Mountain Vista Golf Club - Santa Rosa Course

When we booked on Golfnow, we had no indication that the time was a "shotgun". We were not happy but later found out this course does shotguns on Tuesday Wednesday Thursday and sometimes other days.

We saw a course Marshall once at the start when he ordered us back to the clubhouse after we went to the 18th tee box which was our first hole.

That was the last time we saw a marshall!

We left the course after 13 holes. The pace was unbelievably slow. On the way back, several fairways had no golfers and one hole had no golfers on the fairway or green! When we arrived at the clubhouse, we wanted to voice our concern and it was closed. The time was 4.45. We teed off at 1.00.

Will I go back?

Not likely.

When we purchased on line tee times, we did not know they had shotgun start on Thursdays. They put 8 people to a hole (A&B). Pace was better than expected, but slow, The restaurant is not associated with the course and the course has no beverage cart. It was a pretty warm day and water on the course is very rare. The kicker is there was no one to tell a new comer what to do. Most of the golfers were local. We could not distinguish employees from others and it seemed we were always in some member's way.

Conditions were perfect. Fast greens, immaculate fairways. Pace of play was 4 hours on a Friday.

Only beef is that there was no beverage cart.

Hope to play there again.

Course is in great shape.

The entire golf course (Santa Rosa) is played in a big wide ditch that runs through coachella valley. Very flat except that every green and every tee box is built up on a plateau. So you climb the 10-15 foot elevated hill pretty much 36 times. They don't have a border collie to chase the geese away so a number of the greens are literally covered with goose droppings. I will not return to this course. there are too many other great courses to play for same or less money here in the desert.

Very enjoyable course. Always a good experience. Will be returning.

Had a few great outings at this course over the past couple of weeks and really appreciated the challenge and conditions of the golf course. Definitely a must play. Greens were perfectly maintained with just the right quick speed. The course rating for women looked a bit off especially some long par 4s.

great course -- front 9 had a lot of short par 4's and the back nine had longer par 4's --- this was a good mix for using all your clubs. Also had some water in play.

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The course is rather short (6600 yd. from the back tee). It was in great condition, but cart path only made the round a bit longer than it needed be. The course was just re-opened after over-seeding, so that's understandable. Most par 4's were about 350-380 yards, but there were a couple of challenging par 3s. Overall, this is a pleasant surprise in the senior home development.

I was very surprised at the course quality. Staff was very friendly and bent over backwards to solve a problem that arose with my reservation. An overall very pleasant experience. Have played the course another time since then, and plan to play it again.

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Love this course, one of my favorites. It challenges you in every way. Course ws in great shape. The only problem I had was with the traps. They were hard and a little light on sand.
One thing I would suggest- if you going to play this time of year (and this goes for any course in the Coachella Valley) you might want to ask, when booking your team time, if carts are path only. It really slowed us and others down

Great price for golf and course was in great shape for this time of year.

Wide fairways, all green, well groomed and trimmed. The postcard sceneries can be distracting, stay focussed. Houses surround the course, another distraction for real estate lovers.
Clubhouse is modern, service is great. Lovely golf day overall, cannot say the same for my round. Would keep course on my playlist.

WOW! So awesome! From the parking lot, proshop, cafe and practice areas! Golf Course (played the Santa Rosa course) was in amazing condition, dare I say LUSH (especially for late summer!) Tee to green it was perfect, bunkers were a bit sparse but enough sand to blast out! The greens were very good, held most irons well and putted very consistent and true! Lots of water features and interesting holes to keep your interest! Nice cafe with cold "reasonably priced" draft beer and good food too!

The course was in great shape. There were no problems with pace of play or extreme heat on this day. Really enjoyed playing here.

Very nice course in excellent condition. Played as a threesome and completed round in 3.5 hours. Very enjoyable day.

Well kept fairways and greens. Could use some help with the course layout as a first-timer.