Indian Palms Golf & Country Club - Royal/Indian
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.
Each of the nines carries its own personality. The Indian nine is the longest, with the most straight-forward holes. The Royal nine features water on eight of its holes. (Yes, your break from water is one hole total).
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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
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!
Course
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.
Rock n Roll
Fairways are hard as rock, greens don't hold, results in roll, roll, roll, so hard to gauge distances.
Course layout is good but the course conditions are not. We paid $50 which was fair for the conditions with the cart included.
Greens are very in bad shape
Wasn’t impressed with the course conditions. Greens are in terrible shape, sand traps need lots of work. Fairway were ok but very dry.
Neglected Course
Have they given up? Tee box markers sometimes missing, hard to define from others. Lots of growth in fairway bunkers..lots of trimming and debris left on course...fairway yardage markers not consistent...