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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 7173 yards
Slope 131
Rating 74.3

Escena Golf Club in Palm Springs is a return to what made desert golf great. This Nicklaus Design course with stunning views stretches to almost 7,200 yards to challenge the most skilled players. Yet, with generous fairways and four sets of tees, it remains playable for all others. Add the boldly contemporary clubhouse and the ultra-cool environs of the Escena Lounge & Grill, and you have all of the ingredients of a modern classic.

Course Details

Year Built 2005
Golf Season Year round
Architect Jack Nicklaus (2005)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
GPS No
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted Visa, Mastercard, Amex, Discover
Walking Allowed Yes

Food & Beverage

Bar, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities

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Reviews

4.8
1219 Reviews (1219)

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Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Awesome sums up the experience

Course is in excellent shape. Mountain vista are fantastic. Staff are friendly. Only negative wasthat play was slow.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

A beautiful course

Lots of different conditions to deal with. Many tourists play this course and are not conscientious about repairing ball marks on greens and divots in fairways. On the plus side, lots of rabbits, squirrels and birds around.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

The Best in PS

Have been playing here for 5yrs. One of my favorite courses. Always in pristine condition. Course play is great.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 29
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Enjoyable outing

We really enjoyed our game although my wife found the course very long for her at 5500 yards with several par 3s at over 150 yards from the forward tees. Courses should consider providing senior ladies tees. That said the course was in great shape and there are some pretty holes. Something should be done to keep the coots(?) off the 9th green. Pass of play was slow for us, at over 4.5 hours.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Beautiful and strong test of golf.

Used every club iny bag. Tough but fair and a whole lot of fun, as long as you choose the right tees for your game. If you visit Palm Springs, give this course a try.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

long par 3s

great day on the course , that was our last game of the week and it was worth every penny . loved the par 5s and par 3s . long and difficult . nothing bad to say about this course .thanx alot for a great day

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Iteresting Design Features

Course has unique personality compared to other PS layouts.
Although friendly, service in the lounge and restaurant continues to struggle.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

course in great condition

Beautiful course, fairways & greens in great condition,
enjoyable to play.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Great course

second time for 3 of our foursome, great layout great condition, could use GPS on carts hard to find distance markers. starter very friendly and she was very nice. recomend it to all skills.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great course

Very nice & challenging course. Typical Nicklaus course with lots of bunkers & risk/reward payoff. A little expensive.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great views, great golf, excellent food.

Very nice course, can be difficult for higher handicappers. The staff was friendly and courteous. The bar and grill food was exceptional. The view from the patio is both sensational and soothing. Good times.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Scenic

One of the most scenic courses in the area. Offers a good challenge if you want it but is also good for average golfer and women. Course conditions are excellent, I would have prefered slightly faster greens.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Fun For All!

Organized an outing with 8 players of various ability levels. Everyone enjoyed the course and facility, and all wanted to come back. Great day, perfect course for our group. We played from 6600 yards and it was not too difficult for our higher handicappers.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Previously Played

Ok but no more

Frost delay, but don't do as other course, no privilege for prime time, over than 1 hour delay and over than 5 hours to play our round, wait all shot

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
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Commented on 01/09/2015

As a follow up to my previous review, I received a call from the director of golf at Escena. I appreciated that he took time to understand my comments and this showed me that they really do care about customer service.

Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

A most interesting and fun golf course

This is a great course design. Although fairways are wide, and rough is playable, Jack Nicklaus's penchant for moguls, challenging greens, and well-placed bunkers is very much in evidence. They obviously moved a lot of dirt to create this undulating course in a flat desert. Greens (large, with abundant of breaks) were unexpectedly slow, but the course was otherwise in excellent shape. We were told that this is a windy area, so check weather forecast before you choose which day to play this course; but do play it.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Great course

Fantastic views challenging and staff fantastic will be back

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Good Condition

Unlike a lot of courses early in the season the course was in pretty good condition. The greens were on the slow side but otherwise very enjoyable.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Fun round

The only thing that I didn't like was a joke of a driving range. Hitting from the mats into the net 30 yards away is a waste of time.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Nice course, great views

Nice course, great views, staff was friendly, had a sale in the pro shop, pretty good deal.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Thanksgiving Dinner not good

Dining area was closed for prep the Thanksgiving special dinner. We booked the 1800 hr one and paid far too much for what food that was left over.
We dine and golf at Escena many times. This was our first and hopefully only bad experience.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
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