Shadow Ridge Golf Club
About
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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Beautiful resort Photo submitted by MagecD on 10/08/2012
Know before you play
Cart path only, no water available, snack shop not open, restaurant not open, greens were very slow.
Best Course for Hot Weather
It's a Marriott what can you say. Great Conditions, Professional staff, top of the line golf cart. Great Planning to provide shade on every tee box in the desert. Deep challenging bunkers . Generous Fairways. It was a 108 degrees when we golfed this course.
Great Condition just before over-seeding!
Hot morning but there were a lot of cooling shade opportunities with frequent visits from the cart gal. A very fun day.
Always an amazing experience
This was my second time playing the course. The first time I played, I played from the gold tees, which offered me a tough but fun experience. This second time playing, I chose to play the green tees with my group. The experience was even greater. The fairways were in pristine conditions, greens were great and everything about the course was just amazing. Nice service and amenities, including complimentary driving range balls to warm up. I highly recommend this course to anyone looking to get in a great round of golf. I know I’ll be back again.
Marriott Shadow Ridge
Great course. Play it every time we are in the desert.
Amazing Course
Booked an early 640am tee time which was great being that it was already 110 degrees by the time we finished. Although the heat didn’t bother me so much because I had such a wonderful time on the course. The conditions were the best I’ve ever played on and it was challenging enough for me to bring my best golf game in. The staff so was great & accommodating to anything we needed. Social distancing was in effect nicely and you could tell that they were really on top of cleanliness & sanitation. I’d definitely be back for sure.
Course was stressed
They aireated the greens 2 weeks ago, but due to heat, they hadn’t been cut in maybe 4 days. They were consistent however. Fairways were also a little messy, but I like the layout, so I could deal with it. One annoying little tidbit, a couple of kids ran out of their villa on hole 15 and took off with my ball. I laughed at it, but this is something u findin low rent districts. Didn’t expect it here. Times are changing.
Effects of Covid-19
Haven't been here in a few years and I could tell the impact of Covid-19's impact on course maintenance. While they just did deep maintenance on the fairways/greens, the fringe areas and general maintenance shows limited staff, maybe also because of Summer. I also thought their tee selections made for some really tough holes for seniors/ladies (eg 485 par 5 for ladies, 424 for men from combos). Lady in our group was pretty good ball striker but could rarely reach greens in reg.
Amazing course staff super friendly cart girl on time,will definitely play again
Would have been nice to know
The course itself was nice staff friendly and helpful however when I checked in the pro shop told us they had just punched there front 9 green so we had to play back 9 twice. That would not have been so bad but after we finished the first 9 holes we were so backed up it was taking about 25 mins of waiting per hole so we left. It would have been helpful to know the course condition prior to booking the round we would have probably played elsewhere
Nice practice round
A great course to warm up on before tackling the big ones
Can’t go wrong
Finding these gems of a deal out in the desert can’t be beat. Just finding a day that’s not much over 100 degrees, and get out on a $200+ course for $52! You can’t beat it! Although they do seem to want to close early, so you can’t lag around here. Nobody out there, beautiful course, nice breeze, tricky greens, good round, I’ll definitely be back
Fun layout, conditions meh.
Course is definitely a fun one. The greens were in good shape, especially for this time of the year, but the fairways could definitely use some work.
Nice layout greens were a little tough but overall experience was good staff were very friendly and helpful since this was the first time around this track