Pacific Palms Resort

Great time playing here. Scenery was good and pace was great.

Had and 11:00 a.m. tee time on a Sunday for only 100 bucks. It was just after a rainstorm to the course was relatively empty. Until I got in front of a group, a group of hackers, the front nine took over 3 hours but ended up finishing all 18 in just under 4 and 1/2.

The course is a challenging beauty with continual changes in scenery and elevation. Despite the course being very damp, the conditions for well-maintained with true but tricky greens. A few favorites are the 2nd hole (a par 4 with water near the green and a drop of 30 to 40 yards from the back tee box), the 4th hole (you hit your drive into the sky towards blind fairway), the 6th hole (very long par 4 with a split fairway), the 15th (like the par 3 from Amen Corner at the Masters), and the par 5 18th hole (plays up to 652 yards from the tips)!

Not of course I would recommend for people just starting to play, but is a very fun and challenging time for the person looking to challenge themselves! Definitely plan on coming back another day!

My round was on 1/12/24. Greens looked great and were running fast. Course was still in winter-ish conditions. I’m a fan of this course and The Ike.

Poor attitudes from starter to marshal. For $89 for a poor shape golf course. Be thankful people are showing up..

Took 5.5 hrs to play weekday…no marshals to be seen🤦‍♂️

Checked in, guy at register ok, nothing special but nice enough to allow a ride along when they normally don't allow it.

Guy at the range felt he needed to tell me he was getting low on change, which isn't my problem and I let him know that he could ask the shop for more change. Cart guy was whatever and might be better off cutting lawn if he can't guide people to their cart and or first tee.

Marshall stopped by twice; once to see why we had 3 carts (see above where it's not normal) he was understanding about it- the second Marshall stopped to see why pace was slow and we said to ask the group in front of us or whoever as we were continually waiting.

Overall, staff made you feel unwelcome and we will not rush back- seems like it would be easier to be nice to customers than it is to be lame - get a new job if you hate your job:)

I’ve played this course before and the conditions and pace of play were great, not this time. We waited about 15 minutes at every hole and we finally quit on the 15th hole. Plus the conditions were not like before, lots of rodent holes and fairways were dry at some holes. Plus the fees were the highest I’ve ever paid 95.00 bucks. Not worth it for me. I hope things get back to normal beacause I really liked this course.

Beautiful views and great course layout. Fairways were rock hard and had some rough spots. Staff was helpful and friendly.

Major issue was the greens. Every green was mult-tiered and holes were cut right on the edge of them, making for some ridiculously difficult putts. I putted off the green a few times and therefore had the most 3-putts in my entire life.

Having to constantly smash putts up a massive incline in the green was not an enjoyable experience and makes it impossible to get the pace right on these greens.

If i were to come back I would try The Babe Course, which I heard was easier.

The world’s worst driving range also has the world’s worst range balls. See pics. I mean how can they give those to people. Balls covered in sand, unwashed. You have to wipe off every ball before you hit them, especially your driver and metalwoods, otherwise you will damage them. How can anybody call this customer service, at a place that tries to sell itself as a resort???? People from around the world come here and see the state of that. If you travelled to a far away destination and saw that range, you are going to run away. Especially this week, the Holiday week!!

And then the course…… my gawd, what is it with this place?

So many tee boxes need work, most were uncut today too, almost like rough on the tee.

And who did these pins on the greens??? Some of them were completely on side slopes and horrible humps!!! No wonder it was taking for ever to play. Having teed off at first twilight tee times, you would expect to be able to finish. But no. So many people were struggling with the course layout anyway, and then they have to deal with those crazy pins!!! On a weekday! Players were pinging back up and down and around the pin all day, we were so delayed we didn’t get to finish. We did our best, but we had to call it quits on 16.

Just really sad.

Hackers are abundant here and almost seems like they need to work on their game on the range instead of sow down the day fhe real golfers. This course has a desperate feel. The staff always looks miserable and it shows.