67967 Vista Chino, Cathedral City, California 92234, US
(760) 322-7000
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About DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Golf Resort Palm Springs

The DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Golf Resort Palm Springs looks out upon its 27-hole golf course and the San Jacinto Mountains. An Olympic-sized pool cools guests during the summer months. Besides the two restaurants and a spa, the resort is minutes from all the upscale shopping and attractions of the Coachella Valley.  

Facts

Price Range$$, $$$
Property Class★★★
Number of Units100-300

Amenities

RestaurantsCasual
Room TypesRoom, Suite
TennisYes
Fitness CenterYes
Practice FacilityYes
Banquet SpaceYes
SpaYes

Services

Room ServiceYes
ConciergeYes

Rules

Is the resort pet friendly?Yes
Is resort stay required for a tee time?No

Golf courses at DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Golf Resort Palm Springs

Reviews

4.5
324 Reviews (324)
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Reviews 50
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Course was great

The staff were exceptionally helpful and courteous. The course was in great condition.. highly recommend

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Nice course with desirable amenities but with meandering layout.

Pros:

--modern carts with GPS.

--impeccable gardens all around the course. Greens and fairways are well-maintained. Lots of water hazards.

--The course is divided into three 9-hole courses. You can binge-play all 27 at one time.

--The 3 9-hole courses are named Cielo, Vista, and Lago. Know which two courses they threw you in and the order in which you are supposed to play, like Cielo-Vista or Cielo Lago. Vista is way down the street, about 8 minutes away. Lost of first-timers got lost.

--The day we played, there were mostly couples, but the staffer did not try to force us into foursomes—basically, they send you out, first-come, first-serve.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 168
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Top 100 Contributor
Previously Played

Beautiful course!

Beautiful course, some challenging carries if you play the right tees, I’d recommend it to all golfers

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Decent Layout ruined by terrible Geofencing and poorest greens on otherwise nice course

Can't abide courses that carelessly set up their geofences, which disabled my cart while ON a CARTPATH, ended up having to drive on the turf at the edge of OB to get around the poor fence, plus multiple other times it prevents users from driving on reasonable areas over 30-50 feet from a green, while other players in their own carts can drive right up to the edge of the green..

Furthermore, greens were mowed very long, which required massively strong putts to go 20 ft. or more.

finally, vista/cielo is the only 18 hole rotation that doest leave you with a 10+ minute ride either before or after your round.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing

Conditions of Greens

Tee to green in excellent condition nice views both desert & resort settings good value, but the greens where terrible they had not been cut slowest I have seen in desert

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 26
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Used cart

Great Course

Sadly GN did not inform us that the other 2 courses were closed. Had to play Cielo Course twice. Disappointed

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 8
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

A Pleasure to Play

Lee and Jerry on staff were friendly, helpful and knowledgable; great service! The Vista / Lagos courses were generally in good shape though there were some dry spots on a couple fairways. One issue for me was unclear signage to direct you from end of Vista to the start of Lagos. Otherwise a pleasure to play all round.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course

Great course but a bit challenging to find your way around. In addition, finished playing at 2:00 but grill already closed. A little disappointing that we could not get anything to eat.

Staff is excellent, very friendly. Course in excellent condition considering the heat of the summer.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Rough shape

Course is in bad shape right now. Dead/thin spots everywhere and greens are slow and bumpy. I’ll wait a few months and give them time to fix it before I go back.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 17
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0

Rude and disrespectful

The staff was rude and entitled! We were trying to check in and were treated badly!

I don’t recommend wasting your money here!

There are many other choices in the desert!!

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 16
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Brown

Greens were fairly good but rest of course burned up

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Hot weather
Used cart

Great Course

It was hot out there... Greens were slower than expected for the heat.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 32
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Golfen old lady

I have played these courses many times and the courses have been in good to excellent condition. but not this time. The fairways and around the greens are in poor condition, no grass or burnt-out grass. The greens are in good- minus condition The cart attendant was grumpy old man. After driving an hour, I was very disappointed.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 16
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
First Time Playing

Burned up

Course was dead around greens and most fairway burned up. Greens not to bad

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
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 41
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Needs a sign

Greens were great! Fairways had too many bare spots. However, when in shape it has been a great course the few times I played it. When playing the Cielo course and getting off the first green you expect hole #2 to be straight ahead. Who would expect that you go all the way to the wash to play 1 hole.. After figuring out that is wrong you start looking for signs that tell you where to go. There is 1 sign that says follow the arrows and it's pointed in the wrong direction so golfers from 1 don't even notice it. The sign needs to be facing the people coming off 1 and it needs to say "FOLLOW THE ARROWS ON THE STREET WITH A LEFT ARROW. This is not something that should have to be explained. We held up the group behind us for 15 minutes because of it.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 33
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Quirky course. Just a bit overpriced for the condition its in

Certainly you need to keep a close eye out for the signage to get around the course.. its right in the middle if a housing development so for me it lacked character.

Greens were true faiways were poor. Course was quite forgetable . Overpriced when compared to other in the area.

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