Played here on 5/12. This was my first trip to Palm Desert and Shadow Ridge and what a lovely place this is. The winds were howling this day and coming from the east coast its a new experience to have 90 degree temps combined with a 3 club wind. The course first of all is in beautiful condition and maintained perfectly. I didn't have time to use the practice facility but it sure looked fabulous. I struck the ball well on the front nine but managed to hit the fairway bunkers too often as they seemed to be everywhere. I played from the green(next to back tees) tees and maybe I'd play the tips the next time. The greens are medium speed and thank goodness for that due to their undulations. I played great on the back nine and made some career shots and carded 3 birds and a one under 35. I hit every club in the bag on this course so its never boring or repetitive. The people here wer very friendly and helpful. Go and play here for a really nice day.

Just moved out here and played Los Verdes on 5/16. There are many ways to look at this course. If you are looking to play serious golf and like a steady pace of play then this might not be your place. Backups and 5somes made pace very slow. If you are looking for golf at a bargain rate coupled with the most gorgeous surroundings ever no matter how slow play is this is your place. The course was in very nice shape and greens were fast and breaks difficult to read. The mixture of holes is nice and the course while not long is quite challenging.The carts have GPS in them and the pro shop is nice. For me, this is great since its 5 min away from where I live and I can be happy just looking at the ocean and hitting an occasional shot. The back nine views are truly out of this world and coming from the east coast as I did, you just never see anything like this and for 29 bucks how the heck can you get mad for a little delay here and there.