Golf Courses: There are two 18-hole golf courses, both designed by Ted Robinson, and an unusual 18-hole championship putting course.
The Palms: Built in 1987, these 18 holes wind around the resort’s waterways.
The Valley: This course shows such classic Ted Robinson features as effective water usage, multi-tiered greens framed by palm trees, and undulating fairways.
The Greens: Located adjacent to the lobby bar at the hotel, this 18-hole putting course stands out for its use of classic features of full-length courses, including sand bunkers, water hazards, strategically placed trees, and rolling “fairways,” all played with only a putter. Par 54, 1,435 feet.
Spa & Fitness Center: Located along the lake, a couple of hundred yards from the hotel lobby, the 38,000-square-foot Spa Desert Springs has adopted a “California casual” decor of split-face limestone and Brazilian ipe wood throughout its interior. Both the men’s and women’s areas have saunas, steam rooms, and hot and cold plunge pools, and outdoor whirlpools, the latter overlooking the resort’s Ted Robinson-designed golf course. A door from each leads to a Spa Bistro, which serves light snacks. New to both areas, however, is a Turkish hammam: a spacious steam chamber infused with essential oils and set at 105 degrees (which allows for a longer relaxation period than a traditional steam room). Digitally programmable Kohler Desert Rain showers with five heads let guests fully choreograph their shower experience. The men’s side also has a 50-inche flat-screen TV. Outside, there’s a saltwater pool with views of the golf course and homes lining the lake.
The spa treatments draw heavily on the healing ingredients and customs of the surrounding Sonoran Desert—including locally harvested citrus and dates, cactus flower, and aloe. However, it remains eclectic in also adopting European customs of using mud as a detoxifier, Ayurvedic warm oil and crushed herb treatments, Turkish sea salts, and more. There is also a new emphasis on “spa together,” in which couples and groups can enjoy treatments together. Finally, they have added a 600-square-foot Spa Sanctuary, a private suite destined to cater to VIPs and the Hollywood elite. It has a private entrance and butler.
Those wanting to workout have the Fitness Center, a complete workout center with lines of treadmills, exercycles (recumbent and upright), and elliptical and standard StairMasters plus a full suite off LifeFitness machines, free weights, and dumbbells. It’s is a partly mirrored room with windows on outside entrance. TVs hang from ceiling in front of workout machines and each of the cardio stations has its own television. There are also a variety of classes, including morning power walks (3.5 miles in about 45 minutes), spinning, yoga, and mat Pilates. There’s also a shop with spa products and workout gear, a salon and hallways leading to women’s locker in one direction, men’s in the other. These each have tile showers, sauna, steam, and menthol steam and hot and cold plunge pools. A door from each leads to the Bistro, which serves light snacks, and to an outdoor lap pool bordered by lounge chairs. There’s another small fitness center, with a handful of cardiovascular machines, at one corner of the tennis building where it has windows on the outside.
Children's programs: There is a wide variety of kid's recreation and programming available.
Dining: The main restaurant is the Rockwood Grill, open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner in a garden terrace just off the lake. It is supplemented by the Mikado Japanese Steakhouse, seafood at Fishermen’s Landing, sushi in the Lobby Bar, a poolside grill, and a Starbucks.
508 Reviews on “JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa - Peter Burwash International”
My friend and I are just back from a 3-Day Tennis clinic. We were instructed by Stacy and Jim. We could not have come away happier. The instruction was spot on. It improved my backhand, both under and top spin by 100%, along with serve and, honestly, about every other facet of the game. The hotel was great. We would use the Spa after each day, steam rooms, sauna, etc. it was money and time well spent.
My best friend from our highschool was also on the tennis team with me. We have been getting together once a year to play tennis with our other teammates. This year we arrived at the JW Marriot tennis center and joined two drills each morning and had a private lesson in the afternoon. About 4 hours each day followed by time in the resorts absolutely magical spa. This was by far the best tennis vacation we have had in 30 years (showing our age). Moreover, both Jim Leupold (head coach) and Stacy Simms (instructor) were absolutely amazing. We learned so much in three days on basic misconceptions, hard core technique, and strategy. They went way way out of their way to impart real education. This was not “hitting practice.” It was absolutely perfect in every way. We can’t wait to get back, hopefully before our regular fall trip!
I took a backspin clinic with Stacey and learned so much. I’ve always struggled with the stroke and he explained it in a new way for me. By the time the clinic was done, I was hitting the ball with better backspin than I ever have before. I highly recommend taking a clinic if you have a chance. It’s worth it! Thank you, Stacey!
Had an amazing Pickleball lesson with Stacy at Palm Dessert JW Marriott. I here for a conference and while most book massages, I wanted to play pickleball. Stacy is the real deal and knows what he is talking about. He gave me some really good attainable tips that I will use tomorrow! If you looking for a great coach in Palm Dessert, come see Stacy!
Our two daughters had a lesson with Stacey this morning during our vacation, visiting from Canada. They did a lesson on the hard courts. Stacey was very engaging and fun for our 9 and 11 year old children. We wish we would have done more lessons during our visit.
I had a great time training with coach Sims!
Stacy is a great coach, I have seen tremendous growth since I started training with him!