Greenskeeper.Org Awards Indian Wells Golf Resort- Palm Springs Region’s Best Playing Conditions 2017
Congratulations to Indian Wells Golf Resort for winning Best Playing Conditions 2017 for Palm Springs Region.
Not to be confused with “Worth the Green Fee,” “Best Playing Conditions” is awarded to golf courses open to the public listed on Greenskeeper.org that stand out above the rest with our site users at providing consistently the best greens, fairways, rough, tee boxes and bunkers around.
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#Recent Golf Course Review
Celebrity Course
Alex326
Posted: 11/24/17 7:25p
Member Since: Nov 20, 2015
From: Monterey, Ca
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Indian Wells Celebrity course is absolutely breathtaking. Numerous flowers around the entire course including humongous flowerbeds at the corner of dog leg bends to help mark the fairway. Several water features (ponds, creeks, & waterfalls ) highlight the beauty of this course. Conditions are excellent tee to green. I will say the greens (which have much more undulations than the players course) were rolling slow today. I think the mower took the holiday off.
The only downside of this track is that it only has two par 3’s and two par 5’s on the entire layout. Other than that it has everything you want.
Players Course
Alex326
Posted: 11/21/17 7:05p
Member Since: Nov 20, 2015
From: Monterey, Ca
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Indian Wells is always a go to resort for the wife and I. Celebrity is the prettier of the two but both courses are excellent. As others mentioned this is a resort course so the greens are very manageable. They roll true at a decent pace with some subtle breaks. Basically they are fairly flat but are soft and hold approach shots well.
Bunkers offer superb sand and yes the fairway bunkers with their rather steep faces offer the majority of challenge off the tee. Fairways are spacious otherwise. The course features water hazards on about 5-6 holes which I always enjoy as they add to the challange and beauty of the course.
Carts have GPS and will let you know how you’re doing on pace of play which will always be around 4 1/2 hrs.
Customer service is great, however the quality of the food at the restaurant has gone down hill from previous visits.
Oh, the selection of clothes in the pros shop is Outstanding !!!
Best Playing Conditions 2017
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