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    Best golf courses: Palm Springs

    Palm Springs: the table below provides brief details about the top golf courses in and around this city. Each golf club has been visited and/or researched by Where2Golf. Click on the course name below to discover more. The course ratings below range from 5 highest, to 2 lowest. They attempt to provide an indication of the golfing experience you might expect at the course (based on its design, condition and surroundings). Hover your cursor above the Rating Key below for the rating definitions.

    Rating key

    5-PLUS: In the world’s elite - has few peers; one of our top-rated 5s! 5-star: Fabulous – courses don’t get much better than this. 4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars. 4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit. 3-PLUS: Good course - several memorable features; worthy of 3½ stars. 3-star: Good course – an enjoyable test for your game. 2-star: Reasonably okay course - if better courses not available. Unrated: Well regarded course not yet visited by the Where2Golf team. Private: A course for members and their invited guests only. Stay & Play Golf Resorts: Golf Clubs and resorts with onsite accommodation

    Course name

    Rating

    Visitors?

    Nearest city

    Designer

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    Bighorn, CA
    Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
    Private club
    Palm Springs
    Hills & Fazio

    Visitors?

    Private club

    Nearest city

    Palm Springs

    Designer

    Mountains course: Arthur Hills (1991).
    Canyons course: Tom Fazio (1998).

    Cimarron, CA
    3-PLUS: Good course - several memorable features; worthy of 3½ stars.
    Visitors welcome
    Palm Springs
    Fought, John

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Palm Springs

    Designer

    John Fought

    Classic Club, CA
    5-star: Fabulous – courses don’t get much better than this.
    Visitors welcome
    Palm Springs
    Palmer, Arnold

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Palm Springs

    Designer

    Arnold Palmer

    Coral Mountain
    4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
    Visitors welcome
    Palm Springs
    Panks & Angus

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Palm Springs

    Designer

    Gary Panks & Michael Angus

    Desert Dunes
    4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
    Visitors welcome
    Palm Springs
    Jones II, Robert Trent

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Palm Springs

    Designer

    Robert Trent Jones Jr.

    Desert Falls
    4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
    Restricted
    Palm Springs
    Fream, Ron

    Visitors?

    Restricted

    Nearest city

    Palm Springs

    Designer

    Ronald (Ron) Fream

    Desert Springs (Palm)
    4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
    Visitors welcome
    Palm Springs
    Robinson, Ted

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Palm Springs

    Designer

    Ted Robinson (Sr).

    Desert Springs (Valley)
    3-PLUS: Good course - several memorable features; worthy of 3½ stars.
    Visitors welcome
    Palm Springs
    Robinson, Ted

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Palm Springs

    Designer

    Ted Robinson (Sr).

    Desert Willow (Firecliff)
    4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
    Visitors welcome
    Palm Springs
    Hurdzan/Fry & Cook

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Palm Springs

    Designer

    Hurdzan/Fry Design (Dr Michael J. Hurdzan & Dana Fry) working with PGA Tour player John Cook.

    Desert Willow (Mtn View)
    4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
    Visitors welcome
    Palm Springs
    Hurdzan/Fry & Cook

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Palm Springs

    Designer

    Hurdzan/Fry Design (Dr Michael J. Hurdzan & Dana Fry) working with PGA Tour player John Cook.

    Eagle Falls, CA
    Unrated: Well regarded course not yet visited by the Where2Golf team.
    Visitors welcome
    Palm Springs
    Clark, Clive

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Palm Springs

    Designer

    Clive Clark

    Eldorado CC, Calif.
    Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
    Private club
    Palm Springs
    Hughes & Fazio

    Visitors?

    Private club

    Nearest city

    Palm Springs

    Designer

    Original design by Lawrence "Larry" Hughes (1957); extensive redesign by Tom Fazio (2003).

    Escena
    4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
    Visitors welcome
    Palm Springs
    Nicklaus Design

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Palm Springs

    Designer

    Nicklaus Design

    Heritage Palms
    3-PLUS: Good course - several memorable features; worthy of 3½ stars.
    Visitors welcome
    Palm Springs
    Hills, Arthur

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Palm Springs

    Designer

    Arthur Hills

    Indian Wells CC
    Unrated: Well regarded course not yet visited by the Where2Golf team.
    Rsrt guests only
    Palm Springs
    Susalla & Robinson

    Visitors?

    Rsrt guests only

    Nearest city

    Palm Springs

    Designer

    Classic course: designed by co-founder of Indian Wells CC, Eddie Susalla (1956).
    Cove course: designed by Eddie Susalla and Ted Robinson Sr (1965).

    Indian Wells (Celebrity)
    4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
    Visitors welcome
    Palm Springs
    Clark, Clive

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Palm Springs

    Designer

    Original layout (known as the West course) designed by Ted Robinson (1986). Substantial redesign by Clive Clark (2006), and renamed as the Celebrity course.

    Indian Wells (Players)
    4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
    Visitors welcome
    Palm Springs
    Fought, John

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Palm Springs

    Designer

    Original layout (known as the East course) designed by Ted Robinson (1986). Substantial redesign by John Fought (2007), and renamed as the Players course.

    La Quinta (Dunes), CA
    4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
    Visitors welcome
    Palm Springs
    Dye, Pete

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Palm Springs

    Designer

    Pete Dye

    La Quinta (Mtn), CA
    4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
    Visitors welcome
    Palm Springs
    Dye, Pete

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Palm Springs

    Designer

    Pete Dye

    Mission Hills CC, Calif.
    Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
    Private club
    Palm Springs
    Muirhead, Palmer & Dye

    Visitors?

    Private club

    Nearest city

    Palm Springs

    Designer

    Dinah Shore Tournament course: designed by Desmond Muirhead (1972).
    Arnold Palmer course: designed by Arnold Palmer (1979).
    Pete Dye Challenge: designed by Pete & Alice Dye (1988).

    Mission Hills (Dye), Calif.
    4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
    Visitors welcome
    Palm Springs
    Dye, Pete

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Palm Springs

    Designer

    Pete Dye

    Mission Hills (Player), Calif.
    4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
    Visitors welcome
    Palm Springs
    Player, Gary

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Palm Springs

    Designer

    Gary Player Signature Course

    PGA West (Nicklaus Tournmt)
    4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
    Visitors welcome
    Palm Springs
    Nicklaus, Jack

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Palm Springs

    Designer

    Jack Nicklaus

    PGA West (Norman)
    4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
    Visitors welcome
    Palm Springs
    Norman, Greg

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Palm Springs

    Designer

    Greg Norman
    PGA West (Stadium)
    5-star: Fabulous – courses don’t get much better than this.
    Visitors welcome
    Palm Springs
    Dye, Pete

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Palm Springs

    Designer

    Husband & wife team of Pete & Alice Dye

    Quarry at La Quinta
    Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
    Private club
    Palm Springs
    Fazio, Tom

    Visitors?

    Private club

    Nearest city

    Palm Springs

    Designer

    Tom Fazio
    Shadow Ridge
    4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
    Visitors welcome
    Palm Springs
    Faldo & Schmidt-Curley

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Palm Springs

    Designer

    Nick Faldo's first design in the U.S., created with Brian Curley (Schmidt-Curley Design).

    SilverRock
    5-star: Fabulous – courses don’t get much better than this.
    Visitors welcome
    Palm Springs
    Palmer, Arnold

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Palm Springs

    Designer

    An Arnold Palmer Classic Course.

    Tahquitz Creek (Legend)
    3-star: Good course – an enjoyable test for your game.
    Visitors welcome
    Palm Springs
    Bell, William F.

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Palm Springs

    Designer

    William Francis "Billy" Bell Jr.

    Tahquitz Creek (Resort)
    4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
    Visitors welcome
    Palm Springs
    Robinson, Ted

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Palm Springs

    Designer

    Father/son team of Ted Robinson & Ted Robinson Jr.

    Terra Lago (North)
    4-PLUS: Must play course - excellent standard; worthy of 4½ stars.
    Visitors welcome
    Palm Springs
    Schmidt-Curley Design

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Palm Springs

    Designer

    Schmidt-Curley Design (Lee Schmidt & Brian Curley).

    Terra Lago (South)
    4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.
    Visitors welcome
    Palm Springs
    Schmidt-Curley Design

    Visitors?

    Visitors welcome

    Nearest city

    Palm Springs

    Designer

    Schmidt-Curley Design (Lee Schmidt & Brian Curley).

    Thunderbird, CA
    Private: A course for members and their invited guests only.
    Private club
    Palm Springs
    Dawson & Hughes

    Visitors?

    Private club

    Nearest city

    Palm Springs

    Designer

    Original design by owner and accomplished amateur golfer John Dawson and golf course acrhitect Larry Hughes (1951); renovation by Ted Robinson (1980).

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