Indian Canyons Golf Resort - South: #18
A view of green #18 at South Course from Indian Canyons Golf Resort.
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4.7
2115 Reviews (2115)
5 Stars
1303
4 Stars
653
3 Stars
115
2 Stars
31
1 Stars
13
Conditions
4.5
Value
4.5
Layout
4.7
Friendliness
4.8
Pace
4.4
Amenities
4.5
99.1%
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4.8
30 Reviews (30)
5 Stars
24
4 Stars
5
3 Stars
1
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.6
Value
4.6
Layout
4.7
Pace
4.5
Amenities
4.6
StaffFriendliness
4.8
100.0%
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30 out of 30 reviews
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4.8
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5 Stars
24
4 Stars
5
3 Stars
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0
1 Stars
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Conditions
4.6
Value
4.6
Layout
4.7
Pace
4.5
Amenities
4.6
StaffFriendliness
4.8
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About

Holes 18
Type Resort
Par 72
Length 6560 yards
Slope 124
Rating 71.4

Nestled at the base of the San Jacinto Mountains, Indian Canyons Golf Resort offers two championship courses with stunning views. The two golf courses, North and South, have completely different layouts but they are both sheltered from the wind thanks to the surrounding mountains. The South Course is the shorter of the two, making it the more player-friendly course. That is not to say it is not a challenge though. The rolling fairways are framed by contoured mounding and four expansive lakes come into play on six holes. The par 5s are particularly memorable. There are also well over 1,300 palm trees throughout the golf course, which includes hundreds of Washingtonia filifera palms. These trees are native to the Agua Caliente Tribe and an important part of their history.

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Course Details

Year Built 2004
Fairways Bermuda/Rye Grass
Greens Bermuda/Rye Grass
Golf Season Year round

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
GPS Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Golf Simulator Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Indoor Practice Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

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

Food & Beverage

Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities

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Reviews

4.7
2115 Reviews (2115)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 76
19th Hole Scenic Views 57
Patio Dining 49
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 157
Water Hazards 131
Undulating Greens 70
This course/club is great for:
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 102
Seniors 87
Locals 80
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 162
Near the Airport 84
Worth the Drive 55

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Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Wonderful course for the price

My first time there it was a beautiful course very green staff was very helpful and And friendly I will definitely be coming back next year

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 20
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
4.0
First Time Playing

Place is dangerous

Twice while we were on the putting surface a ball landed from another group from who knows where. Saw a ball bounce off another’s golf cart. Place is a shooting gallery, shame because it’s a nice course just too many people crossing paths

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Palm Springs Favorites

Indian Canyon is one our favorite golf courses in the Palm Springs area. Course is always in very good condition, well maintained. The staff is always friendly, helpful and courteous. Pace of play is good. Difficulty level is medium. Even if you play in the dry heat of 105 degrees it’s tolerable.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

UPDATE to "One Miserable Round of Golf"

This is an IMPORTANT UPDATE to my previous review made on 9/1/2020 because I am not allowed to "edit" a previous review. We played on 8/19/2020 and the course conditions were bad because of cut grass in the fairways so deep we had to hunt for our tee shots too many times. Also, there were so many lawn mowers and blowers working it was difficult to have a conversation on the course. My problem was the guy in the pro shop would not offer a discounted re-play round and the course did not respond to my email.

UPDATE: The General Manager's representative contacted me by email (twice) and gave me a phone number so we could talk instead of email back and fourth. I may have deleted the first email thinking it was "spam". The GM's office confirmed the course conditions I described on the day of play. I was told of the reasons maintenance got so far behind and they all seemed true and reasonable to me. I was then told it was an "all hands on deck" type of maintenance day and our foursome just got stuck in-between all the equipment. The GM's office was very sincere and offered to make things right. I would play again anytime at Indian Canyons knowing management really cares about their guest and I want everyone to know that.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 10
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Always a good time

Early September and hot, clubhouse closed so no clothes shopping due to Covid, one course we always play and it didn’t disappoint, would recommend to anyone, actually was surprised how good of condition it was in, must play

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Brilliant

Only the fussiest could take issue with the conditions here. Really top notch. Starter was lovely, and even came around mid round to orchestrate letting a twosome overtake our foursome, which I liked. Fairways and greens were both in great shape. Course is super forgiving and gettable for the average joe. I can’t wait to come back.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

One Miserable Round of Golf

Course layout is straight forward. What you see is what you get. Staff was very friendly and helpful. What made our day miserable was the lawn mowers and high powered truck- mounted blowers. We had well over 100 combined years of golf in our foursome so we understand there must be course maintenance during the day. However, 15 holes of mowers and blowers (and on a couple holes there were 2 blowers) is just ridiculous. Mounds of grass from mowing thick enough to make you search for your ball in the middle of the fairway! Walking up and back to look for your ball filled your shoes full of grass clippings. There are no GPS units on the golf cars and not everyone had yardage finders so we had to share yardage verbally. It was so loud due to the power equipment you had to yell to give anyone yardage. Management was notified at the end of our round about the conditions. We asked for a discounted rate if we returned and were told "no". We sent the course an email about our experience and we never received a response.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 42
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Great Value

Course is in great shape. There’s some dry spots which is to be expected for the desert. Cool design, challenging but not too difficult. A lot of sand, the average golfer is going to spend a lot of time on the beach. We were expecting the starter to be mean after reading previous comments, not the case at all. Everyone was extremely friendly and the starter was a gentleman was very friendly. Would highly recommend.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Friendly course with professional feel

Beautiful layout. Greens roll true but not too difficult. $50 in summer is a great value. COVID-19 won’t let course provide ice which is beyond stupid, but not the courses fault. I’ll definitely be back.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Previously Played

Grumpy starter

The course is nice the only negative is the grumpy old starter

If you do not like people don’t have a job where you talk to them.

He starts you off tense. He very Curt.

Nice course but there Re better in the area and less expensive. No need to put up with a grumpy guy who hates the world

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Early Start makes the difference

3rd time playing here but first time at an early tee time. Given the 110 degree heat and humidity this weekend it was great to get out before 7am. Groups of 2 and 4 keep pace moving prettty well - had to wait on a few holes but got done before the big heat! Becoming one of our favorite courses in the desert - really good shape for this time of year (mid August).

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Beautiful course

Hot & Humid.

Pace of play was good through the front 9, but slowed considerably on the back 9.

Greens keepers have omen toe fringes way too short, resulting in a dirt ring around almost every green.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 181
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Top 100 Contributor
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Good Conditions, starter a little bitter

2nd time playing the south course. Pretty good conditions for the middle of summer. Layout is fair for all abilities. Price was fair for middle of summer AM weekend round.

I appreciate the course COVID restrictions, just happy to play. Although, when my colleague lowered his face covering to take a drink of his beverage while receiving instructions from the elderly starter on the 1st hole, he was scolded. Unfortunately, it was the overly aggressive tone that surprised our group. Just beware, CA Governor Newsom's mandate is strictly enforced.

Other than that, it was an enjoyable 1st round to start our day.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 181
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Top 100 Contributor
Previously Played

Back again!

Beautiful course! Well maintained and a challenge to play ! I’d give it a A!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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