Played South/North courses on 4/15 with a nice Golfnow hot deal, $53 with a 1:15 tee time which was significantly lower than rack rate. Haven't played here in probably 20 years, it used to be a private club when I was growing up and the conditions are still quite solid for a desert course despite being owned by a hotel chain now: Great teeboxes, lush fairways with very few dead/rough spots, rough was up to maybe over half a ball or deeper and required a good swing to get out of. Greens were hard and reasonably fast, mis-struck approaches or poor wedges rolled out a lot and putts rolled true. Fairway bunkers had hard dirt-esque sand but greenside bunkers had the really nice fine-grained white stuff.

I would describe the layout as an 'easier resort course' - South and West courses are lined with houses but nothing is too narrow, most of North course plays down and up elevation through the large drainage canal in the area, offering some nice views and close-to-blind approaches in some cases. It's easy enough on the scorecard at par 71 and 6300 from the blues, the rough and smaller greens are what give this place some teeth. Overall a very enjoyable experience, I was able to walk 9 and take a cart for 9, facilities are clean and staff was very friendly. Also: free range balls is a huge plus in this day and age of hyper profitseeking behavior from most public courses.

Played in the large Stater Bros corporate "tournament" (raffle) event on 4/5/25 with a bunch of friends, couldn't have asked for a better place to carry a bunch of my hacker friends to a rather average best ball 74. Conditions were pretty top-notch, as expected for a resort desert course: Lush fairways, rough that was thick enough to be punitive and quick true-rolling greens were the norm here. Layout is fairly interesting, despite houses lining every hole, some holes have narrow approaches into greens, most have wide fairways and landing zones, all bunkers were manicured with fine-grained sand that did not hesitate to plop into a fried egg on an errant shot that landed in them directly. The short-ish par 5s (from the whites, 6500yds total) generally have a challenging dogleg element to navigate with an appropriately placed drive: with the right position you can go for the green from 200+ out or lay up, but if you miss the fairway you can expect to be blocked or looking for a shot through various trees palm and otherwise.

Facilities are nice for an older place, the proshop only carried Titleist balls which I thought was a little wacky but they also wanted $20 for a sleeve of three, no thank you. Bar carts were out in force, did not try the local food as it was catered at the turn and afterwards.

The funniest part of the whole thing was being promised a "wind-free round of golf" due to the course's position in south Palm Springs and surrounded by beautiful mountains, but we did encounter strong gusting wind for about an hour that sent a lot of errant balls further off course.

Great facility if you get a good price - tournament was $100 with extensive raffle prizes, I am lucky to have an 'in' for it from friends that work there. There are probably better places to play for rack rate in the valley.

It has been a while since the last review here. I've played probably 10 times since October, this is basically my 'home course' now because I live 5 minutes away and I am a maniac.

Weekdays are much better pace of play than weekends. They will let you walk but I don't recommend it unless you're in good shape. Conditions are seemingly improving ahead of the upcoming Epson Tour event, there is something resembling real sand in some of the bunkers now, teeboxes are probably 90% nice and even, greens are fast and hold shots if you land where you ought to, rough is still a little hit or miss. Maybe it'll never be as manicured as it once was but it's still an interesting and challenging layout (with fabulous views of suburban sprawl and Amazon warehouses). I would call their afternoon rate of $45 on the weekday 'approaching reasonable' for the golf you get. Wish the restaurant/bar was open on weekdays.

Legends course is going to be reopening as a full 18 soon (mid or late April?), from gossiping with the pro shop guys.

Got out for 9 around 2pm on a beautiful day. Conditions are improving: Greens roll well but aren't super fast or fancy, nice fluffy lies in most parts of all fairways, teeboxes bumpy but manageable. A bunch of relatively easy holes with a 217y par 3 and a 460y par 4 in the mix makes this a fun layout to walk anytime. You can't beat the price ($16), there's a range and multiple short game/putting greens, and you're surrounded by natural beauty and the 60 freeway. What's not to like?

Got a 9:50am on Sunday 3/23, cost was $58 with or without the cart (I went without). Played with another single behind foursomes, so the pace was a rough 5+ hours.

I like the conditions at Hemet though they are nothing special. Only a few bad lies in fairways, greens trickier than they look with some pin positions, good variety of layout and views. Teeboxes could always find a flat spot but not incredibly clean/manicured. Great little pro shop and restaurant, actually feels like a "nice muni" in 2025, price is creeping upwards and I'd probably rather play during the week when it's less stacked.

Paid $70 in the afternoon (2pm start) out of desperation for a round without driving too far... kinda regret it. Conditions still not worth the price, many bare spots or funky lies in fairway landing areas and crummy bunkers are the norm. Rough is grown to a couple inches but some holes have a gopher hole problem in the rough. Greens are great, but worth the price? Methinks not. Managed to get the front 9 done in about 2.5 hours, the marshal found us on 4 tee and recommended just going off 1 again instead of waiting more on the back 9, so I split from the threesome I was paired with and got another 6 holes in before dark. Hate to support these prices but that's Saturday golf for you. Biggest joke here might be the $50 rate for 9 holes.

I don't think I've ever played General Old (maybe in a scramble 20 years ago?) but I have to just point out the great experience I had yesterday. Walked on at about 4pm. Pro shop guy said I couldn't take a cart after 4. I responded that I'm just walking and he said "oh yeah, just go play then", winked at me, and I went on my merry way. Got 12 holes in before it was too dark.

Conditions are not unlike the old San Bernardino Golf Club (one of the greatest low-cost public courses of all time): Thin waste areas off the fairways, not a lot of rough, reasonable fairways with bad spots and they're pretty obviously working on growing the teeboxes which were verging on lush. Bunkers had plenty of actual sand that you can splash out of, which is rarely seen at budget courses these days.

Greens were slow, about as expected, but rolled true - a great confidence boost. Not a lot of tricky breaks, but some tilt here and there.

Layout is actually very interesting to the eye with more than a couple doglegs, elevation changes and many very mature trees lining the fairways.

Looks like the afternoon rate is $40 - quite similar to other courses in the area for similar conditions (see Hemet GC for instance), unfortunately this seems to be the going rate for 'cheap' courses now.

Would you rather pay $45 at Tukwet Canyon and be stuck behind hacker foursomes in carts or $40 to walk an older course that's seen better days, isn't stacked on the teeboxes, and provides a fine challenge from the blues?

Was excited to check out the Ike for the first time after hearing a lot about it. Rate was $99 for 12pm on Friday afternoon. Walked with my partner who's no stranger to big hills, rate was the same with/without cart.

I don't know if you'd call the fairways dormant or what, but they sure weren't lush - I think this is a wintertime thing. You could still take a divot, so overall fine, a lot of runout, fairly dry. Teeboxes were great, hard to find a spot that wasn't flat. Bunkers were a disappointment - hard packed sand that was impossible to splash out of, some had a little mud in them. The rough was there, wasn't very punitive. There were actually more than a few dead/dirt spots around some greens that you could putt right through.

Greens were in great condition and quite challenging - the tip I got was to 'read them from every angle' and that helped a ton in avoiding three-putts.

POP was 5h15, pretty bad. The guys we played with said it usually wasn't like that - front 9 was backed up starting on the 4th hole and took 3 hours, we were the last group to finish 18.

Overall, I thought it was a little too high of a rack rate for the conditions, but the greens were super memorable and "fun" for sickos that love punishment or can't hit accurate approach shots. Didn't see a marshall, beers were $9, didn't try the glizzy. Still, I know I'm going to come back in the springtime and try the Babe.

Still a great bargain to walk sixteen par 3s and two par 4s - you don't even need a tee time to walk, only if you want a cart. Conditions are fine, the greens a little shaggy and not fast. This course keeps things running nicely without frills. Disregard overpriced resort courses, embrace Modelo time.

Played Champions at 8:13am with a cart for $65. This course continues to embody the philosophy of maximum profit with minimal amenities. Conditions haven't changed much, bunkers are crappy/muddy/standing water, but the greens are now back to their pretty fast speeds albiet with many spike marks and unrepaired ball marks - if you can avoid those you'll have putts that roll true and require soft touch. Beverage cart does not have coffee, even though the pro shop said they would have coffee. Restaurant is only open Fri-Sun. Range grass sucks but the practice putting and chipping greens are nice. My recommendation is to just keep driving to Palm Springs...

Not much changed since the 2 week closure for overseeding. Teeboxes still pretty crummy, uneven and chewed up. Fairways are very pleasant to hit off of and also roll drives out nicely, greens were kinda shaggy but rolled true, some parts bumpy. There was a dead gopher in a trap on the 14th teebox. Great POP on the front but horrendous on the back, three singles joined up and ended up waiting on another threesome every shot, playing like they were on TV.

$60 for a 12:30 teetime feels high given the conditions, some parts of the fairways and rough are just not great, plus you have to try not to hit the locals fishing the lakes on the back 9. I guess the layout keeps me coming back, that and Tukwet was all booked today.

$30 to play the back 9 at 12:30pm. Layout is still broken, so you have to drive the cart backwards on 9 holes to get to where you're starting. I asked if someone would drive me out there so I could walk, but they didn't have any spare cart barn folks. Next time for sure.

Honestly the back 9 of this course feels neglected. Huge standing water in #10 fairway, some crappy spots in the fairways themselves, unmarked GUR, bunkers the worst of the whole 36 that I've seen. That said, the greens were reminiscent of this course's former glory: smooth and fast, the only blemishes I saw were unfixed ballmarks and some rough areas on the edges of a few greens.

Worth it? Only if you live down the street like me, probably.