Firecliff at Desert Willow Golf Resort

Great course friendly staff greens were a little slow normal for this time of year rest of the course is in excellent shape I highly recommend playing it.

This is a really lovely course, greens were a little slow but that understandable with the heat and drought.

Summer off season outing for four of us. Not busy but very well maintained. Staff very good and courteous. Did. Not eat as restaurant was closed but beverage cart handled our needs and the young lady was very pleasantt. All in all a very good day. Was glad we chose DW Firecliff.

Awesome day at the course...Course played a little easier than I thought, but I did have one of my better rounds that day. Greens good not too fast and everything manicured nicely. Pace of play was excellent. Played on a Monday morning.

Played that course for the first time and really liked the layout and the views from the tee boxes. Plants and flowers everwhere. Makes you forget you play in the desert.
Overall condition of the course was ok for the summer. Greens were punched a little while ago and the greens were not 100% smooth, but thats what you might get in the summer here a lot I guess.
Still a great course that I would always play again.
Staff was also very friendly.

Overall excellent course layout and in good condition for summer. Bunkers looked like they had not been raked for several weeks and were very inconsistent and crusty. For a course with so many bunkers I expected better. Great staff who really made us feel welcome. Practice range was immaculate. Not much in the way of refreshments. Beverage cart stopped by twice. Clubhouse had nothing open when we got in at 2 pm. Still a great golfing experience for the day.

Had a ball golfing here. For the price, you can't beat it. Will definitely return.

Very nice course and facility. The day I played it was close to 115 degrees. Ouch! Course in very good shape and layout is definitely one of the better ones in the desert. I highly recommend it. This is the right time of year too. Cheaper prices and the course is still in decent condition before summer beats it up.

Would golf this course in a heart beat again. Staff accommodating, grounds well maintained. Only flaw was wet bunkers

I had a great time playing firecliff. Course was perfect. This course would be $100 a round in Minnesota. Paid $50. Wow. Temp was 84 when I started at 1130 at the end it was 95. Perfect. If you play this course and are from out of town, go memorial day week. It was dead.

Great course, perfect conditions fairways and greens. Greens actually a bit slow for me, but that is my problem. Great setup, many bunkers which penalizes when off track, but rewards when on.

VERY GOOD CONDITIONS OVERALL
GREENS DID NOT LOOK THAT GREAT BUT ROLLED TRUE
LOTS OF BUNKERS
CLUBHOUSE AND OTHER FACILITIES ARE GREAT
PLAYED WITH A LOCAL WHICH HELPED

What a fantastic course, played at 2:00 for $33 (that's not a typo!).

We've enjoyed all the sight lines off the tee. Numerous bunkers in play off the tees and on approach but it's a very fair course. The fairways are very wide and generous. Greens are well protected and rolling smooth. No gimmick holes, silly mounded fairways or blind tee or approach shots. Holes 9 and 18 are beautiful finishing holes with water and the club house.

For us it's a must play course.

This course was heads Above the other courses we played during our trip. Here is the order of ranking and conditions (none had been air rated and all green fees were beyond cheap).

1. Firecliff
2. Shadow Ridge
3. Indian Wells - The Players
4. Silver Rock
5. PGA West - Players Stadium (horrific - if you want a Dye course stick to Casa de Campo Teeth of the Dog).

Didn't get to play Mission Hills due to airification nor did we play the Classic as it didn't have reduced summer rates are the others were so dam cheap. That's why another trip us required.

Fire cliff had the best View,, beauty, challenging. The course was getting ready for reseeding so it wasn't at its best but it was really good.

Course was in great shape and staff very cordial. Always a joy to play. Play it in the fairway and it's a pretty easy ride. Spray the ball and you'll find one of the many bunkers or even desert. When we've played here before, pace hasn't been an issue but when we played on 10/6, pace was right at 5 hours. There were not gaps ahead of us that we could tell so everyone was pretty much slow. Only on 1 hole did we have to wait for several groups to tee off...the rest of the time, we were pulling up to the tee as the group ahead was leaving the tee.

Simply put..... Fabulous ! Great golf all around and be sure to eat at the resteraunt after your round.

The entire facility was extraordinary. One of the best stocked pro-shops around.

From the tees, this course looks both beautiful and pretty easy.

The desert landscaping is stunning (though I wonder how much of the plant life is native) and the color combinations/contrasts really please the eye.

With few exceptions, the holes look pretty easy from the tee. The fairways are very wide (in some cases 60 or 80 yards) and the greens are quite large. So why did I score so poorly? First, the many bunkers seemed to gobble up every shot that was not spot on. Second, nearly all the greens have severe undulations that toss off some approach shots and cause you to almost never have a straight and level putt. Third, the course tempts you in some cases to bite off more than you can chew in terms of picking a line for your drive; wide fairways don't help if you try and fail to carry over some desert in order to get a shorter second shot.

I look forward to playing the Firecliff Course again. It was a fun course to play, a great chance to enjoy the desert, and a challenge.

This is desert golf at it's best...... I have player most high end courses in the valley and feel this is in the top 2 or 3...... tons of traps and every hole is memorable... can't wait to play it again

Desert Willow Firecliff is a beautiful course, hard to believe that is a municipal course and not a private club. It is challenging from the back tees and the forward tees provide a good experience for the higher handicap golfer.