PGA WEST Pete Dye Dunes Course

The bunkers (oh yeah, hazards) were crusty and are in need of conditioning. This is especially true because of deep bunkers next to elevated greens….and most of the greens are quite elevated.

Not worth the money. Once upon a time it may have been a well conditioned course, now not well maintained, no sand bunkers , ruts and weeds in waste areas. Restaurant closed before we finished. No notice that there are no warmup or practice facilities, not even a net to warm up in.
Save your money PGA West is all marketing

The greens were bumpy, it looked as if they had never been rolled. The cups had frayed edges. The tees were not level. To say the least this course was very disappointing and definitely not worth the money.

I expected so much more from a PGA West course!!!!

The greens were hard and fast and almost impossible to hold (hence a non-five-star rating). Otherwise, an excellent course with a great layout, beautiful views, and lots of challenge. The course was very well maintained, with beautiful trees, appropriate shrubbery (for the locale), and mountain views from most of the holes. And of course, being a Pete Dye course, the layout was both challenging and appealing at the same time.

Fix your greens, invite me back, and we’ll see if a five-star rating is possible!

Got there 40 mins before tee time. They’d closed the driving range and the pushy pro shop personnel told us to go straight onto the tee so that they could space out a corporate event behind us a little more. Felt we had to ask permission to grab a to go coffee. We asked if we could use the indoor range bays right there next to the pro shop, which were all on and empty, but told it was booked.

Starter put big emphasis that they had a full course that day with hundreds of players. Before starting they put a marshal into a cart behind us who followed us through to the third hole. He saw we were waiting at each tee for group in front then he went away, probably to stalk the next group behind us!

This was our second time playing this course. This time we made 18, but the last hole was in the dark. Group in front of us were taking multiple shots from the tee with no consideration of people behind them. So a bit slow. No marshalls to help out.

The course itself was in good shape. VERY fast greens. SUPER fast, almost unplayable per the gentlemen in our group. Us ladies were more forgiving of the conditions. It was hard, but you deal with what you have.

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I went to check in and was told I had no reservation which I pulled up on my phone and told her she was mistaken, after 15 minutes of back and forth I paid an extra 8 bucks and we played golf. Baloney!

The absence of a driving range to warm up was a major negative. Some adjustment to the price should have been made.

Lack of access to driving range a notable disappointment

The isn’t any flats areas on the greens, be prepared for that.

Course needs work. Tees and fairways in decent shape. Greens are ok but pretty slow. Quite a bit of ground which i would call ground under repair, but not sure anyone is actually repairing it.

This course has recently undergone new green development and they are, frankly, too young and absurdly hard. Avoid for the 2024 calendar year and try again in the winter of 24/25.

A side note but the burn on the sides isn't watered. The fairways were in decent shape, greens a bit burnt and described by staff as 'turtle shells', but it's certainly not the prettiest course as a result in the area.

Another note - we saw the cart service twice with only a single-sandwich selection, there's 1 washroom at 9, 'no urinating' signs everywhere. Neither myself nor my guests were interested in trying Mountain and won't go back.