Indian Palms Golf & Country Club - Mountain/Royal
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.
You might become enraptured with Indian Palms' past. But the course itself has very much moved into the 21st century.
Eighteen of its 27 holes went through a massive renovation a few years ago. Some of the most dramatic changes are on the greens, once generally flat and small and tilting from back to front to allow the greens to hold shots almost to a fault. Many greens on the course today have been expanded to as much as 6,000 square feet.
The Royal nine features water on eight of its holes. (Yes, your break from water is one hole total).
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 71 | 6430 yards | 70.9 | 125 |
| Blue | 71 | 6024 yards | 68.8 | 121 |
| White | 71 | 5673 yards | 67.3 | 117 |
| White (W) | 72 | 5673 yards | 72.6 | 125 |
| Red (W) | 72 | 5265 yards | 70.3 | 121 |
| Red | 71 | 5265 yards | 65.5 | 110 |
| Red/Gold | 71 | 4775 yards | 63.0 | 106 |
| Red/Gold (W) | 72 | 4775 yards | 67.6 | 115 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black M: 71.5/124 W: 76.9/134 | 514 | 202 | 360 | 418 | 405 | 380 | 344 | 219 | 450 | 3292 | 369 | 321 | 185 | 235 | 509 | 367 | 326 | 355 | 471 | 3138 | 6430 |
| Blue M: 69.5/119 W: 74.5/129 | 502 | 167 | 354 | 393 | 321 | 374 | 320 | 194 | 417 | 3042 | 358 | 303 | 166 | 200 | 490 | 353 | 316 | 340 | 460 | 2986 | 6028 |
| Bronze M: 68.6/117 W: 73.4/126 | 491 | 160 | 345 | 383 | 299 | 367 | 310 | 157 | 405 | 2917 | 344 | 295 | 153 | 195 | 477 | 341 | 297 | 330 | 450 | 2882 | 5799 |
| Bronze/Silver W: 71.2/123 | 476 | 160 | 326 | 330 | 260 | 341 | 304 | 146 | 399 | 2742 | 320 | 281 | 119 | 195 | 462 | 323 | 287 | 260 | 433 | 2680 | 5422 |
| Silver M: 66.5/112 W: 71.1/121 | 476 | 145 | 326 | 330 | 260 | 341 | 304 | 146 | 399 | 2727 | 320 | 281 | 119 | 150 | 462 | 323 | 287 | 260 | 433 | 2635 | 5362 |
| Gold M: 65.7/110 W: 70.2/119 | 476 | 112 | 326 | 330 | 260 | 341 | 278 | 146 | 399 | 2668 | 257 | 281 | 119 | 110 | 462 | 323 | 287 | 260 | 433 | 2532 | 5200 |
| Handicap | 3 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 4 | |||
| Par | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 71 |
| Handicap (W) | 3 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 4 |
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Photo submitted by XHsrnOKqCjfSd8oy9ZX9 on 10/11/2025
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Photo submitted by XHsrnOKqCjfSd8oy9ZX9 on 10/11/2025
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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
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rather poor condition/ Could not believe the cups and flags on the Mountain course/ cups wore out and would not hold flags straight and the cups themselves were absolutely wretched from people digging out balls with their putter
Very poor shape - avoid
We used to enjoy this course but now it’s absolutely atrocious. The greens are bumpy. The fairway is OK. The surrounding areas around tea boxes at the end of the edge of some homes are overgrown and full weeds patchy just total disrepair. The pro shop was closed by 1 PM. There is no cart person selling drinks or food and no idea if the restaurant was open they seem to one person behind the bar but busy chatting with others…. Very disappointed.
Course in rough shape
Played this course 11/18/2023
Indian course was closed. Mountain course had terrible burned greens patchy grass just like the practice green. The royal course just opened but I was told by an owner that the courses weee in terrible shape and the owner of the course doesn’t care.
Shame actually because it would be a beautiful course if maintained properly.
I will see if the overweening changes the playability of this course later in the season.
We played the Mountain/Royal. The Mountain was in horrible shape, the Royal was actually in good shape. The light rain started on the Mountain on the 8th hole and continued until we were on the 7th hole of the Royal.. Also, the golf shop was not open, the bartender had to check us in
“Dead” Indian Palms
Local tribes should petition to have the word “Indian” removed as an affront to native peoples.
The course was in horrible shape. On the 2nd 9 we couldn’t even find tee boxes so we just used the yardage on the card to approximate where the tee box should be. The tee markers we could find were totally different from the first 9. The flags looked as though they had not been moved since the Nixon administration and many were missing tips to keep the upright in the hole.
The grass anywhere on the course was DEAD! You expect to have over seed, winter rye, darn near anything other than just dead.
The people at the course were pleasant enough. The carts were oddly enough, new?!
Other than that…if you’ve seen the movie, “Get Out”, do!
Terrible course.
Played for the 1st time. Terrible conditions, No grass in the fairways.
Greens were pot marked
Tee marker missing on most tee boxes.
Needs some TLC
Overall, the course was in pretty poor condition. A few of the tee boxes had only one marker, with one without any, the fairways were mainly brown grass or no grass at all and were difficult to hit from and the greens were a mixture of green and brown grass with some bare patches.
Not a particularly good experience which was a shame as the course itself was quite well laid out with some interesting holes.
Needs a bit of attention!
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I have played a lot of courses but this takes the cake
The fairways are very dry and hard
Greens need some very tender loving care, very patchy in some areas lot of dead spots uneven speed etc
Tee box’s majority had markers but some had only one marker some and markers missing
At this point this course is not worth the money they need to shut down and spend money to bring it back to the conduit deserves
A Palm Desert golf course with no grass
I booked this course online after reading what a beautiful course lined with trees and beautiful bunkers. When I drove to the first Teebox, I was in total shock. Starting with the Teebox, and going to the fairway, what little grass existed was brown, and very sparse. The greens were no different. You could not make a ball roll straight on the greens because of the mix of grass and dirt. What a disappointment and for $65 a waste of money.