Mountain View at Desert Willow Golf Resort

This is my second trip to the desert and the Mountainview course at Desert Willow was the best-conditioned course by far. I played at Mission Hills (Gary Player) and the rough was burned out. From the moment my son and I arrived at Desert Willow, we received nothing but first class treatment, including the pro shop, starter, and the intern who cleaned our clubs. The fairways are wide, but trouble is always lurking. We played as a threesome and with a foursome in front of us still finished in 4:05. The greens are very quick and small, but are very true. Admittedly, my positive review is aided by how well I played. I would not recommend playing here for beginning golfers.

This course was the best conditioned of all wehave played over the past month in Palm Desert.moutain course which we played has lots of challenge. beware of the undulating greens if you areplaying for the first time.

We booked early and got a great rate <$120 for Mountain View, then played Firecliff for a an $85 replay rate. I preferred the views of Firecliff, however they were both excellent courses.

Mountain view had some construction going on along a couple holes which was annoying, but not a deal breaker.

Course difficulty... pretty similar in terms of Greens, rolled fast and true. MV was more forgiving off the tee. Firecliff had a lot more bunkers off the tee so you really had to play smart. I suggest getting yardage books. Ask the starter, they are free.

Do not start your trip on these courses, warm-up somewhere else bc they requiring solid ball striking. An average hacker will lose a lot of balls.

Great experience otherwise...

Got a nice twilight deal @ 2:15pm finished on time

Beautiful course and playable. The greens have good speed to them and roll well. The GPS system is superior to many others that I've used. Always nice to play here.

It rained when we were at 15 th hole and when we brought the cart to the bag drop area, the staff was only interested picking up the cart and did not help us to load onto our cart!,,, due to their attitude we did not leave them a tip either.

One of the most beautiful public access courses I have played. The course was in excellent condition with lush grass in all areas including rough. fairways, tees and greens were all in excellent condition. Enough water hazards and bunkers to make for a little challenge, but generous landing areas and large receptive greens. Great facility with friendly staff. A little pricey for non-residents, but if you watch golf now you can find a price you can live with. Pace of play for an afternoon round was fair, and moved along on most holes. The course is located in the middle of Palm Desert, but felt like you were miles away from the city on most holes. We played the mountain view course and took a peek at the Firecliff. Both are beautiful and worth trying to get a tee time at.

A great challenging test of your game in a beautiful setting. My brother played it with me for the first time and got so distracted taking pictures, he forgot
his swing!
Course is always in excellent condition, staff is warm
and friendly......I wish I could play either course every day. Desert Willow is a must play in the Valley.

This was by far the best public course we have ever played. The staff was very friendly and condition of course was perfect. It was a surprising find.

Thoroughly enjoyed the course. Played the forward tees. Found the greens a bit tricky. Loved that you were not among the houses. Would definitely recommend the course. Great ice and water throughout the course. For woman the distance is reasonable. Course was well kept.

This course was in awsome shape we enjoyed many impressing Mountain Views.

If you want to find something bad, then this the Restaurant was already closed for food at 4pm, so we couldnt enjoy the view during a nice dinner.

Mountain course at DW is one of our favorites and it is in good condition. One has to drive through new construction near the new Westin between several holes, which detracts from the overall effect. Pace of play was good. It is still a beautiful course.

I played this course on November 1st and 2nd and it was a great experience. Although the course is challenging, the wide fairways are giving a chance to all kinds of golfers. The pace of play was good, played the course, both days in 4h20.
I definitely recommend that course. It's a little expensive but if you play twilight it's worth the price.

came to play, the course placed 2 foursomes of beginners with rental clubs ahead of us. some holes we waited 32 minutes to play. when called the marshall he gave us a lot of attitude and said "i can't put a gun to there head". All we wanted was him to politely say please hurry up the pace of play.

Found course pro "Ryan" to have a lot of attitude when we mentioned the slow play after the round. The basic answer was too bad we don't value your business. I come down here 6 weeks a year and will never play this course or recommend it after the attitude received from the course pro and marshall! There 20 year old kids running the place and don't understand customer service.

I use to play this course a lot and ever since they expanded the resort it seems they load the course up with too many groups in order to gain as much revenue as possible.

Beautiful course and in great condition. Staff was great! Worth the money. This course will challenge your game.

Played 14 holes before it got dark. Excellent value. $70 for 18 holes. The couple we were playing with were very slow. Probably could have got in a few more holes.

Starter offers electronic pagers to call each group to the tee-box. Beautiful course layout. No noticeable homes, you feel secluded from habitation. Very good practice area, nice pro-shop. Would definitely return.

Our second trip to this area. From the 1st trip, we picked the Greg Norman ( PGA West )...this second trip puts Desert Willow right up there with the Norman course. Very good practice area....unique "pager" is given to all golfers for a notification of tee time position. Very enjoyable experience.

Beautiful course and playable for a high handicapper like me. Didn't like the mowing and blowing on the back nine while we were playing. Made it difficult to breathe and very distracting.

From the moment you arrive to the time you depart, staff takes good care of you. Good service curbside, pro shop, dining, etc. The courses at Desert Willow are always in great condition. Sometimes the rounds can get quite long ..... 5 hrs .... but not this time of year.