PGA WEST Jack Nicklaus Tournament Course

This is already an incredibly difficult course made almost impossible to play by the rough. Very thick rough that consumes the ball. I lost 3 balls on the front nine that landed no more than 5 yards off the fairway. Impossible to find without a spotter. I recommend calling the course before booking to see if the rough has been trimmed to a level where you don't need a spotter to find the ball. The bunkers and greens were OK, but for this price point I expected better. For the average golfer wanting a PGA West experience, I would recommend that you play the Gary Player or Jack Nicklaus courses.

Great shape and fun to play. The rough and off fairway are challenging. Watch your ball because they can be lost easily in front of your eyes. Had a great day. Golf shop has everything and the drinks at the bar are great. Take some time to look around because there is a lot of history to take in. Staff was first class. Will go again

It's the middle of summer and this course is in pristine condition. Great time to get a good deal on a course you would want to play every week. Pick the appropriate tees as the slope on this course is much higher than average. This means that the white tees here play like the blue tees at the average course.

Awesome course, terrific staff. Made finishing up a great vacation.

Wonderful course. Very challenging but fair and the course was in great shape. The fairways were like carpet, didn't want to hurt them.

Fairways were excellent. Rough was inconsistent, very deep and thick in some spots, thin and short in others. Bunkers were not as nice as they typically are, could use more sand. Greens were only OK. Love the course layout. Very tricky around the greens, especially if you miss in the wrong spot.

Played for my first time, my wife played and a single( guy from Australia, good golfer) the course was great, my wife, very casual golfer played great, .... the foursome in front 20-30 somethings , playing from black tees (probably 20+ hdcp) were all over the place, so we waited alot, otherwise great, but would have been nice if there was a marshall, surprised there wasn't.

The group in front of us were just messing around, even a resident that drove up on us , told us to call the marshal. The marshal was there and didn’t say anything to them. This cause the round to go 51/2 hours which is ridiculous. The greens were punch and the staff didn’t let us know when we booked the tee times. When we got there, the starter told that 5 holes were cart path only. The fairways should have been better also. This is pretty bad when you’re paying $170 per round per person. The biggest part of golf is the greens and the greens were horrible. It would have been better if the expectations would have been set with us when we made reservation for tee times. Overall experience is horrible.

Overall a very fun course. The people and the amenities are great. From chipping to putting and range…all top notch. The fairways were a bit over played and some rough areas. With 100+ temps, bunkers were more cement than sand. Greens had been punched recently adding to degree of difficulty for smooth roll.

Everything was good until I made the turn, the amateur I was playing with not to mention she was beating the breaks off of me at -2 to +5, had her mother putting tees where the pin placement is going to be for the tourney. A marshal rolled up and asked are you all good do you need some water, we replied no and he rolled off, we both got a par and headed to the carts, back rolled the marshal saying hey you you are not supposed to be playing, I said they moved me up 9 minutes to join the 12:00 group, he replied you are not supposed to be playing, I said I paid to play 18 holes and I’m playing 18 holes, I turned and headed to put my putter on my separate cart, so he turned to my partners mother and said the same thing, she told him she was just marking the pin placements, he asked did her did you pay to play, she said no, he said your not supposed to be on the golf courses, she said I always do this, then he told her she needed to stay on the cart, so I proceeded back and asked him where did he get I’m not support be playing from and I have a bag and a cart, he then said I don’t know, it shows yall group a 3some and you’re not support be playing, I said you’re not making any sense, I then said I know what this is about about three times and proceeded to the next tee. I think he associated me being an eastern Indian and assumed I was the amateur’s father, because we were the same color. Which isn’t cool at all! 4 hole later he comes back around asking do you all need water are you sure???