Golf Club At Terra Lago - North Course

Played this course as part of a marathon 9-rounds in 5 days trip I took to the Coachella Valley. Played both the North and South course on the same day.

The North course is spectacular. The aesthetics are amazing. Sounds weird, but it felt like I was playing on the moon. Also, the course is difficult from start to finish and is a full test of your golf game.

CONDITIONS: Almost perfect. I felt the greens were running (very) slow. I missed plenty of putts woefully short and never got the speed right. Thanks to the great pace we maintained, I was able to re-putt most holes, but still never got the feel of them. Tees, bunker, fairways, and rough were all excellent.

VALUE: The North course is priced higher than the South (as it should be). The public rate seems a tad high. If available, take advantage of their membership offer.

LAYOUT: The course sits out in the desert with very little housing around. The use of elevation adds to the difficulty and beauty of the course. Given the elevation changes and the distance between holes, I’m not sure I would walk this course. Holes #13 thru #18 are as good as they come.

FRIENDLINESS: The staff were awesome. Helpful and accommodating everywhere I went.

PACE: Was one of the first tee times off this day. Played with a 2some that moved at a fast pace (my kind of people!). I think we were done in just over 3 hours.

DIFFICULTY: A full test of your golf game. There is a wonderful variety of strategic holes to make you think and force you to execute. On hole #10 (par 5) I hit 5 well struck shots, and only then did I get to start putting.

There are several holes that would be signature holes on other courses. Very enjoyable round.

We have golfed TL a number of times this year. And what started out as a positive has quickly gone down hill. They have to stop with holding carts until 10 minutes before tee time - it has happened to us twice and two other friends. They haul you out to the driving range - which is a hike and then don’t come back. So the walk back hauling your clubs is really irritating. When we call the office the response we got was along the lines of, ‘They said to call us? We can’t help you.” Upon walking back we got a shoulder shrug. Our other worry is the condition of the greens as the season goes on. They are going down hill. What we thought was a rebound seems to be having issues. The rate with a players card is $85 and they are busy, but the rate isn’t going to keep people coming back. Based on our early season play we were recommending, the recommendations have stopped because our golf peeps are getting cranking with us.

I expected more from a course with a good reputation! The greens were spotty. No ball washers on course or carts. No gps on carts.
For the price, there are other courses that offer a better experience.

Course was awesome but it would have made the experience a whole lot better if there would’ve been a course marshal. The people in front of us were painfully slow with 10 practice swings for every shot.

Good fun course. Good layout and good greens Elevated tees. Good condition

Good layout fun course to play. Greens good elevated tee boxes

Played it last year as a 16 and really enjoyed the day; "calendaritis" set in and I'm now a 22. The bunkers which front many greens have become downright evil. No longer a course for me. Others would probably enjoy it a lot.

North course was in great shape. Fairways are tight and greens were tough. Really enjoyed it.

The course was recommended to me by 2 friends in town. Course was in fantastic shape. I loved the views, the course was challenging, but it was forgiving as well.
It will now be on my list of must plays when friends come into town!

Nice layout with a good mix of challenging and more relax holes. Maintenance was excellent from tee to green (latter could have been faster) and the best bunkers in the valley. Which was really disappointing was that we were taken off the course in a particularly unfriendly manner at 4:30pm 45 minutes prior sunset so we couldn’t finish the round in despite the pace that could easily allowed for. Besides the fact that we couldn’t finish the round the way we told by the office manager was disgraceful.