Valley at Marriott's Desert Springs Resort

For the price, this course should be pristine. It’s not. Bunkers in particular. Better options in the valley.

Course is a fun course to play much more hillier than I would expect.

Positives:

Nice layout

Good diversity

Easy to get around

Pace of play

Negatives:

Ground was a little firm so not as plush as expected

Sand traps in bad shape not enough sand, but it seems like all traps around Palm Springs this time of year

Overall very much enjoyed the round, very fun to play and used almost all my clubs in bag, definitely recommended

Nice course but have to play late in the day due to pricing. Golf in general is pricing themselves out so only the elite financially rich can play.

Played here many times very nice, but this time they had 2 tournaments out and the pace was ridiculous so I quit after 10, still hoping to recoup some of my $180.00 to play, which is ridiculous.

Kevin.

Alberta, Canada.

Service was poor and ignored customers. Won’t return to this course.

The course was in the poorest condition i have seen having played many times. They had stopped watering in preparation for shut down to do course maintenance. I believe they should have reduced the rate significantly or not allowed play. They have a great reputation and this day was far below standards.

Played both the Valley and Palm courses since the JW opened way back in the 1980’s. This time on the Valley was probably the worse I have seen the course. The bunkers had grass growing in them, the rough was recently cut and there was grass clippings all over the course. Fairways were good, greens rolled good. Just the overall appearance was not what you would expect from the JW course in Palm Desert. I understand it is end of season and soon over seeding.

Greens are green and the scenery is nice as well

Taken back by the condition of the course. Understand that this is the middle of summer but compared to other courses in the valley the greens were abysmally slow, the rough was grown too high for a resort course (I abandoned two ball on the course that were just off the fairway) and there were piles, yes piles of dead unpicked up layers of grass everywhere. A real disappointment considered this is one of my favorite courses to pay. Normally the $80 green fee would be fair but as for present condition $45 would be better

Course was in good shape for summer conditions however, the rough area had little piles of grass clippings all over the course. Seems like it would be that difficult to pick them up.

A course in transition, rough but worth the effort! Locals don’t rake the traps, needs water.

It's aeration time on most Desert course's in July and August ..Because the temperature is over 100 degrees Fahrenheit it's pretty wide open in terms of the pace of play. I played the Valley Course which is in better shape than the Palms Course. The greens were pretty bumpy and slow.