PGA WEST Pete Dye Mountain Course

5+ hour round with the Ranger just watching. Bunkers had no sand with rocks destroying our wedges.

The course needs a re-do. The bunkers had zero sand and the rocky base destroyed my wedge. The pace of play was so slow our 5+ hour round resulted in playing 18 in the dark. My Exp were considerably higher. I will not return and I live here 5 months a year.

We played both the PGA West Dunes and Mountain courses back to back in late Feb 2025.

The experience was the two worst rounds ever. The Dunes took 4:45 hours and Mountain 5:30 hours. We did not see a marshal on either day. It became obvious that PGA West in more interested in crowding the courses with tee time every 9 minutes and complete disregard for pace of play while charging $349.00 per round. The staff in the golf shop on the first day seemed to care less and on the second day they were not there as the shop had closed before the end of our round. There are several terrific course in Palm Springs and you would be well served to play all but the PGA Dunes and Mountain courses.

Course in great shape and fun to play.

Greens fast and true with a little more than normal roll out. Play to the centre of the green on back flags.

Went there to play the famous American Express tournament course. The course is pristine with amazing fairways and greens. That’s the good part. Now for the bad. Pace of play is atrocious.

It took close to 6 hours to complete 18 holes. The course is overcrowded with foursomes who think they are playing the US Open. It sometimes took 20 minutes to play a single hole. Completely insane.

They made us start on the 10th (wish I had know as I like to play a course in its designed sequence) so that they can cram more people on. After completing 4 holes in one hour, we asked the marshall (who clearly did not give a crap) to apply the rules of golf, i.e. go see the slow teams in front of us and ask them to speed up or force them to skip a hole but the answer was “we are doing the best we can” and then I was told that our group should slow our pace to create more gaps between each group. Yep! Let’s make it even slower than it already is. Great plan! By the 9th hole, the two other persons who played with us bailed out as they could not take it. I was tempted but instead play 3 balls at each hole to try to keep some semblance of rhythm.

When we finally to the clubhouse (climbing Mount Everest is probably a more swift ordeal), it turned out that not only the course was overcrowded but they had booked a private corporate competition in the morning which further clogged the course. Nice touch not letting anyone know and $700 well spent…

I was so late by the time I finish that I could not stop by the pro shop to ask for a refund or I would have with great pleasure.

It’s a very pretty course in good condition. Pace of play was OK.

The only downside was that the greens were really slow - shockingly slow.

Course was in excellent shape but thought it was a bit pricey. And the pace was a bit slow

I have played twice and loved it but haven’t been able to finish. Got to play 16 and that’s good enough. I will keep trying. Thank you. Love the course!

Not a stroll through the park. Dye created a magnificent track built within an amazing view of the surrounding landscape. The course was designed to be a challenge but it still was but a joy to behold and to play. It’s on the pricey side but if you’re looking for a golf “experience” this is one course you should not miss when in the Palm Springs/Palm Desert area.

None of our group will return. For the price you pay, it is simply no where worth the experience. Just felt like a Disneyland---pack us all through and take as much money for as little return as possible. Long queue at bag drop off; check in was just wanting our dough with little interest in us having a great day. Drove over to the range to find no spots open, many slots with no balls, and several people waiting. Starter was nice enough--but never saw one person out on the course to move anything along--not one. Was a slog.

Far more interesting courses in the valley for much greater valley. Really felt like a waste of money.

One of the toughest and most beautiful courses I’ve ever played

This course was beautiful, but way to hard for a 20 handicap. Everything is undulating and you rarely have a flat shot. The newish greens are also hard, so tough to stop the ball. All that said, the course is gorgeous and the staff is great!