PGA WEST Jack Nicklaus Tournament Course

Great course!....got this as a Hot Deal for $150...normal play is $220 this time of year. The only drawbacks were cart path only (being set up for the American Express tour) and pace of play. PGA West is quite a destination.

Played one week before the Amex and the greens were already running about 12, firm and fast. Plenty of room off of the tee. Pace of play was bad ,which I expected, because it was cart path only..Happy to have broken 80!

Incredible greens while we were there. Would love to play again. Had the joy of playing in 30 mph winds so wasn't an easy day. Great course, though. Can't wait to play again

I have played this course for the past 10 years and today it was in the best shape it’s ever been in. Bravo to the sup. And crew. Spectacular experience!

with AMEX tournament coming up, the course is in pristine condition. Except for the elevated greens and some run off's into fairway side bunkers..there are so many places to play safe and do well.

Only got to play 9 hole because of the time but wow it was worth it.

Will happly play it again.

Was fortunate to okay the course as they were getting it ready for the American Express Tournament in January. Course was immaculate

Highly recommend experiencing this course! From the moment you walk into the pro shop which looks out over the course and the driving range, it's breathtaking! We were fortunate to play about a month before the AMEX tournament and the course was in amazing condition.

While frost delays aren't common in the desert, they can occur this time of year. This was the case for our twosome. We flew in from Oregon the morning of the tenth and made our way out to PGA West. They I formed us that they were running about an hour behind. We grabbed a bite on the patio and made our way over to the starter about 11:45. About an hour before our scheduled tee time. I let the starter know that we were here early and if there was any chance getting off early we would be willing to do so. His reply was not in his words but how he said it. "Yea, that's not going to happen". I told him that we would be on the range and gave him our cart number and name. After hitting some balls, my friend and I made our way over to the putting green. This gives a good view of the #1 tee fir Nicklaus Tournament. I witnessed a twosome teeing off. Thinking that they were catching up or maybe someone was running late. After a few minutes I made my way over to the starter and asked him "Did you just send a twosome off"?. He kind of paused and said "excuse me"?.I repeated myself and he told me they were part of a six some and wanted to play by themselves. My reply was "You got to be kidding, you're running 45 minutes behind and you are sending off twosomes". There are many golf Courses to play in the Coachella Valley. Two of which we played the following day were Rams Hill and Shadow Ridge. Two courses I would return to and highly recommended over PGA West. Both the condition and service were far and above what we found at PGA West. I certainly hope the powers that be use this experience to implement a program on customer service as there is quite a bit of room for improvement. On a positive note, our breakfast was wonderful and the restaurant staff was fantastic. ...

Great condition very nice course preferred by some locals over their private course.

Trying to rate it against so many great resort courses in the in the Palm Desert area is difficult Truly a great golf course with all of Jack’s touches. Plenty of sand and water to challenge players of all levels.

Missing is the flowers and water falls of some of resort courses to make it pretty, but making up for it in a great well designed layout. Condition were great as they prepare for the PGA in January. Staff was excellent.

Many of the bunkers had no sand on top of hard pan making normal bunker shots impossible.

For the amount charged for green fees, this should be 5 star across the board. Breakfast was average and I am being kind. The signage for hole to hole play was bad particularly on 10 and 12. We inadvertently started playing 2 again after 9 and had a hard time finding 12 tee.

We will choose other options next time we are here.

Very nice course amd we played on a Golfnow hot deal. Was very nice and at least you know when you go there that it will be. Worth the full price, I think not. Not even sure it’s worth the Hot deal price.

Course was in good condition but the fairways were shaggy. Zero roll so play one set of tees up from where you normally do.