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.
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Golfer 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
Golfer Reviews
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.
Should have read the reviews first
My first time using the golf now app to book a tee time, that part went very smooth. The course itself as other have mentioned needs a lot of help. Tons of brown spots, half the time in the middle of the fairway I was hitting it dirt. I several times moved my ball to a more grassy spot just because I wasn’t willing to destroy my clubs.
The tee boxes were over grown, the mulch the grass so there was thick cut grass in numerous places. My wife named this course Hungry Hungry Hippo because it kept eating my golf balls. The crappy thing was that they were all in play or just in the rough yet we still couldn’t find them because of overgrown grass.
All that being said, I still had a great time, any day golfing is better than a day working. I just wouldn’t pay to play here again. Luckily I didn’t have any issues with our golf cart like others had mentioned. I’d spend more money and go to a course that is kept in better shape.
Peprich
The place is unsettled. Some greens were almost perfect ,(#4 on Indian) but others pretty bad. Traps had no sand and the rough hid a lot of balls. Notalot of roll on the fairways so was a challenge. If you like challenges, this is it. Quality of care like a municipal course. It was still a round of golf. I love golf.
Ipcc
Golf courses in horrific condition dirt fairways and trimmed trees to drive carts through greens dirt and dead course is not watered it is not maintained long grass in fairways when there is grass terrible golf course
Yikes
Probably the most unkept course I’ve ever played. It needs a management company to take over
Terrible conditions
The course is in terrible shape. Tee boxes had overgrown grass. The fairways aren't cut well. Some holes is like hitting out of rough down the fairway. Around some greens it was cut, and piles of grass just sitting there. Many of the greens are full of sand. Golf now needs to take it off the list. Not worth spending money here. I should have paid extra money for a course better kept up.
Indian Palms - first and last time playing there
Terrible conditions including overgrown cups that covered parts of the hole. Dead carts -- mine and my playing companions, and other carts that were left abandoned in the middle of fairways. Very nice guy at the pro shop, nice on-course marshal, but there's little else I could say was anything close to good about my experience. Too bad. The course layout has potential.
The first golf cart they gave me the battery was dying after the 4th hole. The cart couldn’t drive a small uphill grade and was extremely slow on flat ground. I exchanged this cart for a different one after the first nine and the other cart was just as bad on the back nine.
Pace of play was great because I was the only person on the entire course!!