Indian Palms Golf & Country Club - Indian/Mountain

About
This course dates back to the 1940s and carries a powerful history. Dwight Eisenhower and John Kennedy played many a round at Indian Palms, back when it was called Cochran Ranch. Eisenhower loved the place so much, he wrote his memoirs at the ranch.
The Indian nine is the longest, with the most straight-forward holes.
The Mountain nine is probably the toughest of the three, with plenty of hills out on the course and plenty of slope on the greens. The Mountain nine also boasts a rare par-4 island green
Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
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Black | 71 | 6802 yards | 73.2 | 128 |
Blue | 71 | 6288 yards | 70.7 | 123 |
White | 71 | 5889 yards | 68.8 | 119 |
White (W) | 72 | 5889 yards | 72.8 | 126 |
Red (W) | 72 | 5230 yards | 70.1 | 120 |
Red | 71 | 5230 yards | 65.7 | 110 |
Red/Gold | 71 | 4840 yards | 63.5 | 105 |
Red/Gold (W) | 72 | 4840 yards | 67.9 | 116 |
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
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Black M: 73.0/127 W: 78.7/137 | 280 | 201 | 406 | 469 | 467 | 431 | 419 | 207 | 520 | 3400 | 514 | 202 | 360 | 418 | 405 | 380 | 344 | 219 | 450 | 3292 | 6692 |
Blue M: 70.9/122 W: 76.2/132 | 262 | 192 | 380 | 465 | 424 | 403 | 379 | 191 | 511 | 3207 | 502 | 167 | 354 | 393 | 321 | 374 | 320 | 194 | 417 | 3042 | 6249 |
Bronze M: 69.4/119 W: 74.6/128 | 252 | 164 | 370 | 430 | 393 | 372 | 369 | 150 | 486 | 2986 | 491 | 160 | 345 | 383 | 299 | 367 | 310 | 157 | 405 | 2917 | 5903 |
Bronze/Silver W: 71.4/123 | 238 | 152 | 370 | 420 | 315 | 308 | 369 | 145 | 408 | 2725 | 476 | 160 | 326 | 330 | 260 | 341 | 304 | 146 | 399 | 2742 | 5467 |
Silver M: 66.8/113 W: 71.4/122 | 238 | 152 | 343 | 420 | 315 | 308 | 325 | 145 | 408 | 2654 | 476 | 145 | 326 | 330 | 260 | 341 | 304 | 146 | 399 | 2727 | 5381 |
Gold M: 65.6/110 W: 70.1/119 | 238 | 118 | 273 | 420 | 315 | 308 | 248 | 145 | 408 | 2473 | 476 | 112 | 326 | 330 | 260 | 341 | 278 | 146 | 399 | 2668 | 5141 |
Handicap | 15 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 2 | |||
Par | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 71 |
Handicap (W) | 5 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 6 |
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Photo submitted by g1VPMpbyjoqMMKaJwgSP on 07/07/2025
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“Broken” range balls in a plastic bag Photo submitted by akuspira on 11/10/2024
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Photo submitted by MLopez760 on 11/25/2023
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Photo submitted by MLopez760 on 11/25/2023
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Photo submitted by u213169451 on 02/15/2023
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Cart conditions fit for this course Photo submitted by Hoot55 on 01/14/2023
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Photo submitted by smtre on 12/04/2022
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Green Photo submitted by SteveDB on 10/31/2022
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Tee Box Photo submitted by SteveDB on 10/31/2022
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Bunker And Fringe Photo submitted by SteveDB on 10/31/2022
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Photo submitted by Abbeycake on 10/29/2022
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Photo submitted by aftrwrk on 10/13/2022
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Photo submitted by u314161200879 on 10/18/2021
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Photo submitted by u314161200879 on 10/18/2021
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Photo submitted by u314161577292 on 05/18/2021
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Photo submitted by u314159692800 on 01/02/2021
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Photo submitted by reistad on 04/27/2020
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Dont walk on this stickers get stuck to your shoes Photo submitted by u7022668 on 04/25/2020
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Indian Palms CC&R, (Indian) Hole 2, Par 3, 201 yds Photo submitted by DYakimec on 03/18/2018
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Indian Palms CC&R, (Indian) Hole 8, Par 3, 207 yds Photo submitted by DYakimec on 03/18/2018
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Indian Palms CC&R, (Indian) Hole 9, Par 5, 520 yds Photo submitted by DYakimec on 03/18/2018
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Indian Palms CC&R, (Mountain) Hole 3, Par 4, 360 yds Photo submitted by DYakimec on 03/18/2018
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Indian Palms CC&R, (Mountain) Hole 8, Par 3, 219 yds Photo submitted by DYakimec on 03/18/2018
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Indian Palms CC&R, (Mountain) Hole 9, Par 4, 450 yds, 60 yds out Photo submitted by DYakimec on 03/18/2018
Rough
The course was in terrible shape. Very shaggy greens, fairways looked like the end of summer. Broken sprinklers everywhere. The worst I've seen it in the last ten years. Cheaper than other options close by but if you are expecting a week maintained course you will be very disappointed.
2 different courses
Make sure to play on Indian Course, since Royal course is in really bad condition. Greens are horrible and bunkers are disgusting. I believe they shouldn’t charge you for playing at royale course. Indian course is a whole different story and it’s in really good shape. Great layout and very challenging but fun to play.
Past its glory
Course has a good layout, staff is friendly but it is in terrible condition. Sad to see the first course in the region to be in despair. All grass is dead on Royal course.
Not in good shape
Have played the Indian course last week, still 90 degrees in effect, greens still need work. First time playing the Mountain course, cart oath only, needs a lot of work everywhere.
Past its former glory
Played the Royal/Indio course. Royal was in deplorable conditions. Not a blade of green grass.
Indio had grass but too long everywhere. Ball didn’t roll on the greens.
The place is run down and in dire need of a reno.
Staff was incredible friendly, amenities are clean, course has a good layout.
Ok course
The Royal course is in need of a lot of work, first time playing the Indian, it was much better
Indian Canyon needs water
This could be such a nice course but right now it is in such bad condition we didn’t finish our round and I will not go back. The greens are compacted, hard as a rock. The fairways have sparse grass. It’s obvious they don’t want to spend money to bring the course up to standard. Very sad as they could have a little gem. I paid $49 fit 18 with a cart on a pre-paid special. I would go back and pay $75 or $80 if it was watered more and in bettter condition.
Played the Royal course, talking with the starter the course had not been worked on this year. Once the other two are ready they are going to redo the Royal.
Very dry everywhere,
Expectations need to be low.
This course is still recovering from over seeding. It will be better in a months time but if you want to just go out and swing clubs then the price is worth it.
I'm staying on the property. I wouldn't travel to far to play it right now.
The price is right
We had just arrived to Palm Desert and this course had time slots available same day and the picture on the Golf Now page looked great. There are 3 9's here. Overall the course layout is good. The first nine we played had not been overseeded yet so the fairways and greens were brown, the second nine was overseeded and green but the grass on the greens was shaggy. I'm sure it's nice in the summer but I was moderately disappointed with the conditions. The staff was friendly and the price was very good so it all balanced out. Still had a fun day!
Worst course i ever played by far
That course is absolutely terrible. The Royal 9 as no grass at all, it’s a disgrace to have that course on GolfNow. When you pay under 10$ and you feel you been robbed there is a problem. The layout is terrible. That shouldn’t be a golf course. To put 1 star is 1 star too many. Don’t play that course never ever.
Do Not Play
I was staying at an AirBnb on the course and they recommended this course. It appears they had re-seeded the fairways and they were dead grass and mud. I walked onto fairway in front of the Airbnb and this course was unplayable.
I found another course to play and will seek a refund