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: 74.1/133 W: 81.5/146 | 620 | 400 | 337 | 186 | 457 | 418 | 183 | 589 | 223 | 3413 | 319 | 382 | 190 | 577 | 467 | 515 | 461 | 243 | 551 | 3705 | 7118 |
| Blue M: 71.7/127 W: 78.6/140 | 598 | 373 | 312 | 170 | 424 | 390 | 152 | 537 | 202 | 3158 | 310 | 355 | 175 | 537 | 437 | 479 | 414 | 220 | 516 | 3443 | 6601 |
| Yellow M: 69.5/122 W: 75.9/134 | 550 | 350 | 290 | 159 | 391 | 361 | 143 | 502 | 189 | 2935 | 295 | 332 | 159 | 504 | 390 | 443 | 370 | 208 | 485 | 3186 | 6121 |
| White M: 67.0/116 W: 72.8/127 | 478 | 322 | 269 | 144 | 351 | 339 | 134 | 463 | 165 | 2665 | 260 | 305 | 148 | 474 | 354 | 410 | 346 | 161 | 444 | 2902 | 5567 |
| Silver M: 64.2/109 W: 69.3/119 | 412 | 289 | 241 | 124 | 327 | 296 | 122 | 407 | 137 | 2355 | 236 | 274 | 124 | 428 | 327 | 358 | 299 | 137 | 406 | 2589 | 4944 |
| Handicap | 3 | 11 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 8 | |||
| Par | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 71 |
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Photo submitted by lflandry on 11/21/2021
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Photo submitted by lflandry on 11/21/2021
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Hit em straight! Photo submitted by Kirbmeister69 on 07/19/2021
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Photo submitted by byronculp1125 on 08/11/2019
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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 MikeBaileyGolf on 03/15/2018
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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
Nice location! Incredible greens
Really nice place the players course it was incredible greens. Everything went really fast. Only took a little over four hours. Really nice people and lots of nice buildings.
Should be better for the price
Only the tees, fairways and greens are overseeded. Usually this is Ok but the brown areas are very bare overall. Playing for the first time you really don't know where to miss and if you hit it towards the "wash" side of the course you will get some really bad bounces down the hills. Greens were hard but lightning fast. Difficult to hold a green with anything longer than a 9 iron and lots of spin. I expected more for one of the higher priced courses.
A little pricey
Overall great experience. However for the price I found classic club less expensive and in better condition. The simulators in each bay in the range was really cool. There was debris and trash just off of most fairways. One staff member also tainted the beginning of round with some negativity ie not very friendly. Other staff members were excellent!
PERFECTION
This place has the perfect golf courses!!! It is well maintained, challenging, fun, risk/reward, but fair. The conditions were perfect! I would say this is a hidden gem of a course surrounded by bigger names like PGA West that take the spotlight. If you get the chance to play in this area GO HERE!!! Staff was friendly, but the only reason I don't give a perfect score is because they kicked us off the driving range for a group of kids lessons. They only used half of the range but they kicked everyone off... Not cool. Pro shop was robust and the food and drink is great on and off the course. This is an easy recommendation for me! I can't believe I pay the same price in Florida (for a mediocre course at best) when I could just go here instead...
Excellent
First time at Indian Wells and it did not disappoint. Played the Players Course on a Wednesday morning a few days before Christmas and it felt like we had the place to ourselves. So, no issues on pace.
Course was in stunning condition. Absolutely perfect. Not a blade of grass out of place. Greens fast and firm (and tricky!) but fair. The views are out of this world. For the most part, nothing but mountains and nature. A special spot.
Hi-tech GPS with touch screens in the cart was nice. Also bluetooth speaker in the carts as well.
One odd note -- they had us start on #9 which was a little strange. Made for a slightly disjointed trip around but we managed it OK.
Clubhouse is really enormous and a little impersonal -- but we had a nice lunch and a beer on the upstairs veranda. Food was good and decent craft beer selection.
I will be back!
Amazing
Beautiful course …. A must play
Great course
great course, best conditions of fairways and greens, pace of play a little slow as carts allowed only on cart paths, we enjoyed and will come again!
It was cart path only .
We were not told ahead it was cart path only. When I told the proshop we did not know that we were told to talk to the booking company. We had already paid and a no show would not get our money back. I indicated at the time that I had hip problems and the attitude was “sorry, you should always book through the course.”It was too strenuous to walk back and fourth an I was only able to complete 12 holes. I cannot even get a partial refund. The price was outrageous for cart path only conditions. Under “normal” conditions I imagine it is a great round of golf. Golfnow says they aren’t responsible and Indian Wells says they aren’t responsible.
great!
fairways very vood conditions, greens very good, a little slow, overseeded?
pace of play slow, probably due to carts only on cart paths allowed (need the right clubs in hand when crossing the fairway to ball and play the next shots :-))
overall very nice and interresting courst layout, but still fair for bogey players
we enjoyed the day!
Favorite
One of the best courses is P Springs area. The ice/water machines every few holes are outstanding. Played in middle of summer and only problem with course was SLOW greens.
Beautiful
Players course is a great track. Each hole has character. Rewards good shots and penalizes errant drives and approaches. Green side bunkers are deep and numerous. Burmuda greens still coming in but summer rates well worth it. I’d definitely. Fairways are wide greens are relatively small.
Vacation play
Course is in great shape. However, the group in front of us joined with another group and became a 6some. People who were not there to play. Slowed things down a bit. Played from 2nd to back tees. Makes the course challenging. From the tips it is pretty long. Greens were great for the most part. Some were a little burned and sparse. It is height of summer. Fairways were lush and very green. I love the players course!!!!!!