Golf Club At Terra Lago - South Course: #4
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3.8
1743 Reviews (1743)
5 Stars
300
4 Stars
735
3 Stars
418
2 Stars
172
1 Stars
118
Conditions
3.7
Value
3.8
Layout
4.1
Friendliness
4.0
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.2
77.1%
Recommend this course
1253 out of 1743 reviews
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3.9
58 Reviews (58)
5 Stars
20
4 Stars
23
3 Stars
7
2 Stars
3
1 Stars
5
Conditions
3.9
Value
3.9
Layout
4.1
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.3
StaffFriendliness
4.1
75.9%
Recommend this course
44 out of 58 reviews
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3.9
71 Reviews (71)
5 Stars
24
4 Stars
32
3 Stars
7
2 Stars
3
1 Stars
5
Conditions
3.9
Value
4.0
Layout
4.2
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.3
StaffFriendliness
4.1
80.3%
Recommend this course
57 out of 71 reviews
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Course Highlights
The South Course delivers a genuinely challenging layout with large, contoured greens that consistently earn high marks from returning players. Exceptional value, smooth pace of play, and helpful staff make this resort a strong choice for golfers seeking a rewarding round.

About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 7044 yards
Slope 140
Rating 75.1

Formerly known as Landmark Golf Club, the Golf Club at Terra Lago was the host of the PGA Tour Skins Game from 1999 to 2002. The club's impressive guest list includes Greg Norman, Phil Mickelson, and Tiger Woods. There are two 18-hole courses available called the North and the South. At 7,044 yards, Terra Lago's South Course is just barely shorter than the 7,060-yard North Course but they are equally challenging. The South is known for having one of the club's most unique and memorable holes, the par-4 second. This narrow hole runs alongside a wide canal that makes anything hit to the right impossible to play. The unique part of the hole comes as you approach the green. To cross the creek, rather than having a traditional wood bridge, the course designer crafted a bridge from an old rail car, which explains its nickname as the "Boxcar" hole.

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Course Details

Year Built 1999
Greens Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Brian Curley (1999) Lee E. Schmidt (1999)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
GPS Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes
Practice Hole Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Appropriate golf attire.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse
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Reviews

3.8
1743 Reviews (1743)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 49
19th Hole Scenic Views 37
Brunch 22
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 97
Undulating Greens 75
Water Hazards 64
This course/club is great for:
Advanced Golfers 71
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 52
Locals 45
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 50
Convenient to the City 47
At a Resort 28

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Reviews 3
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Disappointing

The Terra Lago South Course has potential but it feels like the staff has totally stopped maintaining the facility. There's no restaurant, multiple greens had areas with missing chunks filled with sand, and most of the bunkers were like hitting off of clay.

Also the cart GPS was totally out of whack and multiple times during our round the cart wouldn't go forward because it thought we were out of bounds despite being on the cart path. We had to drive in reverse down multiple cart paths which was funny at first but pretty inexcusable when it happens 5+ times.

I thought the layout of the course was actually somewhat interesting but it feels like they've stopped trying to keep the course and its amenities up to the standard you usually get at any mediocre course.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Poor
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 33
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Terra Lago plays to its strengths

Great course for the $$, and then some. Fairways, greens and layout are superb. A better lounge, and a free driving range would be nice. Add a. Opulent bucks to each round and make the range free, as do most other courses.

I’ve played this dozens of times and it’s a challenging round. Never disappointed, other than some areas of very rough messy waste areas. But a great course and very good value!!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
First Time Playing

Poor condition

Played the South Course this morning. The staff were less than helpful, the course was in terrible shape, and the value is poor.

The holes are fun and have great variety.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Yes, to next time!!

I really like this course! This was our last golf day of our trip but if not, I definitely would have played this course again! The badlands were great. Challenging & fun!!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Worth playing

Some direction signage between a couple of holes could be improved upon but the course was in very nice condition. Checkin personnel very pleasant and baggage handling was top notch.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Grumpy Staff in pro-shop

Title says it all, with these 2 exceptions: starter was super friendly, cart-girl was awesome. Despite warnings about strict adherence to pace of play, we were unable to finish our round...only got 15 holes in in 4 hours. Staff swarming the course to tell us they are closing, maybe they should have been paying more attention to pace of play and we all could have finished......

Warning, club rentals expensive, in our case, more than the green fee🤨

Conditions Good
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Played On
Reviews 4
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Would like to have had a refreshment cart on course.

Since the course layout does not bring players around to the clubhouse at the turn to buy drinks/snacks it was not a wise decision on the managements account to not have a snack cart on the course. I was told the course was completely booked so there were certainly enough customers to warrant having this service available.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
First Time Playing

No water to drink!

Course was fine but the water stations only worked if you brought your own bottle to fill up! They had no cups available until the 12th hole! No drink cart and the gps system wouldn’t let you deter to clubhouse between 9 and 10th hole. It literally stopped the cart.

Was a big disappointment and will be the first and last time playing here.

Most clubs here actually include a bottle of water for each player on the cart on ice.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Fantastic

We have played north and were waiting for south to open. It did not disappoint.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Hot

Hot spell couldn’t finish. From the great northwest, whew.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
1.0
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Grumpy staff and bad greens/ bunkers

This is some of the worst golf staff I have ever dealt with. Paired with that the greens were longer than the average fairway out here and the bunkers looked more like bomb holes than golf bunkers. With how many options there are out here don’t waste your time and money here. An extra 20-30$ for a different course goes a long long way.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Not bad for one of only courses open

Course was a bit rough healing from reseeding, but one of the only Palm Springs public courses open. We ran into a High School tournament on the back so they let us play the front of the North course for our second nine. It was in better shape and normally more expensive so we were happy.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great conditions but could do better on amenities

We played the south course for 1st time and I was pleased with the conditions. Not as pretty as the north course but both are worth playing . Our only complaint is at 105 degrees it would have been nice to have ice or water available on the course. It was too far to head back to clubhouse. I can’t understand why they don’t have a beverage cart.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
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