Desert Pines Golf Course — Local services in Fort Stockton

Terrible Experience – Don’t Waste Your Time or Money

I don’t usually leave reviews, but this golf course was so bad I felt like I had to say something. From the moment I arrived, it was obvious that the place is poorly managed and completely neglected.

The course conditions were awful — dead patches everywhere, uneven fairways, and the greens were in such bad shape it felt like putting on gravel. Tee boxes were overgrown, bunkers were full of weeds or hard as concrete, and nothing looked like it had been maintained in weeks.

As for the staff and service, it was somehow even worse than the course. Rude, unhelpful, and completely uninterested in making the experience enjoyable. It felt like I was bothering them just by showing up. No greeting, no instructions, and definitely no sense of customer care. At one point, I had a question and was met with eye-rolls and attitude.

To top it off, the pace of play was a joke — no marshals, no organization, and no respect for players actually trying to enjoy their round. The group ahead of us had no etiquette and no one from the course did anything about it.

And to make matters worse, there were clear signs of racial bias. The way the staff treated certain groups — especially people of color — was completely different from how they treated others. It was subtle in some moments, but very obvious in others. That kind of behavior has no place in golf or anywhere else.

I don’t care how cheap the green fees are — it’s not worth it. I’ve played dozens of public courses and this one ranks at the bottom across the board. Save your time, money, and patience — go...

As a response to the review done by Dennis Price, there were no problems with courtesy or brush prices. One, the prices for the brushes and tees were clearly listed on the display (the price needing to be charged was only .50 more). Second, as I am the “less than courteous obese female”, I can say that my weight has nothing to do with service and that if Mr. Price treats other people like he treated my other coworker and I, then I wouldn’t blame them for being “less than courteous”. However, I still maintained a smile and kept my manners even after this man threw his money at me then snatched it from my hand and later threw the cart key at the counter when my coworker went to service him. All in all, this obese less than courteous female offered as much customer service possible considering the less than pleasant behavior being shown...

This is a great course highly recommend just remember if you are driving from surrounding area to play there to ask about when you have to return cart we tee off at 3 15 pm and played through 14 holes (630pm) with little light to still play drove back to pro shop because my ride was there to pick us up and they called saying there waiting on us and we were supposed turn in carts at 545 we didn't have a clue that we were supposed to do we were charged an extra $ 10 a cart total 30 for our three carts and didn't...