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Desert Falls Country Club

3.9
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Desert Falls CC
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3.9
1366 Reviews (1366)
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418
4 Stars
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
83
1 Stars
46
Conditions
3.8
Value
3.8
Layout
4.2
Friendliness
4.1
Pace
4.2
Amenities
3.4
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77.8%
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1111 out of 1366 reviews
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3.0
21 Reviews (21)
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Conditions
2.6
Value
3.3
Layout
3.8
Pace
3.9
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3.3
52.4%
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3.9
146 Reviews (146)
5 Stars
48
4 Stars
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Conditions
3.8
Value
3.8
Layout
4.2
Pace
4.2
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3.4
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4.0
74.0%
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About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Style Links
Par 72
Length 7093 yards
Slope 133
Rating 74.1

Can bunkers qualify as their own continent? Desert Falls Country Club in Palm Desert seems determined to find out.

This Ron Frehm design boasts bunkers so huge that they look like the inventor of the Big Gulp came up with them. And escape is anything but guaranteed. Sometimes getting out of one bunker, just means landing in another at Desert Falls.

That is just part of the reason this course totes a 145 slope rating - putting it among the five highest slope ratings in the entire Palms Springs area. Remember, this is the golf mecca with Pete Dye's Stadium Course, which was only designed to be "the toughest golf course in the world." Desert Falls is on that list.

There are five sets of tees to take away some of the bite. But the greens are still an obstacle of their own. These are undulating greens that are large enough to offer several varieties of challenges.

Just getting on the green is not enough at Desert Falls. It's important to land on the right part of the green. This is also a course with more hills than you expect to see in the desert.

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Tees
Tee Par Length Rating Slope
Black 72 7093 yards 74.1 133
Blue 72 6702 yards 72.3 129
White 72 6252 yards 70.3 124
White (W) 72 6230 yards 76.7 137
Gold 72 5811 yards 68.6 118
Gold (W) 72 5811 yards 74.2 132
Gold/Red (W) 72 5495 yards 72.6 127
Red (W) 72 5250 yards 71.3 124
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Scorecard for Desert Falls Country Club
Metrics:
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Black M: 74.0/131 380 422 189 511 387 217 330 444 531 3411 462 532 146 418 232 558 408 455 458 3669 7080
Blue M: 72.2/127 358 392 159 508 380 194 324 416 527 3258 409 526 134 395 203 525 384 426 427 3429 6687
White M: 70.1/122 W: 76.8/138 336 380 153 486 341 183 295 400 468 3042 375 501 110 380 159 500 360 406 397 3188 6230
White/Gold M: 69.2/119 321 346 153 441 341 183 295 385 436 2901 375 454 105 380 159 500 310 406 397 3086 5987
Gold M: 68.2/116 W: 74.3/134 321 346 125 441 316 176 267 385 436 2813 350 454 105 367 153 479 310 385 377 2980 5793
Gold/Silver M: 66.8/112 W: 72.1/128 277 318 125 441 316 176 267 348 412 2680 331 454 105 367 122 420 310 355 323 2787 5467
Silver M: 65.7/109 W: 71.5/125 277 318 101 417 294 117 233 348 412 2517 331 424 101 343 122 420 288 355 323 2707 5224
Handicap 3 9 15 11 7 13 17 1 5 8 16 18 12 14 2 10 4 6
Par 4 4 3 5 4 3 4 4 5 36 4 5 3 4 3 5 4 4 4 36 72
Handicap (W) 1 11 15 5 9 17 13 7 3 8 6 10 16 18 4 14 12 2
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Course Details

Year Built 1984
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Tifdwarf Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Ron Fream (1984) Chris Pitman (1984)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
GPS Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Proper golf attire required.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill

Available Facilities

Clubhouse
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3.9
1366 Reviews (1366)

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Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Golf Course

Starter Duane was great! Very friendly and accommodating. However play was a bit slow.

Difficulty Fairly Easy
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BernieBB1954md
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Reviews 23
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
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Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
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I Recommend This Course
4.0
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First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Reviews 6
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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johnegreen02
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Reviews 97
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
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Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
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I Recommend This Course
5.0
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First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
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Reviews 1
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First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Reviews 1
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4.0
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First Time Playing

Experience and Course don’t match

Course was beautiful and staff in club house were less than friendly or helpful. Cart Barn staff at the end were great. Unfortunate to be cart path only.

Conditions Excellent
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
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donowad
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Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
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I Recommend This Course
4.0
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First Time Playing

Golf review

Great layout -nice design .

90 degree rule -awful

Pins on the greens were very difficult-must have had a tournament..

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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Reviews 4
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I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

The Day the Wind Blew

The course was recently reseeded and it was cart path only. Greens were slow but over all the course was in good shape. For some reason the rough was very long and we spent as much time looking for balls as playing!

Nice practice area and great views from the bar/19th hole!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
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I Recommend This Course
5.0
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First Time Playing

First cut

The first cut rough was so hungry it ate 6 of my balls there was no forgiveness if you missed the fairway

Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Amenities Fair
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albertsungkim
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Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
2.0
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First Time Playing

3 horas just front 9

Shortage of golf cart need to wait until other is done.

And each hole need to wait 10 min to tee off.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
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Reviews 5
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I Recommend This Course
5.0
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First Time Playing

Car path only rule in effect

Greens are inconsistent. Car-path only rule in effect. This must be shown as notice on Golf Now website

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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3.0
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Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
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champouxjac
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Reviews 20
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Car path only

I do not lie car path only but this time they had cut the grass s it was easier to find our ball

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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u000002660561
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Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great layout

Would be nice to know in advance that it is cart path only. Not cool to find out when arriving.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
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Reviews 4
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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champouxjac
Played On
Reviews 20
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

long grass

It was only cart path and the grass was so long that we could not find out balls

We love the green but to get there it was something

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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