Westin Desert Willow Villas

The course certainly lives up to its top tier rating! Firecliff was an excellent choice!

played with two members who provided excellent advice on course management. The course was in great shape

and the greens were excellent. This course is playable by all levels, just need to pick the correct tees

Played the course for the first time and was pleasantly surprised. Conditions were immaculate, staff was friendly and helpful. We had a 720 teatime and played in three hours and 20 minutes.

Great par 3s and some stategic par5s great fun course. Green were at 10 stimp

Several people had told me to

Play here and now I get it. What a gem, great views, great course, great time. Played the Purple tees and loved it. Tough but fair. Pace of play was perfect despite the frost delay. Restrooms appeared as you need them. Staff is fantastic, and very helpful. Can’t wait to come back.

Having played the two Desert Willow courses many times over the years, I highly recommend them. Challenging, fair layouts with wide fairways but precision needed to reach and hold the greens. Thoughtful tee box options allow mixed skill levels to play together.

Conditioning is always good despite many player rounds. Choose your tee time wisely to avoid slow play and it is a pity you can't walk these courses.

Rode the Purple tees (6676/72.1/136) in 4H, 15M twilight with GK Gurus Ron, Pedro and Gary, easily beating darkness. Always enjoy playing with those old, familiar faces! The weather was clear, fairly calm and around 65.

Playing conditions were excellent across the board. Having played both Rams Hill and Indian Wells Celebrity in the past 24 hours, both of which were excellent as usual, I can say that this course was the best conditioned of the three.

Over seeded tees were lush and level with few divots.

Over seeded fairways were lush and very nice to play from.

The over seeded rough is VERY lush and thick. Definitely a penalty to miss the fairway here.

The waste bunkers were firm and not as well maintained as the greenside traps. The greenside traps had good quality sand and were very nicely maintained.

The greens putted medium fast bordering on fast if downhill. Numerous pins were tournament quality, set close to slopes where near misses could result in 15-20' coming back. Mostly smooth and they held irons well.

Customer Service always excellent here from when you drop your clubs off out front to when you pick them up after the round. Drink cart around multiple times, and I had what may have been the best hot dog I have ever consumed from their snack shop. Piled high with about a dozen different add ons! Nice GPS on carts. Plenty of ice/water stations on the course. The all grass driving range is included and is excellent with a nice practice chipping area. Highly recommended, one of my favorite courses in the Palm Springs area.

Have played both courses at Desert Willow over the past two years and they are our favourite tracks in the Palm Springs area. We particularly like Firecliff. The layout suits our group, which ranges from single digit handicaps to 30. The staff are excellent through the facility. Pace of play is good. Greens are generally very nice.

This is a great place to play when in Palm Springs/Palm Desert area. Very friendly staff. Nice practice facility. Golf academy on property. Well maintained. Advance reservations highly recommended. The greens can be tricky as many are convex in shape. Layout is beautiful.

The sister course Firecliff is also well worth playing.

Mountain View plays through Westin Desert Willow Resort

and one can easily walk from the resort, or have staff give you cart ride. Also a beautiful place to stay/visit.

Mountain View at Desert Willow might get overlooked because it is a city owned public golf course- but any ideas about ‘MUNIS” go out the window here. From the minute you pull up and are greeted by one of the super friendly valet guys, they grab your bags and get you squared away in minutes. The pro shop is well stocked and the restaurants are fantastic.

The course has all you want no matter what tees you play and I have played them all. It is always in great shape in season and in the summer. There are always marshals and I have never had a round even in the busiest of times that took over 4 hours. Great risk reward holes and the greens are always well taken care of. Don’t write either course off at Desert Willow Firecliff with all its bunkers and Mountain View are always a great time.

I am a 11 handicap golfer and was able to shoot a 77. The greens were terrific allowing for 6 one puts. The sand traps were plentiful but in great condition.

Best game of golf for me in 2019

I will be back

David MCCleery from Vancouver B.C.

A wonderful place to play! Everything is first rate. Great golf course for all skill levels and an extremely froendly staff. Would definitely rank this as one of the top 3 places to play in the area.

Had a great day on the course. We had a frost delay for about 1 hr 30 minutes. The staff handled it really well. We were told we would not be charged if we chose not to play. We chose to stay and finished in 3 and a half hours.

Course was in great shape, greens, fairways , t boxes and rough. We really enjoy this course , will play again.

Played on courses across North America and Europe, and in my opinion best course in the world

Horrible course conditions on the Mountain Course and completely torn up. It took until the 11 to hole for a never gave cart to get to us. What a bummer.

Beautiful course. Good condition but greens a little slow as recently punched and seeded.

They have a great breakfast and the area overlooks the 9 th hole so very picturesque.

Not cheap unless you are a resident of palm desert.

John

we played at fire cliff before very good condition. we thought would be the same at the mountain but it is not.the second hole partial green was no grass.

Liked the course layout. Course was pretty chewed up though. Greens really brown and beat up. Expected better. Played behind a couple of groups which were clearly some sort of a guys trip given the ridiculous matching clothes they were wearing. Unfortunately they showed zero respect for anyone playing behind them. Group after group after group behind us quit. We were on over a 5 hour pace and we finally gave up at #17. Course Marshall showed up for the first time on hole 15. Stage was very courteous and polite in spite of everything. Great food and restaurant. Amenities were top shelf.

Highly recommend this golf course! I would give it’s 6 stars if I could.

First one off the tee after a complete reseed. The course was immaculate. The only issue was the greens were slow but I won’t hold that against them because in two weeks it’ll be lighting. Staff was great, and pace was very good. Best public course in the desert for my money. Best scenery early in the morning. Play the longer tees, good length and keeps the danger out of play. Aim for the bunker tongues and you’ll be just fine.

See you soon Firecliff!!