Palms at Marriott's Desert Springs Resort

Only course I have played at that was more impressive than JW Marriott Palm course was The Wailea Golf Club on Maui, Hawaii.

The course was ok. Had some rough spots but what I really didn't like were the traps. No sand just dirt. We waited on every shot. Just a two some in front of us and we were a two some they could have paired us up.

Got the course for a decent rate on golf now. Wanted to play again or at Valley course and it was priced too high for the time of year(May 14). Greens were a rough and slow. Still like coming back.

For the past 30 years we have been coming to the desert every four or five years. Desert Springs Palms Course was always one of our scheduled places to play. I have even scheduled tournaments there with our business group. We had a 9:40 tee time and teed off on time.We were having a wonderful day on the golf course with our friends who had never played there before. We were three and a half hours into the round finishing up the 14th hole when one of the staff came out and said we could finish on the back nine of the Valley Course. When I asked why and he said he had a shotgun tournament starting at 1;30. Why did they book a 9;40 tee time when they had a 1;30 shotgun? We could not have possibly finished by 1:30 and we did not pay all the money to play the Valley Course. And why didn’t anyone mention that when we checked in or at anytime during the round? I asked them to refund our green fees and after a while they did. This was a real sour note to the start of our vacation. We won’t be back.

GPS could provide more information, especially distances to bunkers and water hazards.

Great day of golf, good pace, driving and putting green

Never will play here again. Resort course pricing. Bunkers have no sand. Greene are stupid slow. Pin placement make no sense for pace of play. No Marshall. Group ahead of us was 2 holes behind.

Humps and strange lies everywhere. No doglegs. But any ball short of the greens often led to funky side hill lies on these humps and with strange grippy grass. So our chipping / putting was awful. The greens were very very slow but also hard enough that they wouldn’t hold even a lob wedge.

If you play the forward tees, beware or should I say be aware this golf course have removed forward tees.

I spent the first 2 holes looking for the forward tees since each hole monument shows there is a red tee. I called the club house and was told the white tees was for women. My husband and son in law were playing whites and arrived on Regulation on the green. I arrive on regulation on forward tees.

I share that I play forward tees and wanted to submit my card for my handicap. The golf pro said to pick a place on fair way and tee up. I could not believe what I was hearing.

It was obvious to me any Women, Senior or Junior who plays forward tees not welcome.

I asked for a refund and was told that was not possible.

I was so frustrated about my play that I stopped playing at hole 6. I am a courteous golfer and keep pace of play in mind.

JW Marriott I so disappointed with lack of professionalism

Condition was amazing. Great layout. Par three's are all an adventure. 16-18 are hard and fun.