Mountain Golf Club

2.5 mi · Scottsdale · private · 18 holes

Whisper Rock Golf Club Upper Course

2.8 mi · Scottsdale · private · 18 holes

Rancho Manana Golf Club

2.8 mi · Cave Creek · semi-private · 18 holes

Straight-line distance from this course's coordinates, within 60 miles — not driving distance, and it crosses state lines where the nearest courses are over one.

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