Rams Hill Golf Club

The layout is perfect. In order to attack a green, you must check GPS green indication first. Otherwise you will have too much fun.

This course had been getting rave reviews and decided to drive the 90 minutes from Palm Desert, CA.
Well….very disappointed! The fairways about 1/3 are sloped with giant 4
30-50’ sloping on one side sending ball into the rough and bunkers for a center fairway hit. They make PGA West Pete Dye Stadium like a crazy municipal track (actually ranked in top 10 difficult courses). The green are super hard no holding a high shot beyond 125 yards.
I am a 8 Handicap Index player and if you are in the mood for a Mickey Mouse course on steroids- go for it.
So disappointed that Fazio has his name attached and bet he too is disappointed.
The Pro Shop is great, restaurant great, and the special touch of free street tacos at the turn were outstanding.

The course is an oasis in the desert. We did play there on a very windy day but it was mainly the fairways that we felt were unfair. The fairways were like hitting off asphalt and the ball ran forever but not usually in a good way. Middle of the fairway for the drive and the ball kept moving forever sideways till it found a bunker. Very difficult to get the ball to stay on the green even with a good approach. We had been told it was a great course so it was very disappointing and we won’t ever go back.

Front 9 took 3 hours to play because of the group(s) ahead of us. Totally unacceptable and we were close to quitting. Back 9 was just 2 hours so the slow group(s) must have left.
Greens are very nice, fairways are okay, bunkers are inconsistent with type of sand used, but we like the layout.

The round will be an excellent experience from the moment you leave your gear at the bag drop to the bite you eat after the round. The course is in excellent shape and every hole feels unique. 10/10 would play again.

Just finished playing for the 4th time in the last 4 years. In my opinion, the new turf was a huge mistake. You can’t switch to firm and fast links turf on a slopey Fazio target golf course. Used to absolutely love it, but did not enjoy it today. Used to recommend to people and unfortunately would not recommend and wouldn’t play again unless I heard they made further changes.

Not sure what happened to the course. Conditions were fantastic in October and now in January all the fairways are like playing on concrete. there is no grass on the fairways.
i could live with the conditions if we weren’t playing top dollar for the round but value for money is not there right now. it’s too bad because the course layout is amazing.

I received a promotion by Ram’s Hill that the course received a new seeding to enhance the pleasure to play the course. Exactly the opposite happened with a new turf that is not only tough to play, but has made the soil so hard, that the ball becomes uncontrollable following the shapes of the course over 30, 50 or even more. Such a pity because I was a big fan of Ram’s Hill, but that in the future I will no more do the excursion to Borego Springs from the Coachella Valley.

The new turf has made the course rock hard and the natural shaping of the course makes the ball uncontrollable and the game unfair. A ball running for more than 50 yards right or left is not golf but more of a gambling game. It is a real pity because I love the layout and views of the course but this time I did not enjoy playing Ram's Hill.

A beautiful neiborhood was resurrected from the sand when Borrego constructed Rams Hill. You better be a good to great player to enjoy it though. The beautiful flowers guiding your path to the tees are sheer trickery to what is to follow. A good shot in golf is to be rewarded. At the Hill your reward may likely be a sand trap, 50 yards left or right of your designated landing spot. It is infuriating. The tacos on the 14th were a peace offering.
I love the course but I need a caddy or a Pro to keep me out or get me out of the traps. The staff is great because they realize your inner torture. All the course needs for bliss is a bulldozer and a surveyor. See you next year.

I live in Vancouver Canada and have a home in the desert. The golf courses in the desert area are all fantastic but going out to Rams Hill to play is a treat. Yes the drive takes roughly 90 minutes but it is worth the time. The head pro makes you feel welcome and goes out of his way to make you feel like your at your own home course. The layout of the course is fun and the-greens are tough but so-true. Leave your ball below the hole. We will be back many times so take my word and bring your friends you wont regret driving out there to play!!

Far too many of the fairways and greens had such severe slopes that well hit ball would roll down and off the fairways and greens.

Got really tired of it. Our playing party agreed that the slopes were "unfairly " Punishing good shots and puts.

Beautiful, but just not fun.

Don’t get me wrong. Course is fantastic. Played it 5 times over the years. Played in November and conditions were pristine! This time, not so great. Fairways were little burned and greens harder than all get out. Start was rough with no balls on the driving range. Had to wait 15-20 minutes for guy to fill back up. Group behind us never had to wait but marshall told us to catch up to group ahead. We were never more than 5 minutes behind pace.

Fast tiered greens. You need to play here more than once to figure it out. Wrong side of the hole is a guaranteed bogey or worse. Can't wait to play it again. Greens were rolling 11.5. A must play!

Great track and layout. Greens rolling 11.5 so don't be above the hole.. In the middle of nowhere but worth the drive.