Firecliff at Desert Willow Golf Resort is an 18-hole resort course in Palm Desert, California.

It plays 7,056 yards from the Black tees, rated 74.1/141 (checked 2026-08-21).

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holes

par

7,056

yards (tips)

141

slope (black)

The shape of the round · Black teespublished figures only

The published card in playing order, 18 holes with the two nines split — hole number under each bar, its par below that.

The course

access: resort
address: 38-995 Desert Willow Dr, Palm Desert, CA 92260, USA
website: course site →
elevation: 278 ft derived

33.76653, -116.36667 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 57 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

274 traced features across 8 layers for Firecliff at Desert Willow Golf Resort, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

Holes

Fairways

Bunkers

Water

Greens

Tee pads

7,056yds

Black tees

569yds

Longest hole

155yds

Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2022-04-15

Tees & ratings

Ratingsfrom the clubchecked 2026-08-21

All 8 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table


Black	M	72	7056	74.1	141	3524	3532
Purple	M	72	6676	72.1	136	3335	3341
Purple/Wht	M	72	6427	71.0	132	3191	3236
White	M	72	6173	69.9	128	3085	3088
Wht/Tan	M	72	5907	68.7	124	2940	2967
Tan	F	72	5642	72.5	133	2859	2783
Tan/Green	F	72	5318	70.8	130	2658	2660
Green	M	72	5079	65.0	112	2556	2523

Every figure as published; a blank cell is one nobody publishes. Front 9 and Back 9 are summed from the per-hole yardages on the scorecard.

Scorecard — every published tee

Scorecardfrom the clubchecked 2026-08-21

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Total
Par	5	4	3	4	4	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	5	3	4	4	3	5	72
Black	535	410	194	446	429	331	569	155	455	435	452	427	550	176	332	420	204	536	7,056
Purple	516	394	168	424	400	310	548	138	437	421	427	395	523	163	302	405	192	513	6,676
Purple/Wht	516	364	168	387	380	310	520	138	408	393	396	371	523	163	302	405	170	513	6,427
White	489	364	139	387	380	279	520	119	408	393	396	371	502	141	279	368	170	468	6,173
Wht/Tan	489	338	139	352	341	279	510	119	373	357	362	338	502	141	279	368	152	468	5,907
Tan	447	338	127	352	341	264	510	107	373	357	362	338	454	119	258	332	152	411	5,642
Tan/Green	417	338	127	313	304	264	465	107	323	357	329	338	425	119	258	297	152	385	5,318
Green	417	312	107	313	304	233	465	82	323	323	329	311	425	97	227	297	129	385	5,079
Handicap	11	9	15	1	5	13	7	17	3	2	6	8	12	16	18	10	4	14

The Studio

The Studio can't plan Firecliff at Desert Willow Golf Resort hole by hole yet.

We hold its scorecard and 274 traced features, but not a model of every green, which a plan aims at.

It plans 4,579 courses hole by hole today, and it charts your bag anywhere.

The approach, planned Example from another course: hole 15, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
The green, from LiDAR Example from another course: hole 15, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
Every shot, tee to green Example from another course: hole 2, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale

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Pictures: Studio output for a sample golfer, drawn 2026-10-15. The Studio needs a free account. AI can make mistakes.

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Rates change by day and by season, so we send you to Firecliff at Desert Willow Golf Resort's own booking page rather than quoting a figure that was true the week we captured it.

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Also bookable nearby: Mountain View at Desert Willow Golf Resort (0.0 mi) · Palms at Marriotts Desert Springs Resort (0.8 mi) · Desert Falls Country Club (1.0 mi) · Suncrest Country Club (1.0 mi)

Measured against comparable courses

How hard and how long this course plays against comparable courses — never how good it is.

Figure	This course	In California	Nationwide	Among its peers
Longest	7,056 yds	107th of 889	=1,407th of 12,025	24th of 162 in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA metro area · 122nd of 601 resort courses · =616th of 7,004 courses you can book · =1,403rd of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest test	slope 141	=47th of 750	=777th of 8,710	=8th of 127 in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA metro area · =68th of 477 resort courses · =286th of 4,936 courses you can book · =760th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tips	rating 74.1	=108th of 685	=1,282nd of 7,615	=22nd of 115 in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA metro area · =102nd of 446 resort courses · =512th of 4,145 courses you can book · =1,273rd of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread	1,977 yds between tees	176th of 857	=2,382nd of 11,523	37th of 160 in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA metro area · 173rd of 593 resort courses · =1,144th of 6,653 courses you can book · =2,337th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level	278 ft derived	=502nd of 917	=8,545th of 12,437	=93rd of 162 in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA metro area · =439th of 616 resort courses · =5,377th of 7,274 courses you can book · =6,120th of 9,106 18-hole regulation courses

What's on this page

In progress4 of 6 built

4 of 6 parts of this course page are built, and we're filling in the rest.

Scorecard, built.Par and yardage for every hole, from 8 sets of tees.
Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 8 sets of tees.
Course map, built.All 18 greens drawn, with the fairways, bunkers and water, over aerial imagery.
Per-hole distances, built.Every hole is traced, so carries and distances to the front, middle and back of each green are measured along the line you actually play.
Green contours, not built yet.We haven't built the green contours for this course yet.
Course details, partly built.3 of 7 background details — we don't hold the architect, the year it opened and a phone number, and 1 more.

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Sources

Gathered from the course's own site and public records — every figure on this page is traceable to who published it and when. Spot an error or a gap? Tell us.

Location and identity seeded from OpenStreetMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Last checked 2026-10-12. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

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