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Desert Falls Country Club

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Desert Falls CC
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3.9
1358 Reviews (1358)
5 Stars
417
4 Stars
600
3 Stars
214
2 Stars
82
1 Stars
45
Conditions
3.8
Value
3.8
Layout
4.2
Friendliness
4.1
Pace
4.2
Amenities
3.4
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79.3%
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1106 out of 1358 reviews
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3.7
59 Reviews (59)
5 Stars
17
4 Stars
20
3 Stars
14
2 Stars
3
1 Stars
5
Conditions
3.6
Value
3.8
Layout
4.0
Pace
4.3
Amenities
3.2
StaffFriendliness
4.0
69.5%
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41 out of 59 reviews
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3.9
203 Reviews (203)
5 Stars
60
4 Stars
87
3 Stars
37
2 Stars
12
1 Stars
7
Conditions
3.8
Value
3.7
Layout
4.2
Pace
4.2
Amenities
3.4
StaffFriendliness
4.1
77.8%
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158 out of 203 reviews
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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
Track Rounds
Scorecard
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

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
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Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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8SDBAxbMHR58YHhOiMok
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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
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I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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u314162454665
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Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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u000002832978
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Reviews 13
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
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LPmwM5XzgueLo7hPh9hh
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Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart

Wide open fairways and water. Enjoyed the course, the weather was bad 20-30 MPH sustained wind. Good news for us was the course was quiet. Would play again when in the area

Difficulty Moderate
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u314163662866
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Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
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First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

No one to take bags from bag drop to cart area on backside of clubhouse. Checked in and guy in pro shop said, Oh you're prepaid. I asked about getting bags and he said I could just grab a cart and get them myself. Went to hit balls and found out you had to purchase in pro shop. Not very helpful.

Front nine very easy. Wide open. Back nine much more challenging and interesting. Greens fairly slow but smooth.

Conditions Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Difficulty Fairly Easy
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shamrock4
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Reviews 8
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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dorons
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Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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First Time Playing

Great Course

I went off with another golfer at 7am. Wonderful course in great shape. Only 1 group ahead of us. Done in 2:40 hours before the god awful heat in Palm Desert.

Really enjoyed the golf round.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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gn23172111
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Reviews 11
Skill Intermediate
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I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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gn17269218
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Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
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4.0
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First Time Playing

Great condition, just not my kind of layout.

The course itself was in great condition. The layout was very strange and I would not want to play this course again. It’s great for shorter hitters. You have some really strange holes including a Par 5 where you can’t hit driver over 290 or you’re in the water. I have never played a course where driver needed to stay in the bag on a Par 5 due to water 290 out. Tee boxes, fairways, and greens were great.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
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gn23172111
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Reviews 11
Skill Intermediate
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I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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u370599716
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Reviews 5
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
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u314162442815
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Reviews 4
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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u000001406373
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Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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davidschock
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Reviews 15
3.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
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u111456296
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Reviews 8
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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skmeagher
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Reviews 8
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Nice course

I would play here again. A few holes were hard to figure out at first but course was in great shape. Very pretty.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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tbrac420
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Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
First Time Playing

Overpriced

100$! Not even close to a 100$ courses. Clubhouse is non existent, it a retirement facility with a small pro shop that young e to walk up hill and around concrete walls and down stairs to get too. The driving range is nice , practice putting ok . Course is not great condition it is average municipal course grass is spotty greens slow and not great . Can’t see any landing areas off a lot of tee boxes it target golf it just a very average course lot of hidden water and creeks . No bathrooms only one and no food options

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
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Reviews 2
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1.0
Previously Played

Course/Clubhouse

Entire property is OLD and not well kept…

Lots of property owners with personal golf carts, going anywhere they desire, even on course as you are attempting to play.

We golfed here two to three years ago and was hoping had been updated, NOT!!

Not worth the time or money!!

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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u306352681
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Reviews 7
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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