Shadow Ridge Golf Club

Pace of play was horrible. Marshall came by about 7th hole and said group in front of us was slow but on pace of play. We never saw him after that and they got slower. They were on green with our group on fairway and group behind us on tee many times after that. It took over 5 hours. Two groups behind us gave up and drove past us and went on in. Otherwise, course was in good shape but 5 hours plus is never fun.

The greens and some fairways are so sloped that sometimes a decent or even good shot will roll into the water. That's not a fair test of golf. It's too gimicky.

A beautiful course with some stunning views of the mountains. It is in great shape, very good practice range and putting green.
Staff was great and pace of play was good.

Good value. Some bunkers needed more sand. Only saw cart girl once which was a bit of a pain. Beautiful setting with many stellar mountain views. GPS on cart worked well and was very handy. We'd play here again.

We love Shadow Ridge! It's a fun and interesting course. The greens are tough (undulating and fast) but that's part of the challenge!

Pace of play was good for a resort course. A little "worn in spots"
Middle tees are a little much for 15/18 handicapper . Four finishing holes really difficult especially into the prevailing west wind.

We played here and really enjoyed the experience. The course was breathtaking as well as immaculately maintained. Carts with GPS and coolers, and frequent visits from the beverage cart all made this experience worth every penny.

This is an extremely difficult layout for a resort course open to the public. There are hazards built in that serve no purpose other than to frustrate the high handicap golfers and thereby unnecessarily prolong the time of the golf round. For example, waste bunkers that extend a hundred yards or more immediately in front of tee boxes. These present no challenge to the fifteen or lower handicap golfer but could cause the higher handicap golfers to thrash around getting out of the bunkers and then incur additional strokes by trying to make up ground with impossibly long fairway shot attempts.

Another feature that is unfair and time consuming to the average resort golfer is the highly sloped and contoured greens. As an example, I hit my tee shot to the center of a par three green where it settled leaving me a fifteen foot putt. As I walked back to my cart, one of my playing partners said that my ball had started to roll. It had indeed and continued to roll off the green and into a water hazard. This might be expected for a champion level tournament course but is in my opinion unfair and unnecessary for a resort course open to all levels of golfing skill. When you combine the greens design with pin placements half way up the slopes, your are guaranteeing rounds of five plus hours.

We were the first group off at six am and our round took fours hours. I can easily envision five hour plus rounds on this course at prime tee off times.

With so many other courses to play in the desert it will be a long time before I return to this one.

This course is worth playing - a little expensive for what you get (the GPS is below average and if you do not know the course you need to have a yardage book to figure out strategy- they should provide this for the price). Sir Nick tricked up a few of the greens but they roll very nice and hold a good shot. Fun to play!

One of the best in palm desert excellent condition

This is a great course for all levels. Well placed shots are rewarded and missed shots are punishing. The fareways are pristene and the greens challenge every shot. The course begs you to play it twice... a day!

This course is excellent. Although very challenging, it is very enjoyable to play. The course conditions are picture perfect and the layout is worth the play. For Nick Faldo's first design, he did an excellent job. I would play this course again and again.

For an average player, the bunkering and undulating greens make it very difficult to score or feel that you can score well at all. Even moving up to shorter tees puts too much fear into shots with a wedge in your hand. And I never felt confident over any putt. Too many subtle breaks make even fairly short putts tiresome. Vacation golf it's not. More like a guys course on a grind it out golf trip.

Greens were tough, but nice wide landing areas made for a great day of golf. Very good condition, Very forgiving course. Great Day Of Golf

Pace of play was really slow. Waited on every shot.

Definitely a top 2 or 3 course in Palm Desert. Great layout by Faldo. Difficult but playable. Pristine condition. It's a must play.

Shadow Ridge has it all. A well designed and challenging course, excellent practice facilities, and spacious and comfortable clubhouse. The fairways are well bunkered, but there is ample room to put the drive in play. The greens were in excellent shape , but is critical that approach shots are played to the right portion of the green. All around a great day of golf.

The course is very well maintained. The greens are challenging but true. Lots of sandtraps. Not much water. If you go much off the fairway the ball is gone!

I am from Cleveland, Ohio. In Cleveland there are more changes in elevation, there is more water, there are more opportunities to keep the ball in play if in the rough. However,for a Desert Springs Golf experience, this was great!

Good Course - like the tight lies. Quite forgiving but greens are the toughest part of the course.

Great course. I would have given it 5 stars except for the greens. They are very undulating, lightening fast and many of the pin placements were unfair. However it was my first time playing the course and didn't expect those type of greens. I think playing it a few times I'll figure out how to approach the greens better. Lots is sand!!! Doesn't bother me but my wife wasn't very happy. But then again just don't get in it.