PGA West
PGA WEST is a spectacular master-planned country club community, established in 1984, located in beautiful La Quinta, just minutes from Palm Springs, California. PGA WEST is a recreational/resort development consisting of more than 2,200 acres featuring world-class golf, tennis and fitness. PGA WEST currently hosts six incredible golf courses, including the new Greg Norman Course. Residents enjoy three expansive clubhouses, a health and racquet club, as well as plenty of social activities.

Some of the famous courses available at PGA West...

Jack Nicklaus Tournament Course -
No golf course designer can quite capture the same combination of challenge, beauty, and drama as Jack Nicklaus. His bold strokes are laid out on a scenic desert canvas known as the PGA WEST Jack Nicklaus Tournament Course. Every hole on this demanding course requires its own unique strategy; especially the 561 yard, par 5 15th, which culminates with a shallow and well-bunkered island green. It is only fitting that a round on the Tournament Course should end with a dramatic water-crossing shot to the signature 9th and 18th double green.

Arnold Palmer Tournament Course -
Arnold Palmer has created some of the fairest and most natural tests of golf in the world. Nowhere is this truer than the PGA WEST Arnold Palmer Private Course. With his trademark use of gentle curves and rounded bunkers, Palmer sculpted five par threes and five par fives into the course, creating many opportunities for heroics. The most challenging opportunity comes at the 532 yard, par 5 finishing hole, where the brave player can take a chance over the rock-lined lake, go for the green in two, and finish a memorable round with a birdie, or maybe even eagle! The 9th hole on this course was ranked the hardest Hole on the PGA TOUR (1994), based on players stroke average during the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic.

                            

TPC Stadium Course -
There may be no greater challenge in the game of golf than the PGA WEST TPC® Stadium Golf® Course, designed by Pete Dye and ranked in The 100 Greatest Courses in the U.S. by Golf Magazine. Revered for its brash beauty and intriguing design, nine of the holes have water very much in play, and almost every hole displays Pete Dye's tremendous bunkering. This is especially true on the 16th, a 571 yard, par 5, where the massive green side bunker, complete with stairs, sits 18 feet below the level of the green. It's no wonder the TPC® Stadium Golf Course has been the site of so many high-profile events, including The Skins Game, The Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, The Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf, and the PGA Grand Slam of Golf.

Citrus Course at La Quinta Resort & Club
This very unique facility, which was named to "GOLF Magazine's" 1998 list of "Silver Medal Resorts," features three well-designed eighteen hole courses. These courses can be extremely challenging because they are located alongside the mountains. The Mountain Course is visually stunning and provides good playing conditions. This course was physically carved into the mountain, demanding accuracy and strategic course management.

Mountain View at La Quinta
Mountain View Country Club® is a luxurious new golf course community in La Quinta. Situated on an Arnold Palmer Signature golf course, Mountain View Country Club® affords you the kind of lifestyle you've always dreamed of and deserve. The Arnold Palmer signature guarantees golf course design of uncompromising standards and Mountain View Country Club® is perhaps the ultimate expression. As the central feature of our golf community, the course is deliberately planned to be in perfect harmony with the Southern California landscape.

Rancho La Quinta
Rancho La Quinta has established itself as one of the country’s leading private golf course communities. Home of two golf courses – the Jerry Pate-designed 18-hole champion course, and the Robert Trent Jones Jr. course. The Pate course will afford you 18 holes of exciting gold with water strategically placed on tee shots, second shots, greens, and along fairways. The Jones Course, created by the renowned architect Robert Trent Jones Jr.,is an exciting new golf course that has gained considerable attention hosting the annual Skins Game in years past.

The Quarry at La Quinta
The Quarry at La Quinta is recognized worldwide as one of the finest private golf club communities. Meticulously carved with precision in the Coachella Valley, The Quarry is nestled at the base of the foothills between the coral and the Santa Rosa Mountains. This hideaway is coupled with the award-winning Tom Fazio golf course.

The Golf Resort at Indian Wells

“One of the Best” by Golf Digest.

Located just 20 minutes from Palm Springs, Indian Wells has long been the ultimate golf destination for everyone from pros to presidents, and The Golf Resort at Indian Wells is at the center of it all.

Two lush Ted Robinson courses feature mature trees, pristine lakes, and island greens, which draw accolades year after year. In fact, Golf Magazine named the Golf Resort at Indian Wells among the Top 10 in California, and the Golf Resort is a prestigious Silver Medal Award winner. You can play these championship, country club caliber courses, without the fees of a private club.

Avondale Golf Club
This course has some very demanding holes on the front nine because of the rolling terrain and water hazards that come into play on six holes. The greens are extremely fast and hard to read. The fairways are lined with trees and most are well-bunkered.

Desert Falls Country Club
Golf News Magazine called Desert Falls "One of the Most Challenging and Enjoyable Courses in Southern California" (June 1994).

Come play our Ronald Fream championship course and witness some of the most spectacular views the desert has to offer.

Afterward relax in the luxury of our 35,000 square foot Clubhouse where our Members and Staff make you feel like Family. Just one visit and you will understand why those who can play golf anywhere in the world return year after year to Desert Falls Country Club. You may not play the perfect round, but you can play the perfect course.

Indian Palms Country Club and Resort
The centerpiece of the resort facility is our 27-hole Championship golf course, which has recently undergone a three phase revitalization process designed to modernize the facility while preserving the historic integrity of the property. Indian Palms three nine hole courses – the Mountain, Royal and Indian nines – are designed to provide tests of accuracy rather than strength and distance.

In addition, each nine offers a slightly diverse style of golf challenge, taking full advantage of its majestic surroundings, offering the perfect challenge to ignite the interest of any caliber of golfer. Throughout your round, you will come across strategically placed sand traps and water comes into play on 15 of the 27 holes. In contrast to most desert courses, hundreds of mature trees line each fairway. Our signature hole is the 301 yard par-4 5th Hole on the Mountain Nine – featuring our island green.

Indian Palms is also proud to offer a world-class practice facility featuring a double ended driving range, two practice putting greens and a complete short game area with areas for chipping, sand play, and putting practice.

Desert Springs Resort
You'll hit it off beautifully at Desert Springs' two exceptional 18-hole championship courses, set against the towering backdrop of the Santa Rosa Mountains. Both the Palm and Valley courses were designed by acclaimed architect Ted Robinson, "King of Waterscapes."

On both 18-hole courses, you can take a high tech drive in one of our new golf carts with state-of-the-art navigational and computing systems. Right from your cart, you can use your onboard computer to view graphic layouts of each hole, compute exact yardage to the pin, monitor pace-of-play, and solicit tips from the course's pro on playing a particular hole. The result is faster playtime, lower scores, and a more enjoyable game. In addition, your lunch or snack can be ordered as you tee off from the 18th hole and be waiting for you at Sand Trap & Wedge for the perfect end to a great round.

Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa
For tee times, a lesson with one of our talented golf pros, or for more information, call our Personal Vacation Planners at 1-800-977-6727 or email your requests to desertspringsPVP@marriott.com.

Guide to East Valley Golf Courses

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Guide to Central Valley Golf Courses
A links-type course that is surprisingly hilly for the desert. Heavily trapped. Very large, multilevel greens. Water a major factor on seven holes. Five sets of tees. A fair and demanding course. Tif-dwarf greens.

Tahquitz Creek Golf Resort
Tahquitz Creek consists of two spectacular 18-hole golf courses. Both offer gorgeous views of Palm Springs. The Legend course is a traditional layout that has been a Palm Springs favorite for years! 6600 yards of tree lined fairways have been recently renovated with the addition of over 40 challenging new bunkers. The greens on the Legend are severely sloped from back to front. The Resort course designed by well known architect Ted Robinson opened in 1995 and is a desert links style course with rolling terrain, well placed bunkers, wonderful waterscapes and tremendous mountain views!