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Palmer Course at Wildfire Golf Club at Desert Ridge is an 18-hole course in Phoenix, Arizona.

Designed by Arnold Palmer. It plays 7,145 yards from the Tournament tees, rated 72.7/142 (checked 2026-08-15).

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18
holes
72
par
7,145
yards (tips)
142
slope (tournament)
The shape of the round · Tournament teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — TOURNAMENT TEES415450605345160415465225520420550430175530205355450430142435445364748395104115124133145153164174184PAROUT 3,600 YDSIN 3,545 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

designer
Arnold Palmer reported
address
5350 East Marriott Drive, Phoenix, AZ, 85054
phone
825-202-5122
elevation
1,709 ft derived
opened
1997

33.69607, -111.96399 — open on OpenStreetMap →

From above

Aerial imagery of the area around Palmer Course at Wildfire Golf Club at Desert Ridge. None of its holes has been traced yet, so nothing is drawn over it, and the frame follows the course's location rather than a surveyed property line.

Aerial imagery of the area around Palmer Course at Wildfire Golf Club at Desert Ridge, NAIP 2023. None of its holes has been traced yet, so nothing is drawn over it.

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Aerial imagery of the area around Palmer Course at Wildfire Golf Club at Desert Ridge, NAIP 2023. None of its holes has been traced yet, so nothing is drawn over it. The map itself needs JavaScript.

Aerial imagery only, nothing traced over it yet · USDA NAIP 2023-06-16

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-15

All 9 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 9 rows, showing the start of the table.

TournamentM72714572.714236003545
ChampionshipF72664577.413233103335
ChampionshipM72664570.413133103335
RegularF72606074.012630303030
RegularM72606068.112230303030
ForwardF72539070.611826602730
ForwardM72539064.810926602730
WildfireM72483562.29923602475
WildfireF72483568.510723602475

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

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-15

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 445434435454353444 72
Tournament 415450605345160415465225520420550430175530205355450430 7,145
Championship 360420580315140395445185470385520410165510185325430405 6,645
Regular 340380550275130360385160450360475375145475165295390350 6,060
Forward 255335495245125315355160375340425320145430150265345310 5,390
Wildfire 230330450220100300315135280310395300125385120240315285 4,835
Handicap 113113177591510681841416212

The Studio

The Studio can't plan Palmer Course at Wildfire Golf Club at Desert Ridge hole by hole yet.

We hold its scorecard, but nobody has traced its holes: the bunkers, water and fairway edges a plan aims around.

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

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

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Rates change by day and by season, so we send you to Palmer Course at Wildfire Golf Club at Desert Ridge's own booking page rather than quoting a figure that was true the week we captured it.

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Also bookable nearby: Raptor at Grayhawk Golf Club (3.7 mi) · Paradise Valley Golf Course (3.8 mi) · Talon at Grayhawk Golf Club (4.3 mi) · Mesquite Ironwood at Kierland Golf Club (4.9 mi)

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
Longest7,145 yds56th of 361=864th of 12,02529th of 206 in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metro area · =862nd of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 142=29th of 294=617th of 8,710=10th of 171 in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metro area · =606th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 72.7=99th of 267=3,063rd of 7,615=55th of 155 in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metro area · =3,035th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread2,310 yds between tees68th of 348=1,090th of 11,52342nd of 201 in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metro area · =1,063rd of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1997=198th of 303=7,397th of 9,368=111th of 174 in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metro area · =5,419th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level1,709 ft derived 153rd of 3661,436th of 12,43735th of 208 in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metro area · 1,027th of 9,106 18-hole regulation courses

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What's on this page

In progress2 of 6 built

2 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 9 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 9 sets of tees.
  • Course map, not built yet.We don't have a map of this course yet.
  • Per-hole distances, not built yet.The holes aren't traced yet, so there are no measured carries or distances to the green.
  • Green contours, not built yet.We haven't built the green contours for this course yet.
  • Course details, partly built.5 of 7 background details — we don't hold whether it is public or private and the grass on the greens.

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Sources

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Nearby courses

Faldo at Wildfire Golf Club at Desert Ridge Resort

1.0 mi · Phoenix · 18 holes

Raptor at Grayhawk Golf Club

3.7 mi · Scottsdale · public · 18 holes

Paradise Valley Golf Course

3.8 mi · Phoenix · public · 18 holes

Pinnacle Peak Country Club

4.0 mi · Scottsdale · private · 18 holes

Talon at Grayhawk Golf Club

4.3 mi · Scottsdale · public · 18 holes

Tatum Ranch Golf Club

4.5 mi · Cave Creek · private · 18 holes

Mesquite Ironwood at Kierland Golf Club

4.9 mi · Scottsdale · public · 18 holes

Ironwood Acacia at Kierland Golf Club

4.9 mi · Scottsdale · public · 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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