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4.2
331 Reviews (331)
5 Stars
91
4 Stars
168
3 Stars
46
2 Stars
16
1 Stars
10
Conditions
4.2
Value
4.4
Layout
3.9
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.6
84.1%
Recommend this course
300 out of 331 reviews
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4.2
70 Reviews (70)
5 Stars
21
4 Stars
44
3 Stars
2
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
1
Conditions
4.2
Value
4.3
Layout
3.9
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.7
StaffFriendliness
4.4
91.4%
Recommend this course
64 out of 70 reviews
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4.2
70 Reviews (70)
5 Stars
21
4 Stars
44
3 Stars
2
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
1
Conditions
4.2
Value
4.3
Layout
3.9
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.7
StaffFriendliness
4.4
91.4%
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64 out of 70 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Municipal
Par 54
Length 3004 yards
Slope 77
Rating 54.1
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The Lights at Indio Golf Course
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Course Details

Year Built 1965
Fairways Bermuda grass
Greens Bermuda grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Lawrence Hughes

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes
Pull-carts Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted None
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Available Facilities

Clubhouse

Reviews

4.2
331 Reviews (331)

What Golfers Are Saying

Course Challenges Include:
Narrow Fairways 13
Water Hazards 9
This course/club is great for:
Walkers 22
Beginners 17
Seniors 17
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 16
Worth the Drive 8

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Played On
Reviews 142
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 142
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played

Great weather

Not too hot, not too cold, good day to try out some new clubs

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 20
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Night golf!

Course is in good shape for December. Green are good, as I are the fairways. Tee boxes need to be loved a little more.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Perfect weather
Used cart

Fun Par 3 Course!

We really enjoyed our time here. Good pace. The front staff was a little bit slow, so show up a bit early would be my only recommendation. Otherwise, lots of fun!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Walked

Nice Par 3 Course

The Lights at Indio is a longish par 3 course. Most folks can hit their driver 3 or 4 times. Course is in good condition, greens roll nicely, only negative is that some of the holes are close to one another, you have to be careful about hitting into someone. Friendly approachable staff.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Always a good time

The Lights during this time of the year never dissapoints. Grass was green, greens weren't patchy and the pace was spectacular. It's always a good time. I'll go back again and again.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played

So Disappointed…

I can't even begin to tell you how disappointed I am with this facility. I started golfing 7 years ago and it was one of my favorite places to learn to golf as it was affordable and accessible. Unfortunately, since Covid, their rates (because they don’t tell you they charge $10 per riddler, per cart) have been raised to rival that of a full 18 hole course. The range has little grass to hit on, bays are often unavailable, and is patrolled by an overly grouchy, annoying man in a cart with a chip on his shoulder and something to prove. They recently decided to charge $15 to chip and putt only… which is completely unreasonable! I live in a neighborhood close by and this was one of my favorite evening options that I can now no longer enjoy. I unfortunately have heard countless stories of others bad experiences and find it sad that I can only agree with them now.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 12/19/2023

One star really! What a terrible review. Just because they want golfers that are paying to use the practice facility, you get upset. Seems like you just want to paly and practice for free.

Played On
Reviews 12
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Perfect weather
Used cart

Love it

This is a great course and a must course to play if you are in the area.
For night golf, the pace of play was excellent. The probability of loosing a ball is merely into the water so the pace of play was great.

The driving range is great with all grass.

The only thing I wish I did and have were glow in the dark golf balls and that I walked.

Next time I am in the area, I will be playing the course again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
First Time Playing

Bring Body Armor

The course layout is terrible. The driving range, which runs parallel to holes 10 & 11 doesn’t have a fence to stop balls. There are range balls all over those holes. The guy I was playing with got hit while standing on the 11th tee. I barely dodged a range ball while walking down 10. Then you have holes that are parallel to each other. The same guy I was playing with almost got hit while standing on the 4th tee. Then, I’m on the 18th green and I see & HEAR a lady walking near the 9th green get hit in the head by someone teeing off on hole 1. Other than the severe injury risk, the course is pretty decent. Greens are in very good condition. I won’t be playing here again and until they put up a range net for 10 & 11 I don’t recommend this course.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Indio muni

I hadn’t played the course for a year and was pleasantly surprised by everything including the expanded staff. It was a value using the Golf Now app..

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Super fun, great value

The course was a ton of fun under the lights. Pace of play was great, value for the money was great. There were a decent amount of brown spots on the course and greens, but honestly didn't seem that bad for this time of year.

Great vibes all around, super chill.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 23
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great short course

Shorter courses are all I can handle and this one me was fun. Although all holes are par 3's, they are on the longer side. Course layout a bit confusing. Couldnt tell where the next tee box was as most signage was down and it was our first time here. But we had a fun day. Will come back for sure.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 30
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played

Range in terrible condition

It’s highway robbery to charge money to hit balls off this pile of dirt.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
Previously Played

Rude, helpless staff

This review is for driving range. I go multiple times to practice, each time, always the same issues. Last night was the worse. I pay for balls, find an open spot, and guess what, no balls. Wait a few, no staff checks, then I see them standing around, goofing off in the corner, and go tell them myself and many others need balls. Another 10 goes by, staff still goofing off, go tell them again, finally get the hint. Happens every time, either the staff goof off, or hide on their phones. But when they come around and tell you how much time you have left in your hour, that what did it for me. I stand around for 20 minutes waiting on them and they tell me to leave soon. Place used to be better, hope management gets the point, I see others go inside and tell them to bring balls too. Other ranges charge the same and you can actually hit off grass, not garbage dirt. Get some better staff who care about golfers. We are the ones spending our money here!

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Betty

Relaxing pace of play, no one on our back. Greens were challenging.

Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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