Desert Falls Country Club

I have never left a review for anything, but felt compelled this time.

An absolute joke! No bag drop, Clubhouse closed, no signage to know where to go. No starter. Paid $6 for a tiny basket of range balls. 25% of them were cut open. Asked for a towel and they told me to buy a towel in the pro shop. The course condition was horrible. We quit at the turn. Will never return.

Let me start by saying I’m not a Karen and I’m no your pro either… BUT… I grew up in Palm Springs and worked at golf courses for 15+ years so I’ve got a little insight.

The course itself is a fun track there is no denying that… that being said it is very dry with certain parts of the fairway almost unplayable with how hard and dried out they are. The greens are very very firm… super difficult given some of the pin locations today but overall in good shape just hard to get some deeper approach shots to hold.

Club house is closed due to remodeling so I’ve got no comment on that. The standup version they have downstairs was serviceable. Staff in the proshop and snack bar were very nice and seemed happy to help.

Now the only true negative was the pace of play. It was downright horrific. We were the 814am tee time and made our way to the first tee around 8ish just to be ready. We were in line behind 10 other carts (obviously backed up) … no starter in sight… then as my threesome got up to tee off around 835 the 806 tee time simply pulls up… goes to the forward tee’s and fires away with zero acknowledgment we were already in the back boxes.

I’ll save you some time reading and just say it got no better after that as far as pace of play. There were multiple 5somes and three or four separate twosomes who were slowing the entire course up and there was no marshal or pro staff making an attempt to hurry them along. It is a tough track yes but some folks should be helped along so that we don’t have to watch them take 10-15 strokes on a longer par 3 without a warning. 2hr 30min front half… 2hr 45 on the back. Made for a long day. I’d definitely come back but hopefully they have some control of pace during the winter.

I’d recommend the course just make sure you don’t have much else planned for the day.

Great views. Challenging but fair holes. Great value. Good staff. Good practice areas.

I have loved playing Desert Falls since the late 70s. Always a lot of fun. Course in good shape, 3 of played in 3.5 hours. Only negative is restaurant and snack closed

Desert Falls is a well laid-out course that is challenging but could use a little love... You can tell that the water issue is a challenge here as many side slopes and some fairways were suffering from lack of water. Staff is friendly and helpful. Will play again.

Great course and Great value at $40 on GolfNow Hot Deals. Tee boxes, and fairways are in really good shape for this time of year at a course for under $75 in the Palm Springs area. Greens are good and smooth but they are transitioning to summer and therefore a little "splotchy" to look at but they are not bumpy. The roughs are just that...rough!

I started as a single on the back 9 at 8:30 AM with a very good pace and few golfers behind and almost no one in front of me. I started the front nine about 10:15 and there was absolutely NO ONE on the course in front or in back of me. I played 2 and 3 balls and still never saw anyone on the front nine! This is a wonderful course but I'm worried that they're not getting enough players to keep it maintained!

First time here & it was very pleasant, I’m sure 20+ years ago this place was the cats meow, it shows it’s age in some places but it’s a great test of shot making & can get a little more difficult when it’s windy.

For the discounted summer price it’s well worth the price.

Good track. Greens great. Tee boxes will recover. Impressed by pace of play