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4.6
989 Reviews (989)
5 Stars
625
4 Stars
320
3 Stars
27
2 Stars
6
1 Stars
11
Conditions
4.6
Value
4.7
Layout
4.7
Friendliness
4.7
Pace
4.5
Amenities
3.6
97.3%
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960 out of 989 reviews
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4.8
15 Reviews (15)
5 Stars
12
4 Stars
3
3 Stars
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2 Stars
0
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.6
Value
4.9
Layout
4.6
Pace
4.7
Amenities
3.5
StaffFriendliness
4.9
100.0%
Recommend this course
15 out of 15 reviews
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4.7
80 Reviews (80)
5 Stars
64
4 Stars
13
3 Stars
1
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
1
Conditions
4.7
Value
4.8
Layout
4.7
Pace
4.7
Amenities
3.6
StaffFriendliness
4.7
98.8%
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79 out of 80 reviews
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Holes 18
Type Public
Par 54
Length 2070 yards
Slope 113
Rating 51.8
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Palm Royale Country Club
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Course Details

Year Built 1986
Golf Season Year round
Architect Ted Robinson, Sr. (1986)

Rentals/Services

Carts No
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range No
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code No tank tops, cut-offs or swimming attire. Collared shirt is required.

Food & Beverage

Snacks

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities

Available Sports

Tennis

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4.6
989 Reviews (989)
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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played

The greens are in excellent shape and quite challenging.

This is a great course to work on your short game.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice short 18 hole course.

Palm Royale is an 18 hole par 3 course, about 2000yd. Very good for practicing an accurate short game. It is not flat, and has a lot of water to play over.It is well maintained.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 42
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great short Par 3. Superb condition but the greens are very slow.

Great condition. All holes under 150 yards. Good pace of play. It is a good walk but there are a number of ups and downs even if you are accurate. Great value!!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Good course for short game tune up. Greens are very slow.

Nice course for short game tuneup. Greens are very slow. Staff is friendly and helpful. Course is well maintained..

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Easy
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Lots of water. Bring lots of balls

Good course to practice your short game. For beginners, this course has all the challenge 's that you would come up against on a larger regulation course. It is a walking course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Beautiful green course. Lots of water holes. Challenging

I have a bad back, so walking is a difficult job. But they had a bench by each tee. We enjoyed our day a lot. Also had good prices on ladies tops.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course to take the family for a fast paced round on a moderatly challenging course.

Great place for quick round with family a group of friends looking for fast paced short course with moderatly challenging greens. I took my wife and two pre-teen boys to play here two days in a row. We were in by 10:30 and out by 1:00. I will look forward to playing palm royal next time we are in the desert.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

A good value par 3 course

Short, 2000 yard, par 3. Longest hole 150 yards. Water on most holes makes this otherwise short par 3 course very interesting. Friendly staff and quick play. A good value.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Easy
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 25+
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser

Great Day at Palm Royale

My wife and I are by far not the best golfers on the block. This course was fun and challenging for us. We can't wait to play there again. The course has lots of water so be prepared to bring lots of golf balls if you have a tendency to hit the ball where you don't want it to go. It really is a fun course, I highly recommend it.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser

A fun round of golf for everyone!

My son and I played mid morning on a Sunday with hardly anyone around. The residents were super welcoming with cheers for the little guys good shots. We'll be back for sure!

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 24
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0

nicest staff in the the area, was blown away bt the course.

I snuck on here after playing 18 at Indian Wells. I saw the course while driving back to LA and grabbed a three wood, 5 and a 7.I played four holes right before it got dark. As I was playing the last hole i was skating off the property and did not see the chain across the cart path and and bam. The impact stopped me and i flew onto the street.It was quite painful. The fence that the chain was attached to was ripped out of the ground...I fealt horrid and was lucky enough to see someone in a cart driving by. He asked if I was okay, which I wasn't but said I was.I fealt horrid about the damage and wanted to take care of things asap before everyone had gone home. Long story short the guy in the cart turned out to be the Operations Manager, and was genuinely glad I wasn't hurt and wasn't worried about the fence.
This place is tops on my places to golf in Palm Springs when i want to get in a quick round on a course in top shape

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser

This is a great walking course with variety on each hole.

We enjoy this course when we want to walk and pull clubs. The course is well laid out and the landscaping is great. As well, the homes all along the course are very nice and well maintained. This course provides excellent practice with the short game and boosts confidence with birdies and pars.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

combines a good walk with 18 holes of golf

fun ... 2 1/2 hours of enjoyment. busy coarse ..........

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 20-24
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser

Pleasantly surprised for good quality course at a bargain price.

Palm Royale GC was a pleasure to play, and refreshing to walk by homes lining the fairways. This 18-hole, par 3 course was in excellent shape. Some of the fairways were a little narrow, though, and did not leave too much room for errant shots...made more challenging with water hazards. I spent the extra $1 for a $50 deductible insurance coverage towards any window breakage. I will definitely come back for another round, or two, at Palm Royale GC on my next trip to BNP Paribas at Indian Wells. Highly recommended!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

course has great fairways and greens

We had a great day for golfing ,no wind and the sunshining, but
the men in front of us though it was in best interst to fish for
water balls on every hole with water,It really spoil a the golf
game for us as we had to wait on every hole.I don,t think we
will be back,to bad its a lovely course

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Difficulty Extremely Easy
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser

great par 3

beautifully maintained, a lot of fun to play. Challenging greens.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

pretty par 3 course- centrally located

nice folks and a lovely but challenging par 3. the pace of place was incredibly slow and took the fun out of it. A little under 4 hours for a 2000 yd course is WAY too long

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser

Absolutely a delight to play!

The course was free of geese and well maintained which made it a very pleasurable day for golfing.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser

Excellent and can be tough.

This is like a miniture PGA. Beautifully looked after. Your skills are put to the test over water time and time again and you better know how to read the greens as they slope in all different directions. Oh... bring some extra balls to donate to the water God. He especially likes the ones that don't quite reach the green and roll down the slope into the water. A very enjoyable course to bring your short game skills back.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0

Fun Par 3

Short but fun Par 3, some hills. Be prepared to walk this one as no power carts.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
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