PGA WEST Greg Norman Course

We felt like we’re were the only ones on the course. Each hole has amazing views & wonderful natural habitat.
Demands accuracy off the tee & Norman must love bunkers– as there are tons of pot belly very deep fairway bunkers.
A must play for the area.

We have been making it a family tradition to play this course every Thanksgiving and what a pleasure it is to step onto such a well manicured, freshly seeded course! After having played several other PGA West courses, this one is an absolute favorite. The staff is cordial and accommodating — manager even allowed one non-​playing member of our group to ride along for just the cart fee so that she would not be left out on this holiday. The course has a beautiful layout with plenty of challenge for golfers of all abilities while still being fun to play. The weather and the setting are spectacular at this time of year and the fees for a 12 noon start time are more than reasonable. With all of these circumstances combined, this place is a real winner and we will definitely keep coming back! Our thanks to all of the staff who gave up their Thanksgiving Day to make ours great!

Fantastic track with beautiful scenery. I’m out here for the Golf Channel National Championship and the course is in excellent shape. PGA West is a true test of skill and mental abilities. Come one, come all. Mark my words, I’ll be back!

Staff 7 out of 10
Course Design 8 out of 10
Fairways 8 out of 10
Tee boxes and bunkers 7 out of 10
Greens 2 out of 10!!!
Value 3 out of 10
The greens are in worse condition than a bad muni! Completely sand patchy — almost like some fungus has taken over. Had just rained too. No one said anything about it. Embarrassing for a $ 100 round of golf. It’s too bad because it could obviously be a 4.5 star course.

Beautiful course but someone accidentally ruined their greens with a chemical. They tell you they roll true and the greens are «spotty». Not so. It nothing more than rolled dirt (they say they do it each day). It is a green dye. It is definitely not fun. Nice staff but you might want to wait a few months for the greens to recover.

I’ve played several of the PGA courses but this was my first time on the Norman course. It was Christmas eve and I booked my tee time a few weeks ago on the PGA website.
Our tee time was around 10:00 am and as soon as I pulled up in my suv we were greeted by the baggage handler who valet our golf bags. The female inside the pro shop was friendly and very cordial and even thanked me for coming out and playing at PGA. We ended up being paired up withn a Japanese male teacher from Japan who was vacationing in So Cal and one of his middle school male students who didn’t play but was visiting the United States for the first time. We had a great day chatting and the course was in immaculate condition. The greens were small and narrow and it was definitely target golf but fair and beautiful. I would rank this in my top five of courses I’ve played for the condition and beautiful layout of the course.
The rates are pricey but if you’re looking for a resort with six public courses and maintained perfectly — PGA West in La Quinta is the ideal place to stay and play. I would heart returning to PGA West again soon.

Played very recently and paid full in season price. At no time was I informed the course was cart path only when I made my reservation. NOT GOOD. Just let customers know so they can decide if they want to deal with slow play and taking 5 clubs to their ball every shot before they get to the first tee. letting customers know course conditions is just good golf management.
Then when the three of us were on the first tee we were forced to pair up into two carts with a single, not a big deal normally but our third was a smoker and the single was a non-​smoker so they both prefered to ride alone. The Starter rudely refused stating the course just overseeded so two carts per group… then he tell us that we can’t drive on the overseeded fairways anyway,“cart path only” So why not let us have the third cart? Come on, none of us can’t drive on the overseeded fairways anyway, does that make sense to you??? «NO, but if you don’t want to play you can get your money back,» was his solution. No common sense. My wife rode with the single and I ended up pairing up with our third the smoker. We all were shaking our heads at the whole exchange, it didn’t need to go down that way but at that point we were done trying to argue.
Just arbitrary. Poor customer service for a high end course. Too many nice courses to play in La Quinta for us to ever want to go back.

4 stars for course design and 2 stars for service equals 3 star total.
Very challenging golf course with many water features and tons of bunkers. Long desert areas flank many of the fairways. Played with two members (course open to non members as well) who were nice and gave helpful tips.
Rude starter yelling at us that we were up. After I yelled back at him and we rushed over we stood there for at least 8 minutes waiting for group ahead of us. How about politely giving people an 8 – 10 min call like any other decent golf course?
No beverage cart on an 85 degree day.
If there was a phone or any other way to order food at the turn I certainly didn’t see it. No time to stop at the turn due to pace of play.
This was the only La Quinta Resort and PGA West course open due to over seeding at other courses. The course is at the end of its cycle and will be over seeded soon. Greens were hard and coarse. Generally the fairways were ok given the time of year.
Paid $ 89. Probably fair given course conditions.
In the future, I will play elsewhere in the area.

Great course. The fairways even in the summer were outstanding. The greens are a little rough outside of the season months, but still playable. That’s why I left one star off. In addition, if you can get a deal then its worth playing. I probably wouldn’t pay full bang at anytime. There are similar courses in the Valley that are less expensive and in just as good condition. Shoot well!

We heard it was a great track. However, we were charged $ 12 more than the price we were told when we made our reservation. Then, the head pro proceeded to tell us we were getting «the best deal in the desert». He failed to tell us they just punched and sanded the greens. Didn’t see the cart girl until the 15^th hole. Finally, the GPS didn’t work on the cart. In summary, there are other great courses in the desert to play. Never coming back to this one.

Exactly what I was looking for in a golf course in the desert! You will not be disappointed.

just played there, it was in nice shape even for the summer months. it played very long as apposed to the other time i have been on it. the greens were in good shape too. the is plenty of room out there and its not all that «targety» great views of the Santa Rosa mountains. the fairways were soft so you didnt get much roll. when it first opened they had ground flowers on the sides of the fairways, that was BRUTAL, now that its gone its a much friendlier place to play
please fix you diviots and ball marks, thanks
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They upgraded the golf carts to have GPS now, so there’s a lot less guessing how far you have.
This time ordered lunch and got the fanciest hotdog ever from a golf course. It came with onion and tomatoes on the dog, and came with a side of fries.
Felt really weird to get table service and get served a hot dog.

Greens were speedy and smooth! Fairways and tee boxes were beautiful. Just finished playing all 18, will definitely return soon.
Also had phenomenal food and great service at Wallaby’s restaurant and pro-​shop.

Truly one of the finest courses in Palm Springs! A serious ball eater though! Worth every ball you loose. An amazing experience, a definite must play course if you ever get the chance.

Targety but FRIGGIN AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL. love p desert golf
i don’t usually like target golf but i didn’t mind bc this course was so beautiful!!! had a great time…

Finished the Norman course about 2pm. Gotta say I was a bit apprehensive when even on their website they mention how little green grass there is. Lots of opportunity for lost balls in brush and such that may have been otherwise playable at other courses. However, that was not the case. In fact, they have made excellent use of the green areas and there is plenty of green apace where needed. That is not to say that I didnt perfect the art of hitting off of the hard packed desert dirt, but hey, put it straight and you don’t have that problem. Greens were seeded and a little rough, but that is any course at different times during the year. Challenging yet fair is a very good description of this course. Not as busy as Nickalus or Stadium and staff was well accommodating. I probably put this as my #3 fav behind We-​Ko-​Pa Saguro and Troon North Monument. will definitely be back.

Beautiful golf course… douchey marshall. come on seriously! We were keeping up with pace of play. the 4some behind us were 2 holes behind but the marshall still threatened to move us up a hole. The club rentals here are a bit more weathered but the fairways and greens made up for everything else.

Every time I come back to this golf course, it just keeps impressing. Last Saturday, I roll out to meet up with 3 friends to play the «Norman». It was hot as hell (I later find out it hit 114 that day), but well worth it. We play 27 holes of pure magic. The fairways, greens, and layout are just simply a lot of fun. So many holes give you different looks and views that every time you pull up to the next tee box, you feel like you’re up for some new fun. The place was empty (well, it is summer in the heat), so we cruised around in record time. Summer time is a great way to go to play this course at a great discount. Try this place, you’ll make it a regular.