Palmira Golf Club

Palmira is a true hidden gem. Combo of layout, feel lack of homes and condition at this price a NoBrainer

Palmira is a great course to play with a reasonable price. It is very busy all day on the weekends but it’s a treat to play. There are some cool elevated tee boxes around the course. The course itself is in good condition but could use a little work on the greens and tee boxes. That’s knit picking. Also, the clubhouse is nearly non existent. For the type of place that it is, if the owners had any money to dump into a nice clubhouse this place would be something entirely different and absolutely a powerhouse course in the area. I understand that takes a good deal of money but that’s what separated an average course from a stand out, pinnacle course in the area. Currently, this is still a great course to play for a good rate in the northwest Indiana area.

Pace of play very slow. Course allows fivesomes. Ranger did nothing about it. No sand in Bunkers. Would recommend to others with a warning about pace of play.

Course was fun, but missing a little conditioning. For a bust day, they got us around in a respectable time. Not much for amenities but good food at the grill.

Course was lacking any sand in bunkers which has become a curse at most mid tier and below courses. Fun off the tee and most greens had a ton of character. Damage on the greens and a few random runoff woes made it the score above.

Started by not being able to get a cart, due to perception they were too crowded, which turned out not to be the case. We had a foursome, which is typical golf, only to be followed by 7, yes, 7 separate twosomes! Needless to say, it turned into a day of letting them through and getting hit into repeatedly. Poor management of the whole process! Only positive was the price.

This course has a wonderful layout, numerous very challenging holes, sand traps need some TLC, but greens rolled nice

Very busy on a Friday afternoon.

Staff very friendly.

Course is fantastic.

See my review 7/2/17 below. Clubhouse is still not open except for the restrooms. Many traps were decently maintained and they had rakes out. No pool noodles in the cups. Greens were in really good shape and were rolling smooth. Spied a nurse cart out on the course just after 10am.....no water and it appears they do have limited beverage service at the check in counter. Palmira's routing is a real gem in my humble opinion....you can easily run up a big score on any hole here. Greens are challenging lots of movement to them. Fairways were in decent shape overall same with tee boxes. Teed off on a Friday morning at 7am....done by 10am....wonderful round and experienced much better conditions then almost 4 years ago. They do need to wash down and clean/wash out their golf carts...they are pretty filthy.......Highly recommended....solid 3.75 stars...gave it a 4 because Palmira is a really good value $34 senior rate during the week. My playing partners first round at Palmira....he enjoyed it... and already wants to return.

We all know during this COVID period most, if not all, the golf courses are experiencing higher than normal rounds of golf this season and courses are trying to make up revenue for the months they may have been closed. But that does not excuse misleading people when the course is specifically asked the question “Do you have an outing today?” This is what happened to our group on Friday, August 14th. After we got in line to tee off, I noticed a threesome, a five-some and a twosome in front of us. I asked each group when their tee times were and they told me 10:30, 10:40 and 10:50 respectively. I asked the starter what is happening, and he told me “Oh, we have an outing going on and these groups started in the middle of the course”. Needless to say, I wasn’t happy once we teed off at 12:30, a half hour later than our scheduled tee time. We ended up playing in 5 hours and 20 minutes.

Before I go any further, our scores were 76, 85, 96 and 101. I shot the 76, so nobody misconstrues this as just another golfer shooting a bad round. I was quite happy with my score. Plus we were right on the twosome in front of us all day.

The two “kickers” were when we made the turn. A twosome tried to squeeze in front of us on the tenth tee. We asked them what was going on the said they were told that the leagues were starting and to go out to the tenth tee. We told them we were coming off number nine and we had priority on the tee.

The second problem, when teeing off on 12th tee, we look over to the 13th hole and we see five carts and ten players playing that hole. After calling into the clubhouse and sending someone out, we were told they were part of the outing and were just finishing their round. I guess that makes it OK to have a ten-some then???? After seeing the ten-some, this would explain the long round.

The course itself was in very good shape and I always enjoyed playing at Palmira. I would play it again, but management needs to be more truthful with their patrons before that happens. Therefore, I’m giving Palmira 3 stars. 5 for the course and 0 for the management.

Talk to someone on the phone to book. I was quoted one rate and charged more then what I was quoted.

Web site says $25 after 4 to walk, and I’m being charged $30 for Sunday??!