Indian Palms GCC: Clubhouse
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2.6
1766 Reviews (1766)
5 Stars
175
4 Stars
539
3 Stars
463
2 Stars
312
1 Stars
277
Conditions
2.3
Value
2.9
Layout
3.3
Friendliness
3.6
Pace
3.9
Amenities
2.6
42.0%
Recommend this course
989 out of 1766 reviews
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2.8
26 Reviews (26)
5 Stars
1
4 Stars
6
3 Stars
11
2 Stars
4
1 Stars
4
Conditions
2.5
Value
3.0
Layout
3.5
Pace
4.4
Amenities
2.6
StaffFriendliness
3.5
42.3%
Recommend this course
11 out of 26 reviews
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2.5
50 Reviews (50)
5 Stars
2
4 Stars
8
3 Stars
18
2 Stars
6
1 Stars
16
Conditions
2.2
Value
2.7
Layout
3.3
Pace
4.0
Amenities
2.4
StaffFriendliness
3.5
36.0%
Recommend this course
18 out of 50 reviews
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Course Highlights
Welcoming staff and a notably smooth pace of play make rounds here consistently enjoyable across all three nine-hole layouts. Wide fairways, solid course conditions, and affordable rates offer strong value for golfers at every skill level.

About

Holes 18
Type Resort
Par 72
Length 6538 yards
Slope 135
Rating 77.6

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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Course Details

Year Built 2008
Golf Season Year round
Architect Jackie Cochran

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Proper golf attire required.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Banquet Facilities, Spa

Available Activities

Swimming, Billiards

Available Sports

Fitness, Tennis
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2.6
1766 Reviews (1766)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 39
Patio Dining 36
Dinner 15
Course Challenges Include:
Narrow Fairways 59
Water Hazards 54
Bunkers 49
This course/club is great for:
Locals 64
Seniors 54
Playing Multiple Courses 31
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 53
Worth the Drive 24
At a Resort 19

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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played

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.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 8
1.0
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First Time Playing
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played

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

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Reviews 8
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
First Time Playing

Disappointed

If you are a serious golfer take a pass waste of time and money.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
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First Time Playing

Course

Golf course is very bad. Never too care of it. Green is all damaged

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
2.0
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First Time Playing

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.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played

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.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 23
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

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

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 25
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
First Time Playing

Yikes

Probably the most unkept course I’ve ever played. It needs a management company to take over

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Very poor conditions grass hadn't been cut tee box in poor condition valued at $30 not $65!

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 7
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
First Time Playing

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.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

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.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

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!!

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Fair
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Used cart

OVER GROWN FAIRWAYS

It didn't matter if you hit it straight down the middle or just off to the side of the fairway into the rough. The grass was over grown everywhere. I was part of a two-some and it took almost 4 hours to finish. Mind you, we are not professional golfers by any means but we've finished this course before easily within the 3 hour mark. Due to the over grown grass and poor maintenance on and around the fairways, we spent more than half the time looking for the balls. We started to give up looking and just drop a ball so we could finish. I understand it's the time of year to reseed, which one course was shutdown for that purpose but to not even mow the fairways on the open courses for what it seemed to be at least 2 weeks is unacceptable. I spent twice the money in lost balls than the cost of the actual round. I hope the management starts taking pride in this course and get the grounds crew out there more often especially for weekend play.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Poor course condition

Have played this course in the past at the same time of year. Course was always in good condition this time you couldn't find some of the tee boxes because the grass was so long . It appeared the course hadn't had any maintenance in some time.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
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