Valley at Marriott's Desert Springs Resort

We had not played here in years and now we know why. The course design is strange with humps and bumps in the fairways that take away from the golf experience. The fairways were marginal at best with sparse grass conditions. Greens were hard and slow. Bunkers were the worst in the Palm Desert area that we have played. They are so compacted and need sand in all of them. Disgusted that they ask for $123 to play and the conditions are so poor.

Will never play this course again!

Enjoyed the Valley course as I usually do, it's more of a default course to play when I need to get out and get some course time. The tees and fairways were in very good condition. The greens were slow and not true...I had to make myself to force my putts to get to the hole. The staff was accommodating and the pace of play was just at four hours for a 11:15 start. I enjoy the Palm course too for the same reasons.

I have played here many years at this time of year . Cost to play went up and the front 9 conditions were the worst I have seen. Back 9 was much better and up to normal standards. Snack shop on Vally was closed so no food and no starter there. Makes no sense to have it closed. Cart girl quit at 3 pm or so.

Course was good. But I came here to review their staff/attitude. It was terrible. The guy in the proshop was ok at best. The starter was miserable. And the club

cleaning guy had about as bad an attitude as I have experienced.

Ive played hundreds of golf courses. The attitude here was at the bottom 5%

Course was in great shape. Excellent views and couple of holes have been my favourite so far during our trip.

Great staff

Pretty course with entertaining holes

A good blend of difficulty

Fairways were in good winter condition

Greens are challenging but a little slow

Bunkers need work. Almost no sand

Also difficult to enter and exit for older players

Pretty good shape other than tee areas and landing areas. Lots of un repaired divots

Love this course! It was my second time playing there. It has a lot of undulations, and water does come in to play on some holes. Many of the greens are elevated or have false fronts so you really have to know your distances and carries to make it on in regulation. We flew through the course and never saw the threesome in front of us and the foursome behind us. The course was in fabulous shape and the greens ran fairly true - medium fast and less break than they appear. My only negative was the $16.00 dollar sandwich from the snack cart. They charge really high prices for their snack food. Ah, the travails of playing a resort course.

Enjoyed the course layout. Enjoyed the water features. Enjoyed the staff. Pace of play was a little slow.....it seemed that the marshal didn't push people a little.

Greens were the only real disappointment....slow, rough, furry......not what you expect at a championship course.

It was an awesome course pier I understand that is peak season and some prices of more. But I had a great experience