Palm Springs golf rates: green fees by season, course by course

Palm Springs golf rates run from about $30 to $60 at community and value courses to $200 or more for peak-season prime times at PGA West and Desert Willow. January to April is the most expensive stretch, November and December are shoulder, and June to September is cheapest. Most courses price dynamically, so the date and tee time matter.

This guide puts the published and observed green fees side by side, course by course and by season, with the date each figure was seen. Where a course publishes no rate card, it says so. Figures were gathered November 2, 2026, and rates change, sometimes daily.

Quick facts

• Peak season: January to April, highest fees and tightest tee sheets.
• Shoulder: November, December and May.
• Cheapest: June to September, with dawn tee times.
• Top end: PGA West Stadium about $235 in peak season (user-contributed, April 2026).
• Value end: Indian Palms $30 to $40 on its card; Cathedral Canyon $44.99 midweek in November 2026.
• Dynamic pricing: most resort and city courses; several publish no rate card at all.
• Fall closures: nearly every course closes a few weeks for overseed between late September and December.

How seasons set Palm Springs golf rates

Rates follow the snowbird calendar. From January to April, overseeded courses are fully grown in, snowbirds fill the tee sheets and prices peak. Events push them higher still: The American Express at PGA West (January 21-24, 2027), Modernism Week (February 11-21, 2027), the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells (February 28 to March 14, 2027) and spring break. November and December are shoulder months, though Thanksgiving and Christmas-New Year weeks are often priced like peak. May moves to shoulder or summer rates, and June to September is the cheapest time of year. In October many courses are closed for overseed, and those that stay open often run reduced rates.

Resort course rates

PGA West peak and summer figures are user-contributed from Green Fee Tracker (April 2026); one range seen for the Stadium ran about $112 to $399. The Indian Canyons October figures are the resort's posted rates as quoted by RedAwning. Rates vary by season and time. More on the PGA West trio in PGA West golf and the Stadium Course guide.

City-owned course rates

City courses also run resident rates: $52 at Desert Willow for Palm Desert Resident Card holders and $50 from January to April at Indian Wells for its Resident Benefit Card holders. See the Firecliff course guide and Palm Springs golf passes.

Daily-fee and community course rates

The Classic Club includes a $25 food-and-beverage voucher with most bookings. For the cheapest of these, read cheap golf in Palm Springs.

Courses that publish no rates

Several well-known courses had no published rate card when checked on November 2, 2026: the Westin Rancho Mirage Pete Dye course (dynamic pricing with no dollar amounts on its booking page), the Pete Dye Mountain Course at La Quinta Resort, the JW Marriott Desert Springs courses, Marriott's Shadow Ridge and SilverRock. For these, check the tee sheet for your exact date. The Westin says its rates are lower when booked further ahead for off-peak hours.

Off the board: Borrego Springs and the Pass

Rams Hill publishes starting prices that rise with demand. It does not close for fall overseed, and December to February is its cheapest window. See the Rams Hill course guide.

Morongo at Tukwet Canyon in Beaumont publishes a time-of-day table with shared cart: $90 weekdays and $110 weekends before 10 am, $85 and $100 to noon, $65 and $75 from noon to 2 pm, and $55 and $60 after 2 pm.

Three sample rounds at different budgets

To show the spread, here are three-round green-fee totals built from the figures above. They are per golfer, before booking fees, and only as good as the dated numbers behind them.

The splurge line uses user-contributed peak estimates; the other two use rates seen for early November 2026 dates. A peak-season version of the mid-range line would cost more, since all three courses price dynamically. The value line also depends on finishing before dark: in December, a 2:30 pm start may not get 18 holes in.

Renters and residents can do better still. Woodhaven's HOA-registered renters pay $98 rather than the $115 public rate for a morning round from November 6 to December 31, 2026 (seen November 2026), and Palm Desert Resident Card holders pay $52 at Desert Willow inside the 3-day resident window.

What else changes the price

• Time of day. Cimarron Boulder's 3 pm rate was less than half its 8:48 am rate on the same day.
• Day of week. Rams Hill is $50 to $60 cheaper Monday to Thursday in every season on its table.
• Booking fees. GolfNow hot deals add a fee, $3.49 on several November 2026 listings.
• Booking timing. Escena's lowest dynamic rates are 0 to 3 days out; see Palm Springs tee times.
• Events. Plan around the weeks in Palm Springs events.

For month-by-month timing, read the best time to golf in Palm Springs. For a full trip budget, see Palm Springs golf trip cost, and for which courses justify the top rates, the best golf courses in Palm Springs. For a desert comparison, see Tucson golf rates.

Plan it on the map

Open the Palm Springs golf map to see each course's fees by season, its overseed dates and the drive from your hotel. The $30 plan builds a day-by-day golf trip around your budget and dates, or a weekly rotation for a winter stay.