Have been to the "IKE" course a few times and this was one of the least enjoyable. Course is playing pretty rough right now with very 'winter' like conditions. Fairways are dormant, with mostly bro... Continue »

Have been to the "IKE" course a few times and this was one of the least enjoyable. Course is playing pretty rough right now with very 'winter' like conditions. Fairways are dormant, with mostly brown areas and some holes are extremely bare. Fairways were very inconsistent. One hole it wouldn't be bad, and the next would be just mostly hard dirt. Sand traps were moderate at best. Traps were thin with sand. The best conditions on the course were the greens, but while green conditions were good, the difficulty was insane. Greens are really fast and severely undulated. Many greens have multiple tiers, and often flags were placed on the side slope making 2 putts virtually impossible. It made for a frustrating day as you'd hit good shots, but due to the conditions, you were penalized heavily. I'd wait until spring/summer before hitting this course again and see if the conditions improve. Absolutely love the layout and the course in general. Staff are moderately friendly, but seem disinterested in your enjoyment. The driving range is not close (in parking lot behind hotel) and they don't let you take the carts to the range. Dumb! So much money lost there as people just refuse to walk all that way with their clubs.

Noon tee time last Friday on the Ike. Played with some friends of my sons that played from the blue tees it was a struggle on the par fours and the par five 18th for me. Tees were in good shape, fairw... Continue »

Noon tee time last Friday on the Ike. Played with some friends of my sons that played from the blue tees it was a struggle on the par fours and the par five 18th for me. Tees were in good shape, fairways were thin and brown. Rough had good coverage and was not too penal to hit from. Players were not using the available rakes to rake bunkers. Greens were in very good condition rolling smooth and true with speed on the quick side. Quite a few unrepaired divots from players that don’t care. POP was a little under five hours with the back playing faster due to groups dropping out as it got closer to sunset. Course is a good test of golf.

Played on December 4th around 10am. Got lucky with this tee time, but unlucky being behind a really slow scramble. Tee boxes had decent grass on most of them, some were a bit beat up. Most fairways... Continue »

Played on December 4th around 10am. Got lucky with this tee time, but unlucky being behind a really slow scramble. Tee boxes had decent grass on most of them, some were a bit beat up. Most fairways had grass, but a few of them were patchy and fairly thin. Bunkers were feast or famine: some were hard pack especially on the fairway bunkers, greenside bunkers were better, but a lot of them had small rocks/pebbles. Greens were probably running about a 9 I think. You have to be on the right level for a lot of them as they are tiered. Probably worth about $75 on a weekend but paid $90. It is definitely getting more beat up compared to the prior times that I have played.

Played 9/6/21 at noon- Pace of play was 5HR 45MIN!!!!!!!

We tee'd off on time but had to wait on almost every tee box with multiple groups on a few of the boxes. We had 4 groups waiting on hole 15.... Continue »

Played 9/6/21 at noon- Pace of play was 5HR 45MIN!!!!!!!

We tee'd off on time but had to wait on almost every tee box with multiple groups on a few of the boxes. We had 4 groups waiting on hole 15. Marshall was around but as mark had mentioned in the prior review he didnt seem to care.

Course was just as Mark had said in the prior review. Fairways had good coverage and a mix of green and brown grasses but nice to play from. They offered ample roll out on shots as well which I enjoyed. Rough was a mix of grasses turning bare patches the farther offline you get and under the trees. Sand was horrible for the few that I encountered but playing partners didnt seem to find a bad one also none of them were raked. Greens were bumpy but in good shape, soft and receptive just need golfers to fix their marks.

This was my first trip to Industry hills and I thoroughly enjoyed the course but if 5hr 45min rounds are what they offer on the weekends I wont be back.

Played Ike today with a 1:50 TeeOff.com “Deal” time. It was $78 but I had a 20% off promo code making it $62 or so. Note on the pro shop door saying everyone vaccinated or not needs to be wearing a ma... Continue »

Played Ike today with a 1:50 TeeOff.com “Deal” time. It was $78 but I had a 20% off promo code making it $62 or so. Note on the pro shop door saying everyone vaccinated or not needs to be wearing a mask to enter, but the first customer I saw didn’t have one on, so I’m not sure how much they’re enforcing it. Check in super easy. Starter out front then asked if he could slot me one group ahead, fine by me. Started around 1:38 with a twosome and pace was not good, but not awful. As expected, the 4th and 5th tees got stacked up with two groups ahead of us on each, but then things returned back to normal. Marshal came around at one point and basically just waved a white flag and said, “It’s gonna be slow so deal with it.” (Paraphrased.) Apparently there were two tournaments earlier in the day. Overall it wasn’t terrible, just a smidge over 5 hours on a beautiful afternoon. Holes 2, 14 and 17 were CPO, but I think that’s often the case out there, right?

For the most part, conditions are good. There are some oddities, though. Greens were good except for an abundance of unfixed ball marks and a big pile of dirt in the middle of the 4th green. WTF? Greens were about medium speed, mostly smooth but sometimes bumpy, medium firmness. I switched balls mid-round and the softer ball actually backed up a few times, while a harder ball would bounce before stopping. Fairways have good coverage and provided decent lies all day, although parts of the 4th fairway seemed wetter than the rest of the course. Rough is much more of a mixed bag with lots of various grasses. Some of the kikuyu around the greens is very tricky. Tee boxes were inconsistent; some really quite bad and others acceptable but not great. Also a couple blue tee boxes – 3 and 6 – were closed and looked like they’d just been re-sodded. I was in two greenside bunkers; one had sufficient sand and another didn’t. Fairway bunkers were good.

Overall a very enjoyable afternoon on the Ike even though it beat me up pretty good, even while striking the ball not too poorly. Hope I can get back out there again soon.

Played her on Saturday, July 31. teed off at 7:50am finished in just over 4 hours. Course was in excellent shape. Played from the whites and that was plenty long. I noticed a few holes would be ab... Continue »

Played her on Saturday, July 31. teed off at 7:50am finished in just over 4 hours. Course was in excellent shape. Played from the whites and that was plenty long. I noticed a few holes would be about 500 yard par 4s from the blues. Greens and fairways were in excellent shape. Check in was fast and easy. Drink cart came by on regular intervals. $79 booked on golfnow. I wish it was closer then I would play here all the time.

Played the Ike Course today. The course was in Perfect shape! No complaints!

Played the Ike Course today. The course was in Perfect shape! No complaints!

Played a Friday twilight round at the Ike and happy to report the course is in fine golf shape, although maybe not as good as the best time you ever played there before. It's good, even very good in s... Continue »

Played a Friday twilight round at the Ike and happy to report the course is in fine golf shape, although maybe not as good as the best time you ever played there before. It's good, even very good in spots, but not quite great. But this is being pretty picky in relation to perhaps some of the fine carpet fairways and manicured surroundings of current Palm Springs courses.

First off though, the Ike has a great layout that will truly test you - good and mediocre players alike. Good shots here that find their mark really feel like wins. No shortage of elevations here and plenty of bunkers, OB and water features to eat up your low score. Also most definitely not a walking course, if only for the transition from the front nine to the back.

Nice greens right now with good coverage and medium-fast speeds. Very consistent throughout. Nice fairways, again, even very good in spots, but not super lush to be fair. I know I've played here before when the fairways were super lush and it was even more fun. But it's still entirely good to play here. Thin around the greens for chipping though. Bunkers were unkept with no rakes and definitely not a lot of people self-raking with their boots. It is what it is. Tee boxes (we played from the blues) were okay - very wide tee box markers for maximum angles and flat spot location.

I don't recall any cart service on the course, but there's also currently no courtesy cart to the driving range (which, in truth, could use some sprucing up for a place of this caliber), so be prepared for that walk across the property. The carts are fine and well organized, but they'll also charge you $30 now if you want to ride alone, which is odd because a week ago they required you to ride solo. Sign of the times ...

Always a good time and a fun challenge. Never pass up a chance to play here.

What's the best thing to do when your premiere Southern California course is starting to look a bit raggedy? Apparently, it's not course maintenance, it's "raise the price".

I've played the IKE a ... Continue »

What's the best thing to do when your premiere Southern California course is starting to look a bit raggedy? Apparently, it's not course maintenance, it's "raise the price".

I've played the IKE a bit in the last couple of years and this outing had the worst overall conditions. The fairways were brown and sticky or brown and hard. The whole place had a slightly unkempt feel. But the greens, bunkers and tee boxes seemed normal, so maybe this is just the wrong time of year to play here.

The IKE is a layout where I basically like every hole. Unlike it's neighbor where I don't care for most holes. It's weird that two courses on the same property can feel SO different.