The Guide to Palm Desert California Golf

Southern California’s desert has more than 100 golf courses in a string of cities laid out like jewels in the Coachella Valley: Palm Springs, Palm Desert, Rancho Mirage, Cathedral City, La Quinta and Indian Wells. If you’re seeking your own special golf oasis, this is the place for both private club memberships and daily fee golf.

The sun shines 300 days a year on this valley nestled under the Santa Rosa Mountains. Visitors come from all over the world to play fairways and buy beautiful homes and villas here, many of them behind intriguing gates. Restaurants, shopping - you can find itall.

Let this be your desert hideaway

You’ve probably watched the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic being played here. But that’s just the beginning; you could golf 36 holes a day here for months before you’d know this area well. Some of many top spots to explore:

• The Vintage in Indian Wells with Tom Fazio golf.
• PGA West  in La Quinta with award-winning fairways by Pete Dye, Tom Weiskopf, Greg Norman, Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus.
• The Shadow Ridge and Desert Springs Resorts.
• Even great municipal golf like Tahquitz Springs and Desert Willow.