Had the treat of playing at PVCC - Championship with Gary, Ron, and Matt. A Most Excellente Magical Monday with solid golfers who were excellent playing partners! PVCC - Championship is a hybrid Park... Continue »

Had the treat of playing at PVCC - Championship with Gary, Ron, and Matt. A Most Excellente Magical Monday with solid golfers who were excellent playing partners! PVCC - Championship is a hybrid Parkland and Resort style course that features mature palm trees, strategic bunkering, fairway mounding and moguls, along with numerous water hazards that are traditional of Ted Robinson Design golf courses. In many ways this course reminded me of Marriot Desert Springs – Palm Course in Palm Desert, CA, but much better and more challenging. The course is primarily flat but offers a lot of fairway undulations throughout, which keep you in-check. The course is surrounded by various dwellings, which appeared to be for quality living. The course is certainly walkable and is very scenic. The course primarily defends itself with well positioned bunkers and beautiful water hazards, medium to fast sloped greens that tend to be elevated, and funneling wind conditions. The course was always fair and played in a “what you see, is what you get” manner. The course played its yardage, fairways offered moderate roll out on drives and greens held approach shots well. The course was very well manicured and in Pristine-Christine Condition! The course layout is rated a 4.9 out of 5, conditions are rated a 4.9 out of 5. I note the following: Tee Boxes: Level and green, no damage. Condition excellent. Fairways: Green, lush, and defined from rough. Condition excellent. Greens: Green, medium-fast in speed, with medium firmness. Noted to be undulating and tricky to read at times. Speed about a 10. Condition excellent. Sand: very well maintained, heavy, and soft. Condition excellent. Rough: very well maintained and defined, about 3 – 4 inches. Condition excellent. Water Hazards: Water features were very well placed but never unreasonable to the player. Such were noted to be very attractive which provided an additional beauty element to this very fine golf course. Condition excellent. Waste Areas: Waste areas were noted on a handful of holes and were maintained with manicured nature that offered little to no recovery potential. Condition excellent. Driving Range and Practice Areas: The range was very nice, hitting off an artificial turf matt surface into a grassed valley. Range included various markers from 100 - 250 yards with runout at about 300 yards. Range balls were quality range golf balls that were very well maintained. I also noted a very nice chipping area and practice bunker. Excellent practice facility here, no doubt. Practice Putting Greens: Two were noted. Large and in excellent condition. Speed was consistent with course. POP: 4.25 hours – no wait was encountered on any hole. We paced ourselves accordingly. Pro Shop: High quality and beautifully stocked. Service received was excellent. Food: Had their Signature ABC Burger with fries. It was one of the best burgers I have ever eaten. WOW! Really enjoyed this course and I strongly endorse playing PVCC if given the opportunity. This course is a fair test of golf that comes with a great surrounding environment, nice water features, and an overall beautiful scenery. I note the members here are very spoiled by this well-manicured wonderful golf course! I will play again if given the opportunity. I place this course as one of my top 3 favorite courses in the Desert and would consider joining if I lived I the vicinity. Everything about this club was perfect or close to it. This was a 5 Star Experience! Thank you, Johnny and GreensKeeper.org for this Awesome Outing!

Ran a Golf Moose/Greenskeeper.org Private Course outing last Monday on the Palm Valley CC Championship Course. Weather was excellent, golf course in immaculate condition, staff very helpful and organi... Continue »

Ran a Golf Moose/Greenskeeper.org Private Course outing last Monday on the Palm Valley CC Championship Course. Weather was excellent, golf course in immaculate condition, staff very helpful and organized, simply a great event I plan on doing again.

A Ted Robinson Jr design with as you guessed beautiful water hazards and Palm trees everywhere. The facilities and the golf course are classic elegant Palm Springs vibe. 36 great holes of golf out there, top-notch service and staff. Check out the PHOTOS I just posted.

Thank you everyone that attended and Palm Valley CC for doing a great job hosting us!

Highly Recommended!

Day 1a Palm Valley desert buddies trip Monday Feb 20th. Morning round shotgun start 8am. Temps cold to start heading into Chamber of Commerce weather in the 70s with no wind throughout the remainder ... Continue »

Day 1a Palm Valley desert buddies trip Monday Feb 20th. Morning round shotgun start 8am. Temps cold to start heading into Chamber of Commerce weather in the 70s with no wind throughout the remainder of the day. Joined by Mark, Ron and Matt such a great group. Relaxed pace nobody pushing us. Staff very friendly when we arrived. Range on mats. Great practice chipping and sand area. Comfortable carts but no GPS. Had the Italian chicken sandwich in between rounds which was delicious.

Prior reviews are spot on. Wall to Wall lush conditions in a nice retirement upscale community. Course lined by homes with nice big tall palm trees.

Greens were fabulous. Good to great condition. Very fast and very small greens was the theme on this course. You did not want to be short sided or chipping downhill. Many approaches here that would normally be a 20 to 25 foot putt on most courses were missing the green here and presenting a tough chip to a small surface. Rating the greens a 8.5/10.

Fairways lush carpet. Perfect lies. Rated 9/10. Most Fairways had some undulations to them and most holes you can rip and grip with a few tighter holes but nothing to target oriented.

Tees perfect level and lush. Rated 9/10.

Was not in any sand but they looked decent, raked and in good shape.

Rough was decent length but not to penal. Beautiful shape and lush as well. Rated 9/10

Layout provided some awesome dogleg holes like number 9 which you were able to rip a drive over the water with a draw and get close to the green. Most of the par 3s featured shots over majestic Beautiful water features and were a blast to play. Water comes into play on several drives and most par 3 holes.

We enjoyed the round and recommend the course.

Rode the Whites (6191/70.0/123) in a charity Tournament. Fun event with catered food/drinks on every tee box and the course closed except for the tournament. POP brutal @ 5.5H. Ted Robinson design. ... Continue »

Rode the Whites (6191/70.0/123) in a charity Tournament. Fun event with catered food/drinks on every tee box and the course closed except for the tournament. POP brutal @ 5.5H. Ted Robinson design. Up/down rolling hills, hundreds of tall palms but not overly tight. Resort type layout with a decent amount of water and small greens. Fun track even if no specific hole was memorable. Tees were lush and well maintained for divots. Fairways lush and very nice to play from. Rough was penal. Thick and deep enough that several balls in our group were lost just off fairways. Traps had thick sand and were okay to play from. Greens were firm and putted medium speed. Smooth with few ball marks. No GPS on the basic carts. Large, well stocked clubhouse. Complementary waters in the cart and range balls on the all grass range was a plus. Customer service was excellent from everyone. Overall, decent layout where every hole is surrounded by well kept, middle class homes or condos. Recommended.

Played in a charity Scramble Tournament. Fun event, even with everyone playing the little dawg pussy tees the POP was brutal @ 5.5H. However, with catered food/drinks on every tee box and the course c... Continue »

Played in a charity Scramble Tournament. Fun event, even with everyone playing the little dawg pussy tees the POP was brutal @ 5.5H. However, with catered food/drinks on every tee box and the course closed except for the tournament, few cared. The layout reminds me of a combination of the two Marriott courses, ironically the Palm and the Valley just down the street. Considering Ted Robinson did all three, not a shock. Up/down rolling hills, hundreds of tall palms and lots of water but not overly tight. Fun track even if no specific hole was memorable. Bermuda tees were well maintained and lush. Bermuda fairways very nice, good coverage. Bermuda rough maintained low but still thick Bermuda. Was not in any sand traps but they looked good. Bermuda greens looked good and even though firm, putted medium slow. Seemed like they had been recently top dressed, with incoming irons sand would fly up. Customer service was excellent from everyone. No GPS on the basic carts. Large, well stocked clubhouse. Complementary waters in the cart and range balls on the all grass range was a plus. Overall, decent layout where every hole is surrounded by well kept, middle class homes or condos. Recommended.