Indian Wells Golf Resort - Players Course

I had a chance to play the newly redesigned Players course on opening day yesterday and it is great. Roughly 7 new or redesigned holes or more and they look and play great. They fit right into the existing holes really well. I was told all the greens, tees and bunkers were also redone on the entire course. Cart Paths only for a while maybe that slowed pace a little, but I walked so it was perfect. The new design make that really easy. They also have electric pushcarts if needed. Greens are smooth but a little slow since it’s early days but that will improve. Fairways are perfect ! Love playing the new track! Enjoy it, walk it!

I had a chance to play the newly redesigned Players course at the Indian Wells Golf Resort on its opening day! Amazing. The 5 new holes and those that were redesigned all fit perfectly into the existing layout. The whole course itself is in amazing shape after the new grasses this fall and overseeding. Many of the greens were enlarged and reshaped and are super smooth and look great. They are a little slow now but that should improve quickly. They are a little hard being new so that a little adjustment but will also improve with time and future aeration and top dressing. Pace of play is a little slow with Cart Paths only yesterday but that will change soon as well I’m told. You will love the new design. Walk if you can, really easy to do here now. The have electric pushcarts also so you don’t have to carry or push a cart. Enjoy! I did.

Half of the fairways are dead, as is most of the rough. They are doing work on the course and apparently applied some treatment to the grass that killed it. It was like playing in concrete for most of the holes. There were multiple groups taking forever on the greens lining up puts like they were playing on Sunday at Augusta. Left after 11 holes when it was going to be a 5 hour round. It’s clearly a nice course with a good layout, but the conditions are awful right now and due to that they aren’t enforcing pace of play.

Any review is not fair or accurate as the couse is undergoing a new routing and construction. Can't wait to play it next year to see how they did.

I loved playing this course. Lots of sets of tees perfectly set for a wide range of handicaps. Greens were sloppy and fun. GPS in the carts was very helpful. Staff was super friendly (yes even in the clubhouse!!), especially the starter and the course marshal. Snack cart lady made an amazing Bloody Mary, so I had 2. Only issue was that the grass on the greens was a little thin, like maybe they just did a verticut and top dress. They were still very smooth and fast, but just not “perfect.” Overall I had a wonderful experience.

Fun day at the Players. Greens rolling well but challenging for our group to make putts

Very good overall experience, starting from valet parking service, launch monitors at every practice range station, course was great shape, cart girl was friendly and had sandwiches and hotdogs.

Fairways were in great shape after the overseeding greens were on the slow side which we were warned about

Pace of play was excellent finished in 3.5 hours will be back next trip to Palm Springs

Pace of play was unacceptable given cart technology and apparent marshal on site. Most concerning was the response from staff when I asked to speak with management, from two different employees “ they’re never around, sorry..” unfortunately I left with a negative opinion of course and staff. Hopefully this isn’t the standard you’re shooting for!

Good challenge and friendly staff. Recommend… but play off the right tee box for your handicap.