Desert Island CC: #18
View of the 18th hole at Desert Island Country Club.
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4.3
1421 Reviews (1421)
5 Stars
746
4 Stars
516
3 Stars
113
2 Stars
32
1 Stars
14
Conditions
4.2
Value
4.3
Layout
4.3
Friendliness
4.8
Pace
4.5
Amenities
4.0
90.2%
Recommend this course
1303 out of 1421 reviews
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4.6
88 Reviews (88)
5 Stars
55
4 Stars
30
3 Stars
2
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.7
Value
4.5
Layout
4.5
Pace
4.5
Amenities
4.3
StaffFriendliness
4.9
97.7%
Recommend this course
86 out of 88 reviews
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4.3
134 Reviews (134)
5 Stars
66
4 Stars
51
3 Stars
10
2 Stars
4
1 Stars
3
Conditions
4.2
Value
4.3
Layout
4.3
Pace
4.5
Amenities
4.0
StaffFriendliness
4.8
89.6%
Recommend this course
120 out of 134 reviews
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Course Highlights
Exceptionally friendly staff consistently go above and beyond to make every round enjoyable at this uncrowded Palm Springs gem. Tree-lined fairways, solid course conditions, and a brisk pace of play deliver strong value for golfers.

About

Holes 18
Type Private/Resort
Style Traditional
Par 72
Length 6716 yards
Slope 128
Rating 71.9

Formerly known as Desert Island Golf & Country Club and The Sinatra Resort & Country Club.

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Course Details

Year Built 1971
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Desmond Muirhead (1971) Walter R. Stewart (1971)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Proper attire is required.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill

Available Facilities

Banquet Facilities, Locker Rooms

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Reviews

4.3
1421 Reviews (1421)

What Golfers Are Saying

Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 13
Bunkers 10
Forced Carries 8
This course/club is great for:
Advanced Golfers 9
Walkers 9
Locals 8
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 10

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Reviews 21
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 15
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 20
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Fun and getting better

Course will be fun as it continues to get love from the hoa course owners who've taken over from former owners. In time it will be a good track. It's a good time if you're looking for a round in the desert. Very impressed at the pace of play. It was a Saturday afternoon; there was a shotgun tournament on course. Teed off at 12 and done at 4:15. Staff did a great job moving the play along. Greatly appreciated.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 20
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Good times

Staff is great, course really good, greens still getting in shape for winter. Highly recommend playing there

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Beautiful golf course!

The course is in excellent condition and we played at 8:10a and never had anyone behind us or in front of us. Felt like we had the place to ourselves. Very friendly staff, can’t wait to play again!

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 16
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great Layout, Decent Value

Great course. The greens can look bare on some holes, but I expect them to be in better shape through the winter. Nonetheless, they weren't too slow, rolled smoothly and posed a good challenge. The fairways and tee boxes are in excellent shape. 4+ stars on golfnow is well deserved.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Prior years has been better

Always loved this course until this year.

We found the fairways cut so short that you couldn’t hit a ball cleanly. You always had mud on the face of irons on the fairways which is strange even our fairway woods were taking large divots. A bit higher grass cut would have been preferable for sure (the fairways should be longer cut than greens)

Also the price has crept up to a fairly pricy cost at well over $100 a round they should have garbage cans on the tee boxes and maybe even gps on the carts.

The bar/restaurant at the turn makes a mean hotdog but again 3 michaeda’s and 3 hotdogs was $70! What?!?

For these reasons we will play cheaper courses with similar awesome layouts and gps on carts.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great Experience

I had the first tee time of the day so pace of play was not an issue (not sure how it was throughout the day). Super friendly and helpful staff throughout the course. Nice range with provided balls made the round and overall experience really nice. Played white tees and it was a good challenge. They offer a variety of tee boxes to vary the challenge depending on the players skills.

Next time I visit the area will not hesitate to go back to this course. Cannot recommend this place enough!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Great layout

First time here, played with another group that had played it prior, so had some inside knowledge as to where to play. Loved the layout and course design. Staff was friendly, starter was awesome, no drink cart out. Course was in really good shape-only a few greens were thin; grass is coming in but could see dirt/mud. Would 100% come back and play again.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

A great round

Course was in good shape. Staff was excellent. Lots of backups though

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Played On
Reviews 17
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Very enjoyable.

My wife and I from Canada played and found everything to be worthy of the cost and expectations.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Had a great day

Had a great day at Desert Isle. Check in was easy. We were asked if we wanted to head out 20 minutes early which we did. Starter was

Informative and friendly. Course was overall in good shape. Fairways and tee boxes great shape. Greens ran quite true but had inconsistent speed. I thought it was because the day was warming but they were just a bit inconsistent.

Would come back.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 17
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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