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 |
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| Black (W) | 72 | 6430 yards | 76.9 | 134 |
| Black | 71 | 6430 yards | 71.5 | 124 |
| Blue (W) | 72 | 6028 yards | 74.5 | 129 |
| Blue | 71 | 6028 yards | 69.5 | 119 |
| Bronze | 71 | 5799 yards | 68.6 | 117 |
| Bronze (W) | 72 | 5799 yards | 73.4 | 126 |
| Silver | 71 | 5362 yards | 66.5 | 112 |
| Silver (W) | 72 | 5362 yards | 71.1 | 121 |
| Gold | 71 | 5200 yards | 65.7 | 110 |
| Gold (W) | 72 | 5200 yards | 70.2 | 119 |
| 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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Reviewer Photos
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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
Sad
Are used to play this course quite a bit 510 years ago went back very disappointed in the maintenance is not even in existence the key box were terrible on the roof was very very long and not cut in months pins have not been changed on one of the courses for months went through three golf carts on front nine because a battery age issues
Rough around the edges
Sadly the course is very rough around the edges in terms of condition. I really enjoy the challenge and the layout. Bottom line, “Ill be back”
Terrible condition
I don't know how this course gets worse every year. I only play Indian Palms if I find a deal on a discount golf website. The green on Mountain 2 has holes in it like a gopher started digging...the flags get moved every 4 or 5 day. The flags are seldom in straight. The rough is sometimes cut, and when it is, the deep cut grass is left on the course.
The first 3 holes on Indian had just been scalped for reseeding, then it appears to have been opened again. So, you're not playing on grass fairway....you're playing on dirt!
Pace of play was great, because there wasn't many people playing.
Bad Couse Conditions
We were looking for a place to play. Most of the courses were closed for overseeding. We found this course and decided to play it, because we never played it before. We thought for $80 dollars it would be a halfway decent course. We were wrong!! The course was in horrible shape. The tee boxes looked like you were teeing up in the rough. The greens were either dead or had chunks of grass missing, if it was $25 dollars we would have thought "Yeah it looks like a 25-dollar Muni course" and that would be a stretch. The staff was really nice and friendly. However, we asked for a bucket of balls to warm up on the range, and we were given a plastic grocery bag with balls in it. I think the most annoying thing for us is how they charge $80 dollars for such a horrible course. We will never set foot in that place ever again.
Sad Shape
The course was not in good shape. Parts of it were in fall reconditioning shape with deep layers of cut grass. Lost 4 balls that were in fairway. As there are 27 holes, it would have been better to close 9 hole courses individually completely until it is playable instead of 3 or 4 really bad holes on each 9 hole course we played. It seemed like the resort as a whole was on a sad downhill slide.
Poor conditions; no amenities
Experienced very poor conditions here. The newly opened 9 didn’t seem to have any new seed on it. Also, some of the greens were actually gray with little actual grass growth on them. The restaurant was closed, so it was just by luck that we had brought some drinks with us. I love to golf, bu5 if someone had told me they booked a tee time here, I would have told them to cancel out!
STOP…. Do not play here.
Total waste of your time and your hard earned money. The course has continually been going downhill for years. This is the worst condition I have seen it in. The first 3 hole of the Indian course had work done on them to start reseeding. Management decided to stop overseeing Indian course and switch it up to the Royal Course.
Great Value
The course is great value for the money. Both of our cart just made it to the 18 hole! The tough is very rough. Some fairways and greens not great. Not sure if it's because of the overseeding program. I guess you get what you pay for!
Indian palms
Don't have expectations of a great experience here
This community seems nice not sure way the HOA would not make golf course a priority
Never going back
Worst course that I've ever played.
My wife and I decided to play this course even though I remember playing it once before and I wasn't very impressed with it. With all the courses being shut down for overseeding there wasn't too many options for golf. The course was in horrible condition. Some of the greens were so diseased that you were literally putting on dirt. No one was raking the sand, the rough around the greens must have just been cut because there was clumps of rotting grass everywhere around the greens. We only golfed 9 holes and decided to quit because it was so bad.
Don't waste your money
Poor management and worse ownership. It's cheap but even that's a waste of your money. The greens are burnt and filled with ant hills. You'll need to replace your golf cart at least 3 times since it will die on you. If you try to complain to the manager, good luck. He won't even bother coming out to say hello. If you talk to the residents this is pretty common and they say it's a tax shelter. Do yourself a favor and spend $10 more to golf anywhere else
Disappointed
If you are a serious golfer take a pass waste of time and money.