Yucaipa Valley Golf Club

I have played Yucaipa Valley several times and typically, I have always tried to not play it because the course conditions have always been subpar. However, my friend always gets me to play there. They seem to be trending in the right direction finally. Although the course was wet in some areas and greens were slightly slow, both probably to help protect against the high heat, the general course conditions were pretty good and greens rolled true just slow for my tastes.

The staff were friendly and professionally which helped.

I have one challenge with F&B is that they only had one hot dog prepped and ready at the turn. Now we could have called in but I don't remember seeing a sign to do so but this is a hot dog. When I checked in the morning, they had at least 20 ready to go. Maybe be prepared next time.

The carts are the absolute worst. Every cart available during my check-in had chunks taken out of the seat. Not sure if that is from wild life or just misuse. Furthermore, the slop in the steering felt like I had no control over the cart and had to almost steer it like the flinstones. Lastly, our carts in our group sounded like an ambulance when going forward.

I understand that the cart barn is just an outside open structure that is fenced in, but the condition of the carts is extremely unacceptable. For the price that you are charging for weekend play, the carts should look and drive a lot better. A monthly detail program just to keep the carts look good and addressing any maintenance needs.

As for recommending this course...it is a yes no answer. Until the carts are greatly improved, I won't be back nor recommend playing this course at the asking price. There are better courses with better amenities in the area for similar pricing. If they were to drop the price down to 55 on the weekend, I could see this being a lot more packed and people setting aside the cart issue.

I do want to say though despite the carts, I was pleasantly surprised how well the course conditions have improved. Chapman's....you got a nice clubhouse and event center, give the course a nice enclosed storage area for the carts and this can be a $70 - $80 weekend course every week and a solid competitor.

Great course and amenities. Great layout and just a top notch experience.

This is a go to course if you’re looking for good conditions all around. It’s always green and nice! Some may say it over saturated but when you see how green the fairways & greens are…. You accept it! The bunkers are mostly dirt / mud but overall this is a place that will test you in all areas of your game. Always a fair price. Can’t go wrong here!!

Went with my husband to get him a membership for his birthday but they no longer allow a ride along/spectator. Nothing wrong with that, just wanted to put it out there since we didn’t know until we were there to check in.

I was genuinely impressed with the condition of the greens. Fairways were better too. Is it a premier course? No! However, you dont have to pay premier prices either. The course use to be a bit of a goat ranch. Now, its entirely playable and enjoyable. I will play there all summer now because Palm Springs is just too hot! The one thing they need to do is at least paint the bathrooms. Clean and not in need of maintainance bathrooms say a lot about rhe attitude of the course. Over all I really enjoyed my round there. Great job!

Overall the course has nice features and potential. The greens are well maintained and that’s where it ends. Letter grade B in the club house kitchen/bar. Under staff to check in golfers. It seemed like one person was managing the club house, bar, food prep, check-in, merch shop, even charging for the range balls. Hats off the staff who was giving it everything she had to be as efficient as possible. I didn’t see a Marshall once on the course which would have been great to help with the pace 18 holes 5 hrs 35 minutes and groups piling up behind each other.

Teed off just before 3pm on a Sunday afternoon and got done in 3h 38m. Course and greens were in great shape.

Words for marshall, take a drive around the course, saw several doing valet parking right next to the green ;-)