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4.1
1027 Reviews (1027)
5 Stars
395
4 Stars
406
3 Stars
145
2 Stars
51
1 Stars
30
Conditions
3.7
Value
4.4
Layout
4.0
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.6
90.1%
Recommend this course
923 out of 1027 reviews
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3.9
24 Reviews (24)
5 Stars
7
4 Stars
8
3 Stars
8
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
0
Conditions
3.9
Value
4.2
Layout
4.0
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.1
StaffFriendliness
4.6
87.5%
Recommend this course
21 out of 24 reviews
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3.9
86 Reviews (86)
5 Stars
26
4 Stars
38
3 Stars
15
2 Stars
5
1 Stars
2
Conditions
3.7
Value
4.2
Layout
4.0
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.4
StaffFriendliness
4.5
88.4%
Recommend this course
76 out of 86 reviews
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About

Holes 9
Type Public
Style Executive
Par 31
Length 2095 yards
Slope 91
Rating 29.6

Desert Mirage Golf Course offers a public, nine-hole course and a fully stocked pro shop. The course has a traditional design but that does not mean it is boring. It is perfect for squeezing in a quick game or for beginners and kids. The course is relatively flat, but there are some hills on the course that can affect shots. The greens are medium sized with some slight undulation and the generous fairways are wide open. There are also water hazards and bunkers that come into play on a few of the holes. Desert Mirage Golf Course's signature hole is the par-4 ninth. It requires a tee shot over a lake to an island green.

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Course Details

Year Built 1999
Golf Season Year round
Architect Bill Phillips (1999)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Pull-carts 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, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Appropriate golf attire.

Food & Beverage

Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse
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4.1
1027 Reviews (1027)
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Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played

Best Bang for the Buck!

Desert Mirage is a jewel in the desert …well kept and a true value….

The club house is well stocked with essentials if you’re short on tees or balls with a good selection of reasonably priced name brands.

The double cooler stocked with beverages ready to load your cooler and cocktails are definitely available next door in the snack bar where tasty lunches and pizzas are offered and exceptional!

Warm up on the natural grass range then off on your round! 👍👍

Conditions Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

The are Better Courses

Will not be returning to this course. We are intermidiate golfers so are very forgiving to most situations but we did not enjoy this course. Fairways and greens are rough. Lots of mud and goose crap. Very tight layout with lots of below average golfers. If you were very far off the fairway or green you were hitting into someone. Never heard so many people shouting "four" in my life. Pace was really slow, 4 guys ahead of us rarely hit a decent tee shot.

Good course for beginners

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 6
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Walked
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Love this course

It’s always a good time, nice and quiet during the week. The players and staff alike are all friendly and it’s always enjoyable golfing here. I’m trying to get out monthly. We get to chatting and next thing you know you’re losing balls in the pond!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great 9-Hole

Desert mirage is a nice par 3 for the money. It has several par 4’s that let you break out the driver. Great course. Will definitely go back and would definitely recommend for a par 3.

Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great facility to practice game improvement…

Enjoyable inexpensive but well kept 9 hole executive course with full service menu…great food and great staff…

Well worth the price!!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great place for beginners

Love the atmosphere and opportunity to practice long and short game.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 27
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great value for 9

Quick, easy to get on, good condition, inexpensive, 9 hole course that I play weekly

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Walked

Some Improvement

This is a modest course that attracts mostly beginners. It is easy to play with few real hazards or OB. (The perimeter and the driving range.) Greens are bumpy, so putting gets a little randomized. And I can't remember the last time I was in a bunker. (I think there are only two greenside bunkers on the entire course.) The only real water is on #9, and now that a troublesome tree has blown down, the right side (away from the water) is pretty wide open.

A course this easy should be fast. But there is NEVER anyone out there moving play along. I've seen it a few times in the past (to no effect), but not lately.

There are two positives (besides the friendly price point). First, the staff is polite, courteous, and friendly. Without exception. Second, the problems they've had in the past with turf conditions have improved. Perhaps it's the overseeding with winter rye to a greater extent than before. But the fact is you can get a decent lie in the fairway just about everywhere.

But around some of the greens it can get pretty bare, causing shots just off the green to careen wildly into bare areas. And I still feel too much emphasis is given to growing grass in non-landing areas. The areas off the tees (on par-4 holes) and completely between tee and green (on Par-3 holes) should stay unseeded, moving that extra care and water to the fairways and areas directly around the greens.

Finally, something needs to be done about the tee boxes. They're a mess. I know, hackers gonna hack. But still...

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 50
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Used cart

Rough conditions - over priced

the course is in very rough condition. Contrasted by greens that were in good shape.

The course is basically a weed patch...but priced like it is a good course.

With the conditions and price...I will play somewhere sles!

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Extremely Easy
Played On
Reviews 19
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Beautiful Conditions

We had one of the last tee time on the books.

We were able to only get 8 holes in before the Club house told us to stop for the night.

The course is in prime conditions, and greens are great.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Easy
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