Beautiful desert style course to play and just look at.

Beautiful desert style course to play and just look at.

EXCELLANT course,,great shape,,service fantastic,,way to go Palm Desert, for a city course they should be proud! Speed of play was 4.2 hrs which is not bad for weekend play.

EXCELLANT course,,great shape,,service fantastic,,way to go Palm Desert, for a city course they should be proud! Speed of play was 4.2 hrs which is not bad for weekend play.

Played Desert Willow Mountain View last Friday, 5/18 for the first time. Selected it partially because it is billed as being more playable then some other, more challenging courses in the area. It was... Continue »

Played Desert Willow Mountain View last Friday, 5/18 for the first time. Selected it partially because it is billed as being more playable then some other, more challenging courses in the area. It was a weekend getaway, my wife was playing also, and she has not been able to get out and work on her game, so I wanted her to enjoy it. Bottom line, she liked the course a lot. It is nicely lanscaped with a rolling (not hilly) quality, in very good overall condition. There was no prior notice of it, but the greens had been punched sometime recently, which was a little disconcerting. In fact, they played pretty true and the speed was OK. There is some water that comes into play, but generally nothing too tricky about the course that will bite you in the butt if you can keep it on the fairly generous fairways. As such, I did find that the holes, while not identical, had a similar quality that made some of them kind of blur together in hindsight. The course is not a pushover, but the term "relaxing round" comes to mind when I think of it -- and I didn't score particularly well on the day. The practice facilty is excellent and the unlimited warmup balls are provided with green fee. It has a nice clubhouse and the overall service was very good. It was a hot day (high 90's) and the starter came around the course offering cold towels. I definitely recommend the facility and it served my purposes for the day. For a tougher challenge, the companion Firecliff course has the reputation as a sterner test (I haven't played it).

no rakes in the traps...could it be because the sand was harder than normal?
would definitely go back at discounted rate

no rakes in the traps...could it be because the sand was harder than normal?
would definitely go back at discounted rate

Good solid golf course, doesn't compare to sister course Firecliff at Desert Willow. Great condition, not a great variety of holes but none the less a very good course. Better than most.

Good solid golf course, doesn't compare to sister course Firecliff at Desert Willow. Great condition, not a great variety of holes but none the less a very good course. Better than most.

Played today, 6/25 after playing the Firecliff course, I must say I was pissed off at the diference....Play was extremely slow, bunkers were never raked, tee boxes were crowned with torn up areas, gre... Continue »

Played today, 6/25 after playing the Firecliff course, I must say I was pissed off at the diference....Play was extremely slow, bunkers were never raked, tee boxes were crowned with torn up areas, greens were slow, bumpy and not very true. Played 6/24 on Firecliff in 3:30, walked off Mountain View after 4+ hrs and 4 holes to play....Skip this course and play Firecliff instead.

Played 4/2. Course is in excellent shape. Greens are a little slow but roll true.

Played 4/2. Course is in excellent shape. Greens are a little slow but roll true.

I love this course! Played 3/31/06 and the course is in perfect shape. Had a 7:05 and played in 3 hrs. and 45 min., got lunch/breakfast and played other course.

I love this course! Played 3/31/06 and the course is in perfect shape. Had a 7:05 and played in 3 hrs. and 45 min., got lunch/breakfast and played other course.

Course is in perfect shape right now except my only complaint is that there are a lot of ball marks on the greens. Course is a little expensive this time of the year.

Course is in perfect shape right now except my only complaint is that there are a lot of ball marks on the greens. Course is a little expensive this time of the year.