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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Played On
Reviews 5
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 18
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fair

Disappointed with the overall course conditions. Dry fairways with rocks in the bunkers. Driving range is pretty bad with no grass and mostly dirt. I think Arnold wouldn't be to happy.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 16
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Pro shop person rude

Course was ok. Pace of play pretty good. Gentleman that checked us in very rude. Pretty much an a hole. Beverage cart lady was rude and kept driving on fairway to serve group in front of us. Starter was awesome. The gentleman that got our clubs loaded and brought the casr up was awesome. Probably will not be back.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Yardage markers

A lot of guessing yardage

Hard to fine 150 markers

The greens were very good!

Conditions Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 18
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

The resort course

We had a very enjoyable round of gift at the resort course!👍❤️. The pace of play was excellent and enjoyable!

Marty Loschen

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Robert Sanderson

The only difficulty our foursome encountered was the Marshall who mistakenly thought we were playing too slow and had fallen behind a group ahead of us. He verbally warned us on the fourth hole and then “bird dogged” us for the 4th through 8th hole. We finally had enough and one of our members called him out for basically stalking us. He was told that there was never a group ahead of us and the nearest group was always two holes ahead of us and was no factor in our playing time. We told him that he was negatively affecting our game and that we paid a lot of money to come out and enjoy the game, not to be hounded by him. He apologized and left us alone after that admonishment.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 21
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Very nice track

Course was in great shape, pace of play was good, all staff we encountered were friendly. Will play again

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Low slope

This is a good course, it is challenging due to the length, especially compared to other courses with similar slope ratings.

Several holes do require accuracy off the tee due to housing on one or both sides.

The greens were slower than expected, and many of the holes were cut on slopes, making just missed putts no easy tap ins.

Overall and enjoyable round and will keep it on my list of courses to look to play on future visits to the Valley.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Value

Good value yet there are better values out there (e.g. Mission Lakes in Desert Hot Springs). Liked the wide fairways and large greens. Bunker conditions were average. No facilities on the course - water and bathrooms.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great experience

All aspects were great. My only issue in a perfect world there were a lot of unrepaired ball marks on the green. Most were deep as if they came in from distance. There are a lot of vacation only players but typically those marks don’t come from some guy hitting eight iron from 90 yards out. Other than that little annoyance it was perfect.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

A little gem

Nice track with challenging greens. Will play again. If you are doing a golf holiday, this is a great warm up track.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 30
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Beautiful Course. Good Value

The Resort Course is well laid out, generous fairways, reasonable greens and great views.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
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 Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Great course

Amazing course with beautiful view and mountains back drop on many holes. Fairways are in prestine condition.

I played with my son, who is jr golfer. When I called they said jr would be reduced rate, however they would not honor it because I booked through Golfpass! Many ionline review also said you just book with full pay and would get credit when you check-in. Wasn’t expecting this kind of service.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Great Course poorly marshalled

The group in front of us was easily 2 holes behind the group on front of them at the turn. When i pointed this out to the guy outside the clubhouse, he checked his screen and confirmed. Said he would send someone out to speed the slow playing group up. Nothing ever happened.

I'd rather play a mediocre course in 4 hours then a great course in 5 hours. We had this issue twice in the same week at Desert Willow.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great place to play

We have been coming hete for the past 4 yrs and it is always a joy to return, we will be back in November

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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

Great value

Greens and fairways are in very good condition. Very good value for the Palm Springs area

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Groundscrew in the way

Course was in decent condition, sorta dry but not terribly dry considering the heat conditions. I will say as much as you pay to play here, there were grounds crews on every hole sometimes driving right across the fairways right in front of you. Up and down the cart paths driving fast. Working around the rough areas. Just wasn’t great.

I would like to play again when they aren’t working.

Most places I have been too have the grounds folks working early morning or late afternoon, not during prime time

Kind of disappointing for the money you spend.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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