First time playing the Champions layout and I have to say that I had an almost visceral negative reaction to the Back 9 holes that they were starting groups out on that day. Frost delay caused a near... Continue »

First time playing the Champions layout and I have to say that I had an almost visceral negative reaction to the Back 9 holes that they were starting groups out on that day. Frost delay caused a nearly 1 hour delay pushing my 10am tee time to nearly 11 as we sat around the 10th tee and chatted with the started for over a half an hour. By the time we teed off, the earlier warm up had gone cool and the whole group struggled with all the tilted, skinny, over bunkered and uninspired holes on the back 9. The front 9 felt a lot more open and natural and counterbalanced the back 9 - so overall - not a course I hate but would play the Legends and the course across the street every time before playing here again.

Both courses were open due to high demand and the starter said this would be the rare year that the courses actually made some money. Conditions of the greens were good - about as fast as I can stand greens with this many tiers. Fairways mostly good, we all had to move a ball occasionally due to mud or other problems. Beyond that, I would say that the course had so many places that should have been marked GUR that I'm not surprised they didn't bother. Use your judgement. Bunkers are big, deep and usually contain a puddle in them (starter said they don't drain) Where they aren't submerged, you hit from a 1 inch or less layer of damp sand.

Customer service was good but it's weird how nonchalant they can be about a one hour delay to somebody's tee time. They also were out of score cards and I guess didn't think to try anything other than saying "not our fault" when people continually asked for one. The flip side was that I told my sob story of driving 1.5 hours just to play golf here and take my score card as a memento of my visit and a manager took pity on me and walked down to his office and found one of the few remaining scorecards on the whole property for just me. (nobody else in my group got one) So, I personally have to say a big "Thank You!!" for that.

Played here for the first time on Black Friday. We had a 707 tee time but was delayed for 45 minutes due to a freeze on the greens. Once we started, POP was about 4 hours 10 minutes. I really enjoyed ... Continue »

Played here for the first time on Black Friday. We had a 707 tee time but was delayed for 45 minutes due to a freeze on the greens. Once we started, POP was about 4 hours 10 minutes. I really enjoyed this course. The course was in great shape and the greens were really fast. The layout was fun with many challenging holes. I know many people drive to Palm Springs for golf trips but I will tell you the two courses here and Oak Valley across the street are great courses and is 30 minutes closer from LA. I definitely recommend this course to anyone who hasn’t played it and I can’t wait to come back and play the Legends course.

Played Friday at 11:00, No starter and about 20 minutes behind because of early frost I guess. Starting Champions on back 9 is a challenge without a warm up and those players with a higher handicap o... Continue »

Played Friday at 11:00, No starter and about 20 minutes behind because of early frost I guess. Starting Champions on back 9 is a challenge without a warm up and those players with a higher handicap or short off tees really slow play as double boggy or worse is going to be their outcome. after almost 3 hours we finely headed to the front nine, which thank goodness has 6 forgiving holes so just over 2 hours...course in fair shape, green very nice..always a challenge on the Champions, like many Legends is more to my 15 handicap ability. I always take myself out to play the Champions side when my handicap is on the verge of dropping because it is really a challenge for a short hitter even from the whites.

I had a great experience playing Morongo Golf Club. The staff was friendly and helpful, regardless of COVID restrictions. They have a cool doughnut shaped practice putting green that's in good conditi... Continue »

I had a great experience playing Morongo Golf Club. The staff was friendly and helpful, regardless of COVID restrictions. They have a cool doughnut shaped practice putting green that's in good condition and naturally felt like it had people social distancing. Overall course conditions were great. Greens rolled fast and true. The layout was fun but challenging. A couple of tempting derivable par 4s that would be much more reachable after playing the hole a couple of times and knowing the right line for a blind drive. The rough will make you pay, and I would say it's longer than most public courses. It's a totally different course from white tees to blue tees to the tips, represented pretty accurately by the slope rating for each.

Played 4/27/20 Morongo has potential to be world class. Great layout, fun holes, greens are nice and tricky. However management has never been able to make that happen. The usual issues with bunkers ... Continue »

Played 4/27/20 Morongo has potential to be world class. Great layout, fun holes, greens are nice and tricky. However management has never been able to make that happen. The usual issues with bunkers not being maintained but at least had more sand in them than they used to. My biggest issue is that after a prolonged shutdown due to covid 19, they couldn't find a way to mow the rough. 6inches plus and thick! Spent a lot of time looking for balls hit a couple of feet off of fairways or greens. Drainage issue on 11th hole has created a pool of stagnant water right in the landing zone on the fairway. It felt like Morongo is trying to get back all lost revenue as quickly as possible, (70 bucks on a Monday). Also it appears that they're not spending money on anything that they don't absolutely have to. All signage on the course seems to be gone, no scorecards, lots of weeds everywhere. etc.

Played here Saturday 4/25/20 with a friend and had a 7:15 tee time. All precautions were necessary. One cart per player, mask required (which we gladly took off after hole #1) raised cups etc. It was ... Continue »

Played here Saturday 4/25/20 with a friend and had a 7:15 tee time. All precautions were necessary. One cart per player, mask required (which we gladly took off after hole #1) raised cups etc. It was 94 degrees here and there was no way in hell we were gonna be out in the middle of nowhere wearing masks. SMFH..... Anyways course conditions were AMAZING! Except the fact the rough hadnt been mowed in over 2 months. If you landed in any part of the rough, I guarantee you were looking for your ball for at least 5-10 minutes. It was very frustrating. They only mowed fairways, greens and tee boxes during the shut down so imagine with all the rain and now hot temperatures how many bugs were out there with that long grass! Yeah it was bad. GNAT CITY!

Greens - 9/10 rolled true started off a little slow since they were wet but sped up after drying out

Fairways- 10/10 perfect, green lush and smooth

Tee Boxes- 8/10- Green, level and very lush. Hole #2 had a little damage from mower i think but other than that they were great

Sand- 4/10 compact, filled with puddles and some didnt have any coverage. Worst part of the course which I am sure they will fix soon.

Rough- 1/10 - TERRIBLE! Beyond penalizing. Some areas were over a foot thick. At some point we saw our balls roll slowly into the rough and could never find it so we were allowing each other to take free drops since we knew it was in play and just buried a foot below. IMPOSSIBLE to hit out of. Made it challenging.

Water- clean and clear. No smell

A 3:18pm tee time on a Sunday afternoon cost us $25 each. The sun was scorching that afternoon- HOT!
It was one of those unplanned afternoon with my nephew who is back to golf again from many year... Continue »

A 3:18pm tee time on a Sunday afternoon cost us $25 each. The sun was scorching that afternoon- HOT!
It was one of those unplanned afternoon with my nephew who is back to golf again from many years ago that didn't really catch on to begin with so it was well worth the price. To add to that, the staff were nice and receptive at the pro shop and the cart barn guy offered to give us a cart each Like they do for everybody else it looks like which helped the afternoon pace of play for all.

Neither my nephew or I really didn't mind the peppered ball marked greens nor the sandless or is it clay granules in the bunkers. I'm no expert, but the type of base they have on these greens are not the sand based, they are soft and it uses a lot of water. I'd bet they're great in the beginning of day but it gets torn up by the afternoon because they're so soft unlike the sand based greens down the lower desert. Other parts of each greens away from the hole were very nice and smooth. The fairways were hard and it ran pretty good but then there were some areas that had been so over watered that cart tire marks had raised and sunken mud with grass in those spots. Roughs were spotty- some have it thick but many areas where it plays were thin. The teeing grounds were okay and level. The blue tees were moved up pretty close to the white tees, too.
If you're just kicking it around an afternoon round, they have a good pace and still can be a satisfying round without being picky.

Had a 12:15pm tee time on Saturday on the Champions course. They had two tournaments going on but the staff handled it with no problem. Check in was easy and first tee organized and well on point. Tee... Continue »

Had a 12:15pm tee time on Saturday on the Champions course. They had two tournaments going on but the staff handled it with no problem. Check in was easy and first tee organized and well on point. Tee boxes were level and had good coverage, fairways and rough also had good coverage. Sand traps were very compacted and inconsistent. Green complexes are guarded with some deep bunkers and it was a guessing game on how the ball would come out. Greens were receptive to good shots, were smooth but a little on the slow side.
Usually don't play in the afternoon on weekends and was worried about POP. Took 4.5 hours to get around which I thought was very good with how many golfers were on the course. Got a very good rate on their website.

Rode the Blues (6348/71.3/130) with 24hourgolf in 4H early morning using UP. Calm, overcast and chilly made for a long course. Matched up with Sebastian and Diego, 7th and 5th graders respectively. Co... Continue »

Rode the Blues (6348/71.3/130) with 24hourgolf in 4H early morning using UP. Calm, overcast and chilly made for a long course. Matched up with Sebastian and Diego, 7th and 5th graders respectively. Coming from a family of golf professionals, they both had beautiful swings. The 5th grader had not hit his growth spurt yet. He played the red tees and had a really solid game. I would have guessed that the 7th grader was a college golfer just watching from afar. He was consistently 275 down the middle with a killer short game and shot a -2 70 from the Blues?!?!?! Schmidy/Curley design that is a solid, challenging layout. Not an overly tight course, but you cannot miss most fairways here by much without bringing penalty strokes (lost ball bushes & native overgrowth) into play. A couple of risk/reward par 4's that longer hitters can have a go at the green. The tees were at best okay. Most of the par 4/5 tees had good coverage and were decent. Most of the par 3 tees were in mediocre to poor condition with lots of divots. The fairways were patchy with good coverage, about 50/50 thin/lush. The rough was lush, thick and penal, especially when wet early in the round. The sand traps were well raked. However, damp and hard packed with inconsistent depths is challenging to play out of on hard/fast greens. The large green complexes were nicely designed with mounds, slopes and contours to challenge you whether you were on or off the greens. The poa annua greens were quick. Medium fast to fast speed and firm. Slightly better condition overall than the Legends greens IMO. This would be a very challenging course to walk, numerous tees were a hike from the last green. The carts have nice GPS. All grass range is a plus. The customer service was excellent from everyone, no drink cart today. Recommended if you get a deal, but I would not pay rack rate for these conditions.