Desert Falls Country Club
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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 128 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.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue (W) | 72 | 6686 yards | 79.5 | 143 |
| Blue | 72 | 6686 yards | 72.4 | 128 |
| White (W) | 72 | 6274 yards | 77.2 | 138 |
| White | 72 | 6274 yards | 70.4 | 123 |
| White/Gold | 72 | 6032 yards | 69.5 | 120 |
| White/Gold (W) | 72 | 6032 yards | 75.8 | 135 |
| Gold | 72 | 5838 yards | 68.7 | 118 |
| Gold (W) | 72 | 5838 yards | 74.6 | 133 |
| Gold/Silver | 72 | 5467 yards | 67.0 | 114 |
| Gold/Silver (W) | 72 | 5467 yards | 72.5 | 129 |
| Silver | 72 | 5232 yards | 65.9 | 110 |
| Silver (W) | 72 | 5232 yards | 71.2 | 126 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue M: 72.4/128 W: 79.5/143 | 358 | 384 | 159 | 517 | 380 | 194 | 324 | 416 | 525 | 3257 | 409 | 526 | 134 | 395 | 203 | 525 | 384 | 426 | 427 | 3429 | 6686 |
| White M: 70.4/123 W: 77.2/138 | 336 | 376 | 153 | 494 | 341 | 183 | 295 | 400 | 495 | 3073 | 375 | 501 | 123 | 380 | 159 | 500 | 360 | 406 | 397 | 3201 | 6274 |
| White/Gold M: 69.5/120 W: 75.8/135 | 321 | 346 | 153 | 460 | 341 | 176 | 295 | 385 | 469 | 2946 | 375 | 454 | 105 | 380 | 159 | 500 | 310 | 406 | 397 | 3086 | 6032 |
| Gold M: 68.7/118 W: 74.6/133 | 321 | 346 | 125 | 460 | 316 | 176 | 267 | 385 | 469 | 2865 | 350 | 454 | 105 | 367 | 146 | 479 | 310 | 385 | 377 | 2973 | 5838 |
| Gold/Silver M: 67.0/114 W: 72.5/129 | 277 | 318 | 125 | 460 | 316 | 176 | 267 | 348 | 412 | 2699 | 331 | 454 | 105 | 367 | 122 | 420 | 310 | 355 | 323 | 2787 | 5486 |
| Silver M: 65.9/110 W: 71.2/126 | 277 | 318 | 101 | 425 | 294 | 117 | 233 | 348 | 444 | 2557 | 331 | 424 | 101 | 343 | 90 | 420 | 288 | 355 | 323 | 2675 | 5232 |
| Handicap | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 3 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
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Photo submitted by setch on 01/02/2026
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Photo submitted by setch on 01/02/2026
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Photo submitted by PalmNC on 09/24/2025
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Photo submitted by aldana90805 on 08/31/2025
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Photo submitted by tbrac420 on 03/30/2025
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Photo submitted by edlugo47 on 04/17/2024
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Photo submitted by edlugo47 on 04/17/2024
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Photo submitted by Jwarnyca on 03/22/2024
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Photo submitted by utinreg on 03/09/2024
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Photo submitted by utinreg on 03/09/2024
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Photo submitted by utinreg on 03/09/2024
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Photo submitted by pkapalko1 on 12/23/2023
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Photo submitted by pkapalko1 on 12/23/2023
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Photo submitted by pkapalko1 on 12/23/2023
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Photo submitted by pkapalko1 on 12/23/2023
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Beautiful par 3 Photo submitted by Corey4652891 on 12/19/2023
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Note the green size and shape Photo submitted by Corey4652891 on 12/19/2023
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Photo submitted by Smitty71234 on 03/30/2023
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Photo submitted by coltonwalter on 03/26/2023
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Photo submitted by markvlewis317 on 11/28/2022
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Photo submitted by markvlewis317 on 11/28/2022
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Photo submitted by u964555270 on 04/09/2022
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Photo submitted by u314160894003 on 01/31/2021
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Photo submitted by GREGCGOLFER on 09/26/2018
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Photo submitted by GREGCGOLFER on 09/26/2018
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Photo submitted by GREGCGOLFER on 09/26/2018
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Photo submitted by GREGCGOLFER on 09/26/2018
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10th tee Photo submitted by hammer74 on 05/18/2015
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17th approach Photo submitted by hammer74 on 05/18/2015
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Photo submitted by davedcp64 on 03/04/2015
Great day on the links
Loved the course, the conditions were awesome. Played in under 4 hours. The greens are challenging as almost every hole has multiple peninsulas on them where the hole is located often with about 8-10 feet of green, beyond them. Found this course to be beautiful and difficult for me with the 18 handicap.
Bring Food and Drink
Beautiful course, lots of water and elevation changes, BUT no cart service, restaurant not open and bar closed at 5:00 pm. Ordered a post round drink but had to ‘enjoy’ it on patio or parking lot.
The course was in better condition this week than the week before. Greens and fairways were cut better.
When the wind is up this is a challenging . They have a few bunkers( number 8 for sure )that are cut into hillsides and in certain spots you can't get a club on the ball.
You essentially have to take penalty stroke to hit your sand shot which is very poor design .
Overall we have enjoyed playing it.
Lots of water
Fun golf course. Excellent staff. Greens could be a little faster.
Enjoyable round of golf
I really enjoyed playing Desert Falls CC! It reminded me more of a Florida golf course as there wasn’t a lot of desert landscape which made it unique. Some of the greens were uniquely shaped and could result in a 3 or 4 club difference. I felt is was a good value.
Wide open course with unique greens
Course is very good. Nice layout. Even though it is wide open the greens make the course challenging. Water comes into play on about 7 holes.
Falls
Played on a Sunday after a Saturday wind storm. Greens were cleaned up of palm tree branches, but not fairways. Starter said it wouldn’t be cleaned up until Monday and Tuesday. Greens were bumpy and slow. Don’t think they were mowed on Sunday. Price to play is too high. $111.00 for 18 holes. It’s a max of $75 course. Back nine is a much better layout than the front. Huge greens!
8 minute tee times
8 minute tee times do not work for this course. 2 foursomes backed up on the tees the first two par threes. That is like playing a muni course and would not return.
Tough starting hole .
Overall I liked the course. The back nine is much better than the front. Has some nice par 4s and 5s and the holes are better defined.
The front in spots is so open your not sure where to hit.
Par threes are fairly long from the white tees.
Also annoying that the snack shack is closed at 2ish.
Nice layout with several bunkers and water features. Very playable with options for different tee shots and ability to score well. Greens a bit slow with some difficult pin locations
First time playing and we only played 12 holes.Course has lots of water and is fairly wide open. The greens were well bunkered. I thought the Bunkers needed some maintenance.
Some interesting holes with water in front of the greens .
Very expensive for a bad muni type experience
We had a 1:50 pm tee time. The starter told us it was packed and that the groups ahead of us were members and may bail after 9, they did not. We had to stop at 5:50 (4 hours) due to darkness with 5 holes still to play. We were told that groups go off every 8 minutes. We played Desert Willow and mission hills both in under 4 hours and were told they have 10 minutes between groups. Something else we noticed was that they let a twosome of members squeeze in behind us at the last minute.
We understand slow play. It’s not a big deal if the group is playing ready golf. We watched the groups ahead of us do the opposite. As they had older players they were not hitting it very far, again not a big deal. Repeatedly they would sit in their cart until the group ahead of them finished putting, slowly walked to their cart, put their clubs away and wrote down their score before driving away. The group ahead of us would then get out of their cart, walk to their ball, measure the distance, walk back to their cart, buy their laser away, walk back to their ball and then hit. They would then drive to the other side of the fairway, 20 yards away, and repeat the process. The two groups ahead of them wete doing the same thing (we had parallel fairways a few times. If you think this is brutal to read then you can imagine having to watch it on most holes.
The facilities might have been nice when the Rat Pack was around but now the concrete is dirty and cracked. The pro shop is sad.
My buddy refused to get s ball to put in his ball fisplay at home.
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