I come here each summer for the good rates and nice resort. This year was the worst condition I have ever seen the Palms... » More

I come here each summer for the good rates and nice resort. This year was the worst condition I have ever seen the Palms course. The greens are almost unplayable with some having patches of sod, yes I said sod. For a course in the desert I can understand the challenges of keeping the greens decent through the heat, but come on you would think they would have this down by now. Very dissapointed in the overall conditions here. Next year I will spend a few more $$$ and stay at La Quinta rather than put up with crappy greens.

On a good note, we complained to the front desk manager who in turn took off $100 off the tab for our three day stay.
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Played the lakes yesterday afternoon and felt the need to update my last review of the course. Teed off at 4pm and it wa... » More

Played the lakes yesterday afternoon and felt the need to update my last review of the course. Teed off at 4pm and it was blowing like crazy. Maybe the windiest few holes I've ever played were holes 1-3.

Once the achillies heel of the course, the greens are now something to be very proud of as they are very nice. Only 1 and 17 are showing any signs of the previous problems that were being encountered. Overall the greens have improved immensely here and are extemely challenging. Fast, undulating, sloped, and large greens are not good combinations for my subpar putting skills. I find both River Ridge courses to have very difficult greens. But today I had my worst putting round ever (45 putts).

The tee boxes were great, fairways were lush, rough was minimal and traps were a little inconsistant, but come into play more than most courses.

Overall the lakes course is a great layout and now has the conditions to match it. Play it in the afternoon with the wind and you will be challenged.
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this course has a lot of personality and is very much alive and constantly changing to shoot low here you have to be spo... » More

this course has a lot of personality and is very much alive and constantly changing to shoot low here you have to be spot on or learn to adapt quickly
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Im wondering if anybody is leaving out of town this weekend? Doesnt seem like it. The last two days at harding/wilson go... » More

Im wondering if anybody is leaving out of town this weekend? Doesnt seem like it. The last two days at harding/wilson golf course is a mad house. 40-50 plus on the waiting list. Finally got out at super twilight(waited about hour and 45 mins) and played about 10 holes before dark. Pace of play for 18 holes would of been almost 6 hours. Anyways, course conditions are typical muni. Greens alittle bumpy, but that might be from all the traffic the course gets.
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We played here for the first time today with a 1 pm tee time. It took us just under 5 hours to play 18. It was really ... » More

We played here for the first time today with a 1 pm tee time. It took us just under 5 hours to play 18. It was really busy for a holiday Friday. Front 9 played pretty quickly, we didn't have to wait much. The back 9 was another story. We had to wait on most of the holes on the back 9.

Course is in good shape. Tho' most of the holes had bare spots and/or areas with ground under repair. Fairways were in decent shape. Courses like Harding and Wilson back home are taking a beating with the heat. Not here. Fairways seem more lush other than the bare spots. The rough is lot more deeper than the ones back home. If you didn't see where your ball landing in the rough, it was really hard to find your ball unless you are right on top of it.

Greens were in decent shape. Tho' there were lots of unrepaired ball marks on the greens. The bunkers were nice and fluffy as we were in lots of bunkers on this course.

It's not that easy to play here with the wind we had this afternoon. It makes it lot harder to play some holes hitting into the wind. But the price was worth it. It was a lot cooler to play here than the SFV. We will be back here when it's real hot in the Valley.
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This course is way overbooked and not watched over whatsoever. There are two groups on the tee at every hole, a group in... » More

This course is way overbooked and not watched over whatsoever. There are two groups on the tee at every hole, a group in the fairway, and a group on the green. It takes 6 hours to play a par 68, which is a joke. The marshall is virtually never present and there are people hitting balls all over the place on this course and playing whatever hole they feel. One group tried to drive right passed the hole we were playing and head to the tee in front of us and I had enough and called the pro shop and they did nothing about it. Several times our group was hit into and we complained about this as well. All players in our group were bogey golfers or better and this was still the case. Ridiculous!!! This course while never see another dime from me. I'd encourage you to play somewhere that golf etiquette is followed. Course is in decent shape. It's a shame.
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