There are 38 golf courses in Palm Desert, California and 2 are municipal courses. There are also another 62 golf courses within 20 miles of Palm Desert, including 19 public, 3 municipal and 40 private courses. The oldest course in the Palm Desert area is the Motorcoach Country Club. The longest course is SilverRock Resort, which is 7,570 yards.
Tim Lobb Fri, 16 Feb 2007
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JunePublic RatesPrice18-Hole Rate$52Twilight Rate$35
PUTTING GREENS With over 100 renowned golf courses and more than 300 days of sunshine each year, Greater Palm Springs earns its reputation as a top destination for golf. Courses offer play at all challenge levels, whether you're looking for a casual round or demanding greens.
That means tee time costs at high-end resorts will be higher than last year, moving toward $200 a round, and mid-level public and resort courses are charging $100 or even $125 per round, assuming those tee times can be booked in advance.
La Quinta Resort & Club at PGA WEST The Jack Nicklaus Course is home to the PGA Tour Qualifying School and the stunning Greg Norman Course lies in a seabed 40-feet below sea level, surrounded by an immense crescent of terra-cotta mountains.
Myrtle Beach, South CarolinaMyrtle Beach, South Carolina has earned the nickname “Golf Capital of the World,” and is home to over 80 award-winning golf courses set along more than 60 miles of Carolina coastline.
In fact, the Palm Springs & Palm Desert Resorts area is often referred to as the "golf capital of the world," with more than 130 Palm Springs area golf courses, great weather and natural beauty adding to the area's popularity as a top golf & vacation location.
The part of the Coachella Valley often referred to as the Palm Springs area, east of Los Angeles, is carpeted in green, 124 irrigated golf courses, many with lakes, in an otherwise parched landscape.
In 1936, he commissioned architect William Charles Tanner to design a custom Spanish-Colonial Revival residence on the golf course, which O'Donnell called the “Golf House.” In 1944, O'Donnell willed the course to the city of Palm Springs, which leased it back to the O'Donnell Golf Club for 99 years.
Built in the late '60s and early '70s and former host of the Houston Open in 1973 & 1974, the La Quinta golf course at Quail Valley is a classic, tree-lined golf course....TEE TIME RATES.WEEKDAY (Mon-Thurs)WalkingWith CartMorning$46.00$64.00Mid-Day (after 10am)$39.00$57.00Twilight (after 12pm)$31.00$49.0013 more rows
The Greater Palm Springs area could use a number of things – better public transit, politicians who don't suck, non-snowbird shopping hours at Costco, to name a few – but, for a community that is so much about golf, it is absolutely mind boggling that there is not a Topgolf facility anywhere in the Coachella Valley.
A list of all 49 courses used by the PGA Tour in 2018-19 – compiled from ShotLink data and released by GolfWeek – shows that two easiest courses played on tour last season were La Quinta Country Club and the Jack Nicklaus Course at PGA West. Both of which are part of the three-course rotation of the desert's PGA event.