Industry Hills Golf Club at Pacific Palms Resort - Zaharias Course

The Babe needs a lot of work from tee to green. Once upon a time when Industry Hills was hosting the LPGA Kia tournament both the Ike and Babe was flawless. Ever since Covid, they increased greens fees and decreased course maintenance...it was once a jewel of a course but now just another place to play if all else fails. But this is becoming a norm for a lot of local courses. To get premium golf experiences, you have to pay $125 plus or drive out to Palm Springs/Phoenix/Vegas/Escondido.

Starter needs to to say, ‘Good morning, I’m the starter.’ Not be on his phone texting. Coffe machine not working.

Course was in great shape. We finished in just over 3 hours. Looking forward to playing here again

Great day on the course today. Greens were true and speedy. People are fixing their divots all around. Great fun great course.

The course condition was very good.

The staffs were very kind.

Really enjoyed it.

Highly recommended.

Challenging layout with extremely narrow fairways. Not many opportunities to hit driver if you’re a long hitter. Precision is the name of the game here, otherwise it will be a long and defeating day. Don’t expect speedy rounds here as everyone is scrambling to chase their balls from other holes.

Played for 2 times ..

Quite challenging for blue tee shots, …

Loved playing all the way..

Want to revisit next time … for another challenge..

This course is always narrow and punishing off the tee, often OB or lost on both sides of the fairway. In my mid-October round, the rough was so thick that balls easily became lost (my playing partners and I found dozens belong to other players), and, especially given the steep slopes, nearly impossible to play out of. So if you couldn't hit the fairway, you couldn't play the hole. You have to be either single-digits or a mid-handicapper having a good day to have any chance, regardless of tee selection.

The Ike was closed, so the Babe was busier, but even so, there's no way it should have been a 5:15 round starting in the late morning on a Tuesday. We were waiting at least five minutes on most shots. I saw a marshal once or twice.

Despite the difficulty, the course was in good shape. My playing partners played winter rules, because balls would often pick up mud when landing in the fairway. Since I never hit the fairway, I did not have that problem. The bunkers would have had enough sand if anyone had raked them within the past week, but even so, they were playable.

I can't recommend this course because it is too difficult for the average player. I'm a 14 index and I've had a few good rounds here, but usually it's a disaster. A friend of mine who is a 12 refuses to play it. My playing partners were all single-digits, but even they struggled, and none of them broke 80.