Palms at Marriott's Desert Springs Resort

We had a guys trip to Palm Springs and we chose this location because of the review and the pictures. Boy it did not disappoint! We were worried it was narrow and we would lose a ton of golf balls. While the course was challenging the fairways from the tee had plenty of room. We had a blast the scenery for each hole was amazing and super friendly staff. Highly recommended to play it and enjoy it!

Course was in great condition and the scenery was beautiful.

Course was great to play. Layout was fun and conditions were excellent. Staff were very helpful to maintain pace of play. Look forward to my next tee time.

For the middle of February the greens were in horrible shape. Some totally bare spots and very little grass i other areas.

Rude Pro Shop staff.

Slow pace of play

Course design ok but could be better maintained.

Lots of places to play in the desert; recommend you find another.

The greens were in poor condition!! The pace of play was way too slow , it took us almost 3 hours to get thru 10 holes, and then there were two groups waiting to tee off on no.11 so we left. We went to the golf shop looking for a refund for 9 olds, and the manager repolied that we could play the back side of the lot her course…but by then we already had our clubs brought up and we were done!!! Very diabppointed in the Marriott!!!

Greens a bit spotty. Overall good grass everywhere else. Nice layout.

I don’t know what to think of some of these negative reviews in a resort destination filled with many many choices and many great golf courses most of them immaculately kept. This place track was wonderful. Yeah could’ve been just a tad bit greater sure. More pristine maybe but there was certainly nothing lackluster about this golf course fantastic. Backdrops T boxes is in great shape. Pay to play was very good at what you would expect from a resort type of golf course and the last three holes had plenty of teeth to give you an exciting finish to a wonderful day out here at the JW Marriott golf links hadn’t been back there in eight years thought it was absolutely wonderful

greens were very bumpy and cut toooo close..

fairways were cut really close..

Super friendly staff and course was in great shape minus a few burnt spots on some greens. Played a weekday afternoon round and was able to get 18 in before sundown. Course is a bit expensive, but not overly challenging and you should have a good time. Would reccomend to friends

Greens were sparse but they rolled pretty well. Other than that the course was in great shape.

Open fairways make it a friendly course for the driver, but it has plenty of length so it’s still a good challenge for a resort course.

The course was in poor shape….Aerated greens, sparse grass on approaches and fairways

Unfortunatley no communication regarding the aerated greens, yet still gouging the player for full green fee

Would hope a Marriott resort would do better.

Water is the hazard of choice on the Palm Course at the JW Marriott Desert Springs, a Ted Robinson design from the late 1980s. I lost more balls than I care to admit but had fun trying to take on a few heroic carries. The four-hole finishing stretch is where golfers better have their wits about them. Three water-logged par 4s (nos. 15, 16 and 18) are trumped only by the impressive waterfall feature everybody photographs on the par-3 17th.

As with any desert course, they overseed in the fall. This course was due for overseeding starting a few days later. It seemed as if they just let the course die off. The conditions of the fairways were terrible. Lots of bald spots. The tee boxes were not much better. The greens were OK. I regret paying so much money for such poor conditions. They know full well the conditions of the course prior to overseeding and yet they still charge the normal price. I will not play here again.

Course is in bad shape right now definitely not worth the over $200 fee. Right now it’s probably five out of 10.