Pacific Palms Resort

Course layout is fun and the maintencence is above average but pace of play is extremely slow. 8 out of 10 times that i played here, it takes about 5 hours 30 mins to complete the game.

I had a lot of fun playing this course but it would’ve been better if it was really hot and humid and also what should’ve been a 3 and 1/2 hour round took 5 hours because the group in front of me was taking forever

Course layout is good with many challenging holes. However, all of the sand traps have no sand or are like concrete. Considering how many traps there are on the course you should pull you ball out. Impossible to hit a high soft shot out of a dirt grave. Also, the cart paths will rattle your teeth out. Disappointed with these aspects of an otherwise nice course.

Good conditions and nice greens. Cart paths and amenities are old and need repairs. Not the friendliest or most enthusiastic staff. They’re just there. Cart guys just there. Don’t help you with anything or seem to care. Everyone’s just going through the motions. The resort is dated and needs a lot of work overall. Lockers room showers and sauna still closed since Covid. Amenities are at a bare minimum and feels like continued cost cutting for a resort.

Lots of sand traps and its great but no maintenance. They are all like hitting on cement.

This course could truly be one of the best around as they have a great layout and greens that are in very solid shape albeit a bit on the firm side. Granted it is SoCal where it gets quite hot so hard to stay on the soft side.

As for the negatives, one of the slowest rounds I've played outside of tournament play at over 5 hours. I was stuck behind a foursome (playing in a twosome) that was well behind the group in front of them and refused to let us play through on numerous occasions. The marshal did nothing to move them along either as he drove by twice. The bunkers are as soft as concrete, so good luck if you end up in one.

If they could put in effort to maintaining pace and fix the bunkers, this could easily be a fun destination.

Stuck behind a 3 some (which started out as a 2 some until the 3rd hole) that had NO business playing on a course as difficult as the Ike. Turned what should have been a 4 1/2 hour round max into 5+ (and it’s not like our foursome was super fast). That coupled with the afternoon heat made this a much tougher round than it should have been. Course overall was in good shape EXCEPT for the bunkers which had zero sand and were rock hard. Tee boxes are in need of some leveling though.

Course is in great condition. Very well maintained premium playing experience

Great layout. Challenging course. Pristine greens and fairways. But…the bunkers are atrocious. As bad as the worst public courses. Unacceptable for $100 round. Essentially concrete. And this is a bunker heavy course. They need to address.

The range is hilarious. It’s .25 mile walk. You can’t bring your cart🤷🏻‍♂️When you get there they tell you it’s cash only😂 how/why. Head back to the hotel and get charged $5 for the ATM. And you just wasted 25 minutes.

Fix the sand and the cash only range and this course goes from a 7/10 to 9/10. One of the best courses to play.