Firecliff at Desert Willow Golf Resort

Beautiful course. Lots of bunkers. Would. Definitely play it again

The only problem was a few tournament groupings playing as they owned the course.

This golf course is a municipal owned by the city of Palm Desert. It is absolutely incredible. You'll be treated like a member of an exclusive private club from the time you drive up to the bag drop, until you return the cart, and after if you go to the bar or restaurant. So many good things to say about Desert Willow Firecliff, not enough time to write it all out. If you can handle the heat, their rates drop SIGNIFICANTLY in the summer/off season. But it's worth every penny of the in season rates. #1 public course in the entire valley, in my opinion.

Rode the Purple tees (6676/72.1/136) in 4.5 twilight @ the GK Plays. Thanks to John, all sponsors and DW for a well run event! Played with kviser, Solinari619 and his dad Joe. Clear, breezy and in the high 80's.

Tees lush and level with few divots.

Fairways mostly lush, usually good to play from.

Rough lush. The ball sat up, not much of a penalty and usually good to chip out of.

Greenside traps had good quality sand and were very maintained. Waste bunkers were firm and not as well maintained as the greenside traps.

Large greens putted medium fast speed and were firm. You had to play for rollout.

Customer Service always excellent here from when you drop your clubs off out front to when you pick them up after the round. Cart gal around several times and there are ice/water stations every few holes. Nice GPS on upgraded carts that have ports for electronics. The all grass driving range is included and is excellent with a nice practice chipping area. Excellent and very fun layout to play. Recommended, one of the best public courses in the Palm Springs area.

Course is a very interesting layout with challenging fair holes

Always enjoy playing Firecliff course at Desert Willow. Nice practice facility and restaurant. High on the list of golf courses when I come to the Desert.

With all the choices for golf in the Palm Springs area it was great to get this recommendation from a friend that lives there.. We loved this course.. it was in fantastic shape and has a great layout... we encountered just one small issue.. the map that goes with the golfnow app gives directions to the office and not the golf course..

Luckily we were close enough it didn’t keep us from making our tee time...This is a great course with beautiful scenery and a challenging layout and we also had a great lunch in the clubhouse afterwards.. I will definitely play here again.

The course was in excellent shape. Better still the cost was reasonable when compared to other high end courses.

Pace of play was slow, but with such a great course and great value it was popular.

Well manicured challenging course. Pace of play could have been a bit better especially with early tee time. Definitely would recommend playing this course. Great for all levels. Staff was very friendly and were great in any questions that we had about the facility.

LVentura

Completely awesome golf course, That I would recommend to anyone. I played a lot of courses in the desert, including all of the public PGA West courses. This course is comparable to any of them. It was in wonderful shape when I played, and staff were nice. The greens ran true and fast, the fairways were nice and lush, in the rough was only partially penalizing. I certainly want to play again.

Has to be one of the nicest municipal golf courses anywhere.

Course was in absolutely perfect condition!

The course is in excellent condition. The greens are fast and hard so you do need to play the ball short, unless you can put plenty of spin on the ball. However the front of the greens is firm so bouncing the ball up works just fine.

The course plays easy for beginners, but is a challenge for better players. There is a great choice of tee lengths so all abilities can enjoy.

The only negative was the pace of play is a little slow so allow 4 1/2 + hours for your round.