Played Indian Wells Players course today and the first since they did the major remodel and moving holes 17 and 18 to the north side of the wash that runs between the property. They replaced most of the greens, bunkers, altered hole number 9 and a host of other things to make the course more playable or as they (city of IW) more walkable. The statement seems laughable because... » More

Played Indian Wells Players course today and the first since they did the major remodel and moving holes 17 and 18 to the north side of the wash that runs between the property. They replaced most of the greens, bunkers, altered hole number 9 and a host of other things to make the course more playable or as they (city of IW) more walkable. The statement seems laughable because it’s a resort course and who is going to pay 250+ to walk the course. It is narrow in some holes and wider at others but make no mistake walking although good for one’s health probably not advisable here. Oh did I mention that all the greens are rock hard? If you watched the LPGA at Shadow Creek this weekend you’ll understand what I mean. I play there with friends from my tennis club who are residents and pay 50.00 any day of the week from November through May, then 35 for the summer. Guests and Indian Wells Tennis members pay 80-110 Rack rate is anywhere from 225-275. The course opened in November but it is still a little rough around the edges so if you were planning on playing there I would stick to the Celebrity for now until the Players course matures a little more.
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4/4/26

7:00AM Tee off, hit the first shot 8 minutes early. Almost no one was there. We never waited and finished just under 4hrs. A stunning day, warm and windy, as clear as I can ever remember. Very surprised by how plush this place has become. Is it what it was before the storm? Not yet, however only holes 2 and 8 have new locations of greens, they call them tempo... » More

4/4/26

7:00AM Tee off, hit the first shot 8 minutes early. Almost no one was there. We never waited and finished just under 4hrs. A stunning day, warm and windy, as clear as I can ever remember. Very surprised by how plush this place has become. Is it what it was before the storm? Not yet, however only holes 2 and 8 have new locations of greens, they call them temporary but it does not appear that there is much work being done on where the old greens where for those holes were located. Warning the GPS systems have not been updated quite yet and that did cause one distance mistake on my part. The greens were in very good shape for being punched a few weeks ago, the sand was awesome today. Tee boxes in great shape, fairways overall were good, maybe a couple patches getting some work done.

I could not believe how wide open this course was for a Saturday morning. I will be back, and you should too.
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Played today for $34. Great course and great layout.

Tee boxes terrific. Fairways mucho rollout and great lies.

Traps suberb. Rough a SOB.

Many OB areas.

Trememdouse par 3's. Nothing like it in S CA that come to mind.

Greens were fast and furious all round.

The courses in N CA are far superior than 80% of the S CA cour... » More

Played today for $34. Great course and great layout.

Tee boxes terrific. Fairways mucho rollout and great lies.

Traps suberb. Rough a SOB.

Many OB areas.

Trememdouse par 3's. Nothing like it in S CA that come to mind.

Greens were fast and furious all round.

The courses in N CA are far superior than 80% of the S CA courses. I can back that up after playing in S CA for 24 years.

I am looking forward to playing Yocha Dehe soon.
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JUST A QUICK UPDATE: After course closure for what seems like a couple years, it now has NEW OWNERS that have been working on it. Rumors are of a soft opening sometime in April. Fingers crossed...

We had a great event at Calabasas Country Club who treated us to beautifully maintained challenging golf course and excellent service.

I know some of our players were not happy about being restricted to cart path only but when a private club superintendent makes that decision, they have their reasons, and our group respected it. Calabasas CC knew it was an inconvenien... » More

We had a great event at Calabasas Country Club who treated us to beautifully maintained challenging golf course and excellent service.

I know some of our players were not happy about being restricted to cart path only but when a private club superintendent makes that decision, they have their reasons, and our group respected it. Calabasas CC knew it was an inconvenience and surprised us with some extra fun/goodies as such upon arrival. All our players received a complementary Calabasas CC golf towel and Calabasas CC ran a fun golf simulator closest to the pin contest for a free foursome. They didn’t have to do that. I thought that was really solid.

Calabasas CC in the 20+ years I’ve played it, was in the best condition I’ve experienced. One of biggest problems Calabasas CC had in the past was fairways turf. That issue is visibly gone now, and I suspect by the end of year, so will the cart path only restrictions. Members of the club are allowed to drive carts in the fairways, but not on all the holes.

I’ve very excited about booking future events at Calabasas CC. I highly recommend other golf organizers to do so as well. Thank you everyone that comes out to play in our Vivid Golf/Golf Moose/Greenskeeper.org Monday events :)

Take a look at the photos I just posted.
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