The Classic Club has been on my list for a couple years now and it didn't disappoint. Played this morning and beat the rain. Any course with a ton of water features is naturally going to rank high... Continue »

The Classic Club has been on my list for a couple years now and it didn't disappoint. Played this morning and beat the rain. Any course with a ton of water features is naturally going to rank high on my list. Throw in the beautiful clubhouse and the solid course conditions and it’s an automatic “winner” in my book. The clubhouse is absolutely stunning, complete with water features around it to truly make it stand out in the spectacular rating. Check in was super easy. I dropped of my bag at the front and even though I couldn’t remember my exact tee time (there’s a lot of times floating in my head this week) he quickly checked the sheet and got me up to speed. I walked in to the pro shop for a little browsing and shopping then headed out to my cart where my clubs were loaded for me. I had a traditional breakfast burrito in the “Climate Room” which come summer time I can imagine is all so nice. I headed to the all grass range (balls included) then met my playing partner on the first tee. The layout is enjoyable as it is scenic. First off there’s no houses in site which is obviously a rarity in the Palm springs area. Next are all the great water features that come into play on probably half of the holes. The course also has a good mixture of holes to keep the golfer thinking. All four Par 3’s were completely different. The longest being 200 yards into the wind with a sheer 25’ drop off to the right and the shortest being 136 yards down wind with complete safety all around it. Then there’s the 8th hole 147 yarder over water that is beautiful. Conditions are great all around. Not quite Excellent but close to it. Greens were excellent without a doubt. They rolled perfectly smooth at a medium pace. Green complexes were manageable. Some with two tiers others with modest slope. Nothing too crazy yet not flat and boring. Fairways were very nice. Not over the top “carpet” nice but very good always presenting a good lie. Skirt area around the greens were super impressive. Very green and lush. Rough ranged from green and lush to partial dormant grass giving the course the one negative. Dormant grass doesn’t bother me as it can even provide a nice contrast to the fairways. However the part brown part green was sort of distracting from the overall beauty of the course. It’ll be interesting to see if the rough goes completely dormant in the upcoming weeks or not. Sand bunkers were top notch. Two of the three, I was in were rated 10’s. Perfect deep fluffy sand. The third bunkers was good, just not quite as deep and fluffy. Obviously, I enjoyed the course and highly recommend it.