Valley at Marriott's Desert Springs Resort

I found the signage to the golf shop difficult to find. Staff was not overly helpful. The course is beautiful but they are way over booked. We were waiting on every single tee box , fairway shot, approach shot. I quit after 9 as this was going to be a 5 1/2 hour round. I think this is very poor planning

Play very slow. No one to keep slow groups moving.. 4 groups waiting on par 3 not acceptable.. Management seemed not to care!

This course is fine, but the greens seem to have a problem of some kind. Not healthy. Otherwise the course was in great shape.

The Valley is a fun course to play, the greens are not lush, actually they are barely grown in. Not sure why they can't get the greens up to snuff at this course. The fairways are great and the rough is a manageable height. I've played this course 6 times during my stay here in palm desert. The pace of play varies greatly. When it is busy it's SLOW (4hr 40 minute round) on a Sunday..

There's some tricky holes and it makes you think about where to place your shots. It's worth playing and the fees are reasonable as compared to 9ther courses.

I have not played here for a few years. The layout is very nice but we played the back nine in 35 mph winds which made it tough. My only criticism is that the greens were pretty dried out and could use some watering. Pace of play was excellent and the price was good for the Palm Springs area. I'll go back.

Greens played a little slower than they used to play a couple weeks ago.

But.. After waiting 5 minutes for the group in front of us to tee off I put a stopwatch on all the time we had to wait between shots. We spent 2-1/2 hours just waiting to hit (conglomerate), over 5+ hours on the course. That's frustrating. We had to wait almost 15 minutes at par 3 holes. They has a super slow 5 some 2 groups ahead of us. You'd think for the price, they would do something to manage the pace of play. Still a gorgeous course though.

Well maintained and beautiful course. Bad thing is that you can not get a help from staff. You have to take your own golf bag to walk long way. Staff are not friendly...

The green were terrible and the sand traps, almost unplayable. Staff acts like they could care less. Last time we played the course was in wonderful shape. Very unfortunate changes.

The greens on the Valley Course were in mediocre shape, especially compared to other public courses in the Valley. But the sand traps were even worse. Devoid of much sand in many places, muddy, packed down by sprinkler water and not showing signs of any raking. The course conditions were not worth the $114 greens fees and were the poorest I've seen at the Desert Springs courses over the years I've played there.

I played with two friends that don't golf much so they played the white tees. I played the Blue and found it to be a nice challenge with risk and reward. The fairways were in great shape and everyone at the resort was helpfull.

Greens are troubling. Extremely dry. Not terrible smooth. But love the layout and courses.

We really enjoyed playing the valley course! It was in excellent condition! For me personally it was more playable than the other course. Not so much water. The pace of play was perfect. We never had to wait.

Greens are in such bad condition. Played both courses and all the greens were grayish brown in color. Valley’s were bumpy and Palm’s were very slick and unfair. Bunkers need more sand and haven’t been fluffed up recently. Have played here many times over the past 10 years. Will not be playing there again this year. Rest of courses in Palm Desert have beautiful green lush greens.

We arrived an hour early and there were only a few balls left on the range. The starter said he couldn’t do anything to help because they did not have enough staff to pick the range. So after not being able to warm up with range balls, the round was very slow and no on course ranger to even help. We played behind a six some. Overall the experience was pretty poor. The course is good, but the management was poor at best. I will not be going back any time soon. Also the greens were the poorest we experienced.