Classic Club

This course ranks as one of my top 10 favorites for all around great experience. Beautiful scenery & mountain back drops, amazingly green greens (they use reclaimed water); the course is in excellent condition & well maintained; fast greens; lots of water features & bird life; excellent pace of play, no one in front of us or behind for our round. Staff at the pro shop was friendly in particular the young gal who gave us a lunch voucher & nice golf towels at no charge; the pro shop has a nice selection of women’s clothes which is a rarity in pro shops; the marshall was very nice, checking in on us several times; the beverage gal was very accommodating bringing us our hot tuna melt sandwich (delicious!) & letting us know the power was out at the place we were staying. Everyone really makes you feel like a VIP including the valet service & guys helping with our bag drop. We will definitely be back to Classic Club!

The Asian Chicken salad is so tasty. Add the house made Asian dressing, it makes a fantastic lunch. Partner had the Cobb Salad and raved about his salad also. I asked about the dressings, «are they House made» that was affirmative. So very good. That will make a Salad Lover come back again and again.
Our server, Robin, was a joy also. Very Pleasant, and knowledgeable about the menu.

Ooh, top notch golf track and facility. This is as good as it gets, they have the whole package. Golf is great, service is great, facilities and restaurant is great. The golf is a tough test, but they offer multiple tee boxes to meet every skill level. It was an epic day of golf.
Next time I’d like to play in-​season. I played in the summer so it was pretty darn hot but I got a great deal from GolfNow. $ 60 for golf, cart w/​GPS, yardage book, towel and $ 15 restaurant voucher. Wow! I bet the course is in immaculate condition in March, but probably pretty pricey.
If you’re in the area, put the Classic Club on your list.

This golf course is amazing. The interior is so high class, marble everywhere. The golf shop has a lot of variety for women, great selection of clothing. The club house is the most gorgeous I have ever seen. Beautiful waterfall. The course is in great condition. Each hole has it’s own challenges. Many holes have greens surrounded by water. The absolutely best course in Palm Desert. The staff at this course are so nice and helpful. Truly a high class place! I would definitely recommend this golf course as a must play course in the Palm Springs area.

I’ve played here a few times and beginning to wonder if the locals trash this place so that no one catches on to what a great course it is. Every hole is a signature hole, the condition is great, the staff is friendly, they offer bottled water in coolers all over the course, give you a free towel during checkin. It feels like a country club. Challenging, yes windy at times so be prepared to play– it’s not a resort course for hackers.

Nice course but extremely rude employees. Cart girls thought they were «golf course police» by checking our golf carts for outside food and beverages. Never had this happen to me before anywhere else in all the years my family and I have been golfing in Palm Springs. Management does not know how to deal with people.

Superb layout with a wide range of difficulty available. This course was built specifically for PGA Tour competition even though it was only used for a few years. The par 3’s are played into all different directions so that the prevailing winds must be carefully judged. Generous, wide driving areas lead to difficult second shots. Water hazards defend 11 holes.
You can see how the course can be set up for tour professional play, with high mounding for seating around much of the playing area. Many of the greens are perched where the surrounding slopes can be tightly mowed to funnel errant shots away from the green. Large, sloping greens with a wide variety of pin placement possibilities.
For recreational play, many tee boxes are set up at different angles to ease the difficulty. From the touring pros tees many holes demand carries of 220+ yards; wisely the recreational tees avoid or greatly reduce the forced carries.
The Classic Club is one of very few PGA Tour courses that recreational players can play for under $ 150 and a very good introduction to the world of touring pro golf architecture.

Sorry to see the other bad reviews but this place is awesome.
I’ve hit many of the other top golf spots around and this one is definitely top 5 (public).
As a golfer i dont really care about the clubhouse but it was very nice. The facilities seemed nice even though i was outside the entire time. Checked in quickly, got some nice swag and a lunch voucher which i used right away. Range, chipping area and putting green all nice. No, it’s not cheap but it is worth it.
Starter and marshal kept things moving which i appreciate since the guy ahead of us spent alot of time fishing balls out of the lakes.
The course is challenging but it does give you plenty of areas to be safe. The trees, water and elevation changes make it hard to remember that you’re in the desert.
I will definitely be back.

Played here on Super Bowl Sunday. Course is pretty but $ 139 was a bit steep compared to other options in the desert. Everyone had to do a shotgun start which took a lot of fun out being able to play the course the way it should. Staff were not friendly and the Marshall was a total jerk pulling right up next to us numerous times during our round and making stupid comments as we were hitting. They have us vouchers that were supposed to be good for $ 15 but the cart girls said they are only good for $ 10 if you buy from them. They also asked us if we had brought any food or drinks and we said no — then they searched our cart and found a snack bar wrapper and said ‘you know, we can kick you off the course for that’ — unbelievably rude employees. Play some where else if you want to enjoy your round.

$ 130 for a shotgun start on Super Bowl morning. Better places to play for a lot less money. Plus, first time ever at any golf course I have played where management searched our golf cart on the course for alcohol. We went down to the green to putt and came back to three people going through our cart. What the hell is that about?

Paid a $ 160 for a round. The cart girl went through my golf bag and confiscated my flask. Total bush league. Avoid if possible. Plenty of other places to golf.

I played a couple of times in Dec/​Jan 2015. The course was in excellent condition and though challenging is well designed and rewards good shot making. My wife and I purchased local Resident Playing cards that offer locals a good break on the price. But sadly, the cards are virtually unusable ! The only tee times that can be booked in advance (4 days is the cutoff) are afternoon times for 9 holes. I have been able to book only one morning time since purchasing the cards. So despite the greens fee discount it is a useless card. We feel quite mislead by the administration selling the cards as we were assured that with 4 days advance booking there would always be morning times available. Instead the club is selling out all the morning times in advance and not offering any to the resident card holders. Probably good business for them but not ethical to those purchasing the resident cards. Shame on them !
Back to the course — it is a great layout but the some of the course marshals are quite surly and can be rude — so just be prepared for that…

Too start I played in the spotlight 29 charity golf tournament on Monday ¹⁰⁄₆. First impressions was wow this course is in the middle of the desert. We came from San Diego so we had a drive ahead of us. The facilities are beautiful the course, clubhouse, and practice area. The course is quite difficult and has some very hard par 3s. The 2200+ trees make you feel like your not in the desert (provided it’s not crazy hot) The staff was so so which is the reason for my rating. Mainly the greens crew. They were EXTREMELY rude driving there HUGE lawn mowers directly in front of us on several occasions and same with the the guy edging around the tee boxes. He’s literally running an edger (the crazy metal blade kind) 8 feet from us it’s kicking up sparks that are hitting our cart and our entire group is standing in awe like wtf? All in all it wasn’t worth the 2hr30min drive from SoCal

Terrible service!!! The waitress and the manager working the restaurant on Friday, August 15 at 5:30 were incredibly rude! First time here for happy hour and it will be the last!

Played here on 8÷8÷14 and had an absolute blast! The younger lady at the golf shop could use some personality or customer service training. Everyone else was professional, courteous and outstanding. The course provides extra touches that other courses don’t provide that will keep me coming back whenever I’m back in Palm Springs. I’ve been playing in the desert for about 5 years now and this course and it’s staff make this a top 3.

If you get a resident card thinking you will get to play.beware.all the good tee times are held for non residents.

Played in a golf tourney last weekend.
This is easily a 5 star course. I have played a lot of great courses but this might be the best and might even be my favorite course now.
It is so immaculate and perfect. I wish the pros still played here so I could see it on tv.
It was so green, like when you watch Augusta, it was amazing.
We will be back and hope very soon and we got lucky the day we golfed, no wind

Love, love, love this place. Especially when a light breeze and sunny skies. I wish this was my home course.
Lynn M. Myrick
Grants Pass OR

Played the CLASSIC CLUB today for the first time. I can’t wait to go back and take the BOSS. This has to be TOP 5 public course in the Valley!
A great bang for your buck. The course is easy to find and the Staff is friendly and helpful.

The Classic Club in Palm Desert is one of my absolute favorite golf courses that I have ever played. It was the first course I ever played in the Palm Springs area, and it was the first course that I ever laid a bet on. A little history of the Classic Club is that it is maintained by Troon Golf, which is like a gold star for me. That means the course is tough, immaculate, and most important — discounted for me as a Troon Advantage Member. Classic Club has also been the multiple host of the Bob Hope — Chrysler Classic. So, you know it is legit.
Boy, is this course hard! THIRTEEN holes have lakes on them, and one hole had hazards on the right and the left. It is a very narrow, desert style course. There are cacti and sage brush lining many of the holes… and roadrunners, rabbits and coyotes nearby.
Best part of the round, was a very important shot on the 18^th hole where our competitor tried to hit his ball out of the shallow part of the edge of the lake and fell in! Crazy old man! Haha!
Tough. Gorgeous. Prestigious.