Legends is back open as a full 18, however the 7th hole is playing as a 200 yard par 3 while they repair the teeboxes now that the bridge is repaired.... » More

Legends is back open as a full 18, however the 7th hole is playing as a 200 yard par 3 while they repair the teeboxes now that the bridge is repaired. Conditions are pretty great, the greens are rolling really nice and are definitely less beat up than Champions with old ball marks/spike marks, rough is grown in, bunkers still very crappy. Beverage cart was by twice (I think it was actually two beverage carts). 12oz Modelo was $6, this is up from $4, someone finally noticed they weren't maximizing profit on Modelo I guess.

One interesting note was an apparent large water leak creating a small lake on the 14th fairway that might have just started when we came through there - maintenance guys were flying by on carts to check it out.

Overall a very nice round, 1:13PM time was $45 on golfnow which was great for a Saturday. We passed a group on the 6th hole and had it wide open the rest of the day, which was awesome.

I think I've always liked this layout more than Champions - doesn't beat you up as much with wider fairways and more inviting greens.

Check it out but don't pay the morning prices.
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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... » More

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.
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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 car... » More

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.
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