Prescott has a reasonably mild climate and is becoming quite a haven for Phoenix people who want to cool off without driving clear to Colorado or San Diego. I played Prescott Country Club in February, so it certainly was not in pristine condition, nor was it green. In fact, the fairways were quite brown and clumpy, and we made an executive decision to play winter rules. The course is wide open and should be easy to score on, but the greens are somewhat tricky and are faster than they appear.
Modest houses line the open fairways, which are also dotted by poplar trees.
The number one handicap hole is number nine which is a dogleg uphill with a slanting green. Good par five. Water can come into play on five of the front nine holes, but only if you are really errant. Numbers five and six are a bit dangerous because they are parallel with no protection between fairways from the wild slicers out there. The back nine is somewhat more interesting since the fairways are more undulating, and a few pine trees are interspersed among the poplars.