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Shadow Ridge Golf Club
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Nick Faldo brings his exacting, often critical eye to West Coast golf for the first time at this Shadow Ridge Golf Course in Palm Desert. Faldo wanted a design that forced a ton of strategic choices and the architect team of Brian Curley and Lee Schmidt delivered for him.
Options? You want options!
Ten of Shadow Ridge's 18 holes are doglegs. The towering Santa Rosa Mountains serve as backdrop. The tall native tawny grasses contrasts sharply with the white sand bunkering. But it's the golf choices that are likely to seize your attention at this 7,006-yard, par-71 course.
The finish alone is enough to rattle an average golfer to the bone. No. 17 is a 157-yard par 3 that puts the wind in your face and nothing but trouble straight ahead. There's a lake to carry, deep bunkers and a green that slants left to right like a wayward chalkboard. No. 18, a 446-yard par-4, places both a stream and big fairway bunkers right in the straightest path to the green.
"The fairways are generous and the bunkering style is bold," Faldo said. "And the greens have plenty of subtle undulations that reward and encourage a variety of approach shots."
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 71 | 7006 yards | 73.7 | 135 |
| Green | 71 | 6621 yards | 71.5 | 130 |
| Gold | 71 | 6204 yards | 69.2 | 125 |
| Gold (W) | 71 | 6204 yards | 75.8 | 140 |
| Combo (W) | 71 | 5708 yards | 73.2 | 132 |
| Combo | 71 | 5708 yards | 67.0 | 120 |
| White (W) | 71 | 5158 yards | 70.8 | 128 |
| White | 71 | 5158 yards | 64.5 | 113 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black M: 73.9/136 W: 81.0/149 | 397 | 609 | 342 | 177 | 417 | 489 | 218 | 371 | 417 | 3437 | 463 | 396 | 206 | 345 | 547 | 451 | 541 | 174 | 446 | 3569 | 7006 |
| Green M: 71.9/131 W: 78.6/144 | 381 | 583 | 306 | 165 | 396 | 463 | 204 | 351 | 397 | 3246 | 461 | 366 | 186 | 328 | 518 | 428 | 506 | 157 | 425 | 3375 | 6621 |
| Gold M: 69.6/125 W: 75.9/138 | 368 | 549 | 278 | 158 | 379 | 424 | 176 | 328 | 379 | 3039 | 431 | 345 | 167 | 306 | 485 | 401 | 485 | 140 | 405 | 3165 | 6204 |
| Combo M: 67.4/120 W: 73.3/132 | 368 | 478 | 278 | 158 | 275 | 424 | 146 | 328 | 379 | 2834 | 373 | 345 | 147 | 306 | 430 | 308 | 485 | 140 | 340 | 2874 | 5708 |
| White M: 65.1/114 W: 70.5/126 | 306 | 478 | 250 | 101 | 275 | 371 | 146 | 292 | 295 | 2514 | 373 | 267 | 147 | 260 | 430 | 308 | 425 | 94 | 340 | 2644 | 5158 |
| Handicap | 9 | 1 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 4 | |||
| Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 71 |
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Practice bunker Photo submitted by morourke00 on 03/20/2016
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Short Range Driving Range Photo submitted by morourke00 on 03/20/2016
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Photo submitted by JClemonsGC on 02/07/2014
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Beautiful resort Photo submitted by MagecD on 10/08/2012
Great condition for late summer
Played 09/03/21 and the course was in great condition. Greens were a little slow but rolled true.
Busy morning but pace of play was right around 4hr 5mins.
Poor Conditions
Course was in poor shape. Greens were sanded and very slow. Would not have booked it and played here if I knew that. Very disappointed.
Great course from any tee box. Wonderful and picturesque. Would love to play it again.
Shadow Ridge
Rode the Greens (6621/71.5/130) in slightly more than 4H twilight with Gary00. Great POP for 13 holes, then we we waited every shot from hole 14 on. The weather was in the high 90's, overcast and fairly calm. First time here in over 2 years, which is too long a gap for this place. One of the more underrated layouts in the greater Palm Springs area IMO.
Tees mowed close, with only a few needing divot attention.
Fairways semi lush and firm. Well maintained, mowed low, nice to play from.
Rough mostly lush, not overly tall and nice to chip out of.
Numerous traps on this course are large, deep, and need to be avoided by most. Green side sand traps were well maintained with good quality white sand. Some fairway traps are waste bunkers & less maintained.
Large Bermuda greens have lots of break/undulation. Rolling well at medium fast speed, they were firm but held approach shots with some run out. Usually no significant ball marks because of their firmness.
Fun Nick Faldo design with generous landing areas for most tee shots. Few forced carries. Great variety of holes. The par 3's offer a good variation in look and length. Customer service was very good from everyone encountered. Drink cart out and around numerous times. Some water stations on the course were open, others closed. Nice GPS on the carts. Excellent practice facility is all grass and includes balls with your fee. Highly recommended.
Great condition
Love this layout. Course was in excellent condition, but pace of play was slow. Group in front of us couldn't keep up, but no player assistants around to push them. They were playing the one up tees and maybe only one of them were capable at that level. Overall however, I must play this course at least once every time I'm here.
I've played just about all the public and resort courses in the Palm Springs area, and Shadow Ridge is in my top 3. I love it.
An enjoyable round of golf, with only 1 negative!
A well designed course with lots of sand traps! Challenging approach shots to the greens. It’s in good condition and definitely worth the price.
My only negative ( and I do understand the Covid-19 restrictions) is, there is absolutely NO refreshment facilities available. You must buy enough water at the beginning from a small place at the start. There is a cart girl but we only saw her once ( at hole #17) I’m sure she was extremely busy. This was surprising as every other golf course has outdoor facilities open. This is just an FYI for anyone playing right now, it certainly does not retract on how enjoyable the course was!
Great track
I have always loved this course. Great variety in the holes and greens
Nice Course
This may have to do more with COVID than anything else. Their amenities were lacking. No restaurant open, no place to pick up drinks or food at the start or turn, they only had a cart girl with a few sandwiches, and small selection of drinks. The course is beautiful, the layout is great, but they could h
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