Westin Desert Willow Villas

Rode the Purples (6676/72.1/136) in 4H twilight with GK Guru's John, Brian and Dave. Great to play with a couple of out of the area guys I previously had enjoyable rounds with. We finished 18 in the dark due to a National Club Champion Tournament that ran over. We were unable to start until after 1 pm. Partly cloudy, fairly calm and around 60. Thanks to John for setting up and to Desert Willow for having the guru group out.

Tees mostly lush and level but after that tournament, were pretty chewed up for divots.

Fairways lush and good to play from.

Rough very lush. Ball sat up, not overly penal except it cost you roll. Usually good to chip out of but deep enough to be penal.

Greenside traps had good quality sand. Decently maintained, with a generous amount of thick sand. Waste bunkers were firm and not as well maintained as the greenside traps.

Large greens putted medium fast speed and were firm with some rollout.

Customer Service always excellent here from when you drop your clubs off out front to when you pick them up after the round. Nice GPS on upgraded carts that have ports for electronics. The all grass driving range is included and is excellent with a nice practice chipping area. Drink Cart around several times. Ice/water stations every few holes. Excellent and very fun layout to play. Recommended, IMO the best public course in the Greater Palm Springs area.

Wow what nice course, great condition, staff was great. Overall highly recommend this course.

Can't say enough about this course. You have to expect to pay more for the premium conditions at this course.

Everything was premier. Cost is as expected for this level of course.

Our young man at the valet was excellent, when we told him it was our first time walked us to the clubhouse. Loved the timers to tell us when we were up.

Course was in great shape due to the overseeding. Only complaint about the course quality was the greens were really slow.

Pace overall sucked, no marshals on the course to do anything about it.

This is truly a beautiful golf course, however, it is quite expensive for Canadians and nonresidents as are many courses in the valley.. There was not a Marshall that we saw and we waited quite a bit. If I had paid full price, I wouldn't have been too happy but overall really enjoyed having the chance to play it once while we were here.

Unfortunately we could only get out in the afternoon and we’re unable to finish 18 holes before dark. We tried to get on earlier but it was very busy.

Firethorn had just been reseeded and was in great shape. Scenery is spectacular and the course well manicured. No tricks here - the golf course is tight in front of you the whole way. John Cook (Cookie as Lanny Wadkins says) did a nice job consulting with the architects.

For a municipal course this was great. We played the second day after overseeding and conditions were excellent. Bunkers could have had more sand and more difficulty. The course is straight forward and good for both lower handicap and higher handicap players. Water features added interest and some challenge to the holes. Scenery was beautiful as was the clubhouse. I would definitely recommend this course.

I had the opportunity to play the Firecliff course on Oct 23 first round in the morning just after opening from over-seeding. Absolutely stunning course and very well manicured. 10 out of 10 experience from the time I dropped my bag off to finishing up on the 19th hole.

I have no criticism, but would love to play the course again once the greens are cut low and rolled out and faster. Too 5 all time golf experiences today. Thanks foe the opportunity

My brother and I came here for the first time and had a great experience!