45750 San Luis Rey Avenue, Palm Desert, California 92260, US
(760) 346-6123
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About Shadow Mountain Resort & Club

Guests will love the warm welcome to the Shadow Mountain Resort & Club, the first resort in Palm Desert back in 1946. Elite facilities with 16 tennis courts and six pickleball courts attract racquet fanatics. With four pools, five whirlpools, a golf course, two restaurants and fitness studio, there's much to do. Plus, guests can walk to town. 

Facts

Price Range$$, $$$
Property Class★★★
Year Opened1946
Number of Units100-300

Amenities

RestaurantsCasual
Room TypesSuite
TennisYes
Fitness CenterYes
Practice FacilityYes
Banquet SpaceYes
SpaYes

Services

ConciergeYes

Rules

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

Golf courses at Shadow Mountain Resort & Club

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Reviews 92
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Good Value

Greens and fairways in very good condition.

Good value for the Palm Springs area

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
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Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Desert Willow is a Gem!!

Highly recommend both Mountainview and Firecliff! Our group from Minnesota really enjoyed both courses the last week of January! They were in great shape (the driving range was a little beat up) and we loved the practice area, pro shop and lunch on the patio!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
First Time Playing

Big Disappointment for Our Group

We brought a group from Minnesota and played seven days in greater Palm Springs. We played the Indian Wells Players Course on January 29th, it was the worst and most expensive. The driving range is hitting off matts not grass. The course was under repair and we were carts path only on 8 of the 18 holes resulting in lots of walking. The pace of play was slow. We only saw the Cart girl twice and she was very unengaging. The greens and fairways were in poor shape. The staff in pro shop and around course were old (our group was 50-75) and the least customer engaged of any course, they were talking amongst themselves and could care less about us. The course is not on any of our apps (Arccos and Golf watches). The course said yes we didn't share our updates your devices won't work!!! Save your money there are much better courses than this course.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 92
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Good value

Greens and fairways in very good condition.

Good value for the Palm Springs area

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 33
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 20
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Highly Recommend

Played as a single and my wife rode along. Got paired up with three others. Course is fun, challenging and in excellent shape. Played at a good pace until around 14 and then ran into a slow foursome. Just managed to finish before it got dark.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 92
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Good value

Greens and faiways in good condition. Good value for the money

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Previously Played

Legends Course

First off, the range is easily in the top 3 worst I’ve seen in 40 plus years playing. Zero grass where spots were set up. Don’t waste your money.

Course is tight throughout with house framing all the holes. One par three is 12 yards from the fringe to a busy highway. That will make you grip it tight lol.

The resort side is supposed to be nicer so If skip the legends all together.

The plus. Staff were great.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Poor
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once 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 3
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Previously Played

Dissappointed

The phase of play was unacceptable slow and the new course layout was very disappointing. Too many holes wheee you are coming back into incoming golf balls. Also the course is not in the condition that the price warrants. So far worst course we have played in January.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Poor
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
First Time Playing

Needs a lot of tweaking to be senior friendly

Merely placing senior tees 8-10 yards closer is not enough. Just ask AI. Also, with some of the greens do tilted, as well as so fast, could not stop putts from rolling down to fringe. Thus, pin placement anywhere but in back is too difficult to two putt.

So too bad course is not foing its best to be player friendly. This is not going to be US Open

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Fair
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 25
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Great course, Great condition

You get what you pay for, a Great conditioned course

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Cold weather
Used cart
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 33
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Sub Par

The golf course is okay but not worth $227 I paid less to play PGA West Stadium and Nicholas course . I just was looking for holes with a Wow factor and never got that . The course layout was underwhelming but in good shape. The fairways Weren’t as plush as I thought they would be . The greens were solid and sneaky faster than they looked . Would play it again for $100 or less …

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Tahquitz Legends was great

We got out early and pace of play was great. They had some large amounts of rain in prior several days and course handled it well . The greens on Legends were great. . Great value , we will be back.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 15
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Beautiful course

From the moment you tee up on hole 1 it feels as if you're in a postcard. The views from every space on this course is stunning. The fairways are well groomed and beautifully seeded. The greens hold the ball and roll true. And if you have a friend with a gnarly slice you can bring them too! No houses to hit! I highly recommend this course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Walked

Amazing after the redesign, love it

I had a chance to play the newly redesigned Players Course and it's amazing. Par 71 with 5 par 3's and 4 par 5's, the 7 new holes fit perfectly into the existing layout. They moved the old #17 and #18 back across the wash area to keep them on the N side with the other holes. It created returning 9's to the central area which makes sense. New Tees, greens, fairways and new while sand throughout the 18 holes with new desert landscaping on the entire course. Greens were a little hard being new, but rolled smooth and true. Nice 10+ speed as well for new is great. I walked which was part of the reason for the redesign which was an excellent experience. I can't wait to play it again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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