Indian Wells Golf Resort - Players Course
About
The Players Course is one of two championship courses at Indian Wells Golf Resort, both of which are ranked in the top 20 golf courses in California. Opened in 2007, the course is still young but the landscape's existing trees were carefully incorporated into the layout to give it a more mature feel. The terrain has many assets to offer a round of golf, including plenty of water features and elevation changes. The challenging layout is complete with meticulously sculpted bunkers. It is a scenic course too with lush, well manicured fairways accented by colorful flowers and meandering streams. The design also takes advantage of the stunning views of the surrounding Santa Rosa, San Jacinto, and San Bernardino mountains ranges. To the south, Eisenhower Mountain serves as a breathtaking backdrop.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabernet | 72 | 7376 yards | 75.3 | 139 |
| Blue | 72 | 6913 yards | 73.3 | 134 |
| Orange | 72 | 6538 yards | 71.7 | 129 |
| Yellow | 72 | 6326 yards | 70.6 | 126 |
| White | 72 | 6006 yards | 69.2 | 123 |
| Green | 72 | 5636 yards | 67.7 | 117 |
| Green (W) | 72 | 5636 yards | 74.0 | 127 |
| Red | 72 | 5108 yards | 65.2 | 110 |
| Red (W) | 72 | 5108 yards | 71.3 | 122 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabernet M: 75.4/140 | 558 | 230 | 331 | 470 | 469 | 459 | 552 | 222 | 626 | 3917 | 401 | 332 | 186 | 454 | 586 | 467 | 396 | 146 | 491 | 3459 | 7376 |
| Blue M: 73.4/135 | 534 | 200 | 305 | 434 | 443 | 434 | 512 | 207 | 591 | 3660 | 383 | 318 | 165 | 433 | 557 | 425 | 372 | 144 | 456 | 3253 | 6913 |
| Orange M: 71.6/130 | 534 | 173 | 305 | 409 | 397 | 402 | 512 | 182 | 488 | 3402 | 383 | 318 | 165 | 398 | 557 | 383 | 372 | 144 | 416 | 3136 | 6538 |
| Yellow M: 70.7/127 | 494 | 173 | 283 | 409 | 397 | 402 | 491 | 182 | 488 | 3319 | 361 | 299 | 158 | 398 | 530 | 383 | 338 | 124 | 416 | 3007 | 6326 |
| White M: 69.1/122 W: 77.6/135 | 494 | 160 | 283 | 364 | 360 | 369 | 491 | 164 | 429 | 3114 | 361 | 299 | 158 | 360 | 530 | 358 | 338 | 124 | 364 | 2892 | 6006 |
| Green M: 67.4/117 W: 74.0/127 | 438 | 160 | 248 | 364 | 360 | 369 | 422 | 164 | 429 | 2954 | 328 | 276 | 144 | 360 | 437 | 358 | 301 | 114 | 364 | 2682 | 5636 |
| Red M: 64.9/110 W: 71.3/122 | 401 | 148 | 212 | 326 | 333 | 328 | 391 | 144 | 408 | 2691 | 297 | 247 | 130 | 335 | 387 | 310 | 280 | 105 | 326 | 2417 | 5108 |
| Handicap | 11 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 2 | |||
| Par | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 37 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 72 |
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Hit em straight! Photo submitted by Kirbmeister69 on 07/19/2021
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Pure desert heaven! Photo submitted by mastew on 06/07/2019
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Photo submitted by MikeBaileyGolf on 03/15/2018
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Photo submitted by DebraBorcherding on 11/03/2013
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Photo submitted by DebraBorcherding on 11/03/2013
Great staff and course
Awesome staff . Very good condition considering early June . Apparently Celebrity course has several greens in very bad shape . Players greens in good condition in general. Only bad experience is we never saw a refreshment cart the entire day . At 106 degrees a beer or 2 would have been nice .
Great playable round
Indian Wells golf resort is a great place and it has two tremendous very playable golf courses perfect for the resort golfer and can be a challenge from the back tees . Great staff good price really enjoyable day
Pete Dye at his worst
The good: the staff were friendly and the course conditions were fine.
The bad: Everything else. Pace of play was horrific. We had a 5.5 hour round.
I would highly recommend PGA West actually disassociate themselves from the Pete Dye name as soon as possible. Seriously, start by bringing in a bulldozer and getting rid of all his false front greens and “sand rivers” that make no sense whatsoever and are completely punitive. This isn’t a fun and challenging course where shot selection and risk/reward comes into play, this is a self-inflated ego that enjoys punishing you for putting your shot on the green by making sure there everything is guaranteed to roll off no matter how well you hit it.
Skip this course and find a better way to waste your time with less frustration.
Playable and challenging
I played the players course at Indian Wells golf resort, It’s the first time I’ve played it since the remodel. It’s really great. You can find your ball. Hit it at the target but still be challenged with Fast greens and elevation changes.
Don’t miss it. It’s a lot of fun.
Great as always!
Played at 1230p as a 4some on a Sunday, finished in 4:05. Waited for a twosome for most of the round but by the end of the round, we caught the field. Awesome pro shop and great service. Fantastic fast greens.
Superb
Great course, tough with the amount of sand placed in all the right spots to capture errant shots. Superb condition, tee box thru the green. The starter at players course was very helpful for first time players. Looking forward to coming back.
Great Experience
Course has great features: staff was excellent and extremely helpful. Fairway & greens were very good.
Great course
Excellent course, in great condition, with friendly staff.
In dire need of maintenance
The overall facilities looks neglected. The fairways are nice and greens as well but the overall facilities has degraded.
Fantastic course
Played Players on Wednesday after playing sister course on Monday. They amount of rain they had earlier in the month taxed the maintenance team. Monday’s round was great but the rough for a resort course hadn’t been cut recently and was thick and penal. Course was great but a foot off fairways and you were doomed. The Wednesday round at Players was amazing. The staff had caught up with battling the recent weather and had the course in beautiful shape, as I’m sure the Celebrity was on Wednesday also. You can’t go wrong with either. The staff from the bag check to the starter to the cats who pack you up at the end were all honestly hoping you were going to have a good day. We play there at least once every year we come down and will continue to do so.
Course Review
Everything was first class from personnel in the pro shop, the starter, and the cart people. The course was in excellent shape. Bunkers were numerous and well placed. Greens were true and very fast. The only thing we were disappointed in was that the driving range was closed. We definitely recommend this course.