I had a good experience here. The food is good. The staff is very helpful. The drinks are good. Golfing was good. I do think that it would be cute to have someone drive around and offer to sell drinks to the golfers but all in all I think it was a very good experience.
4 months ago
This course was once wonderful and full of historical artifacts and information. No more. The tee markers were so tacky and inconsistent. Carts were filthy and falling apart. One set of markers were turquoise in color but "silver" was spelled out! They have both turquoise and silver tees listed on scorecard! The reds were small chunks of wood, most silver markers were plastic cones, blacks and golds were metal wagon wheels. Just tacky! Range balls were FLAT sounding and went about the distance expected. Just 😔
3 months ago
Play discourse about 10 years ago. A friend and I were in town decided to give it another try. Very nice clubhouse and pro shop. Staff were very friendly from check in till check out. Good size driving range shipping and putting practice area. Course was in pretty good shape. Some of the greens had pretty good size bare spots on them but for the most part they ran true and very fast. I was warned that they were fast and they were. Fairways were in pretty good shape not a lot of grass to hit off of right now in certain spots it was like hitting off of the cart path. Tough to get your Club under the ball. This is a tough course there's a lot of risk reward holes and a lot of holes where you've got to keep it in the middle or it's going to be off into the bushes and the desert. Weekend rate $51 that's okay. Definitely recommend Butterfield trails golf course when you're in town
4 years ago
Second time playing at this course. Marshals were super pushy with gameplay, attendants and staff were unfriendly. Seems as though they squeeze in way too many tee times. Cashier seemed to be bothered with patrons despite a slow weekday. Customer service is nonexistent. No drink cart girls or service at all for ALL 18 holes. Yet marshals kept driving around asking us if we had beer in our igloo containers - 4 times! Course layout is great but given the location in the middle of the desert, be prepared to lose sleeves of balls all over the course due to all the cacti, foliage and shrubs with thorns. Would not recommend this course AT ALL. Go to Horizon instead and have a great time there.
4 months ago
Been coming to Butterfield for years—never had a problem—until today, when Edward Martinez decided to flex authority he doesn’t have, probably to feel something.
I showed up in a mid-engine supercar. One premium bag in the trunk, my guest brought his own full set. That’s two full sets of clubs, fully within policy. Edward walks over with shaky energy, talking about how we each need “two bags.” Not only is that incorrect, it’s not even in writing. When I called him out, he started stuttering and falling apart like a used Civic with 200k miles.
Let’s be honest: this was less about rules and more about a brokie power trip. You can smell the resentment from guys like him—they’re not mad about the cart policy, they’re mad they’re not in the driver’s seat of the car I pulled up in.
And look, I respect that every club needs someone to clean carts and chase geese off the fairway—but don’t come at paying guests like you're running Augusta. Learn the policy. Fix your posture. And maybe show up like you showered.
Butterfield, you’re better than this. But your staff? Not so sure.
10 months ago
