Desert Golf Communities

BIGHORN 

BIGHORN offers a lifestyle unlike any other.  Though the ultimate BIGHORN experience may begin with luxurious residences, it's the endless list of exclusive amenities that continues to draw the discerning members, setting our community apart as an elite top-seller.  Whether taking advantage of private jet service, consulting with our club doctor, or keeping in touch with the office through the business center, you'll discover that BIGHORN simplifies life, allowing you to make the most of your precious time. Membership = $350,000 and Monthly = $20,000A.  Course designed by Arthur Hills / Tom Fazio.Click Here for More Information on this Community

INDIAN RIDGE COUNTRY CLUB (760)772-7222

Boasts two truly spectacular (private)
18-hole Arnold Palmer-designed golf courses created specifically to complement the area's unique natural environment and prestigious Coachella Valley lifestyle.  Arnold Palmer’s hands-on approach is invaluable to the design process given his more than 35 years of worldwide professional play. Spending
much of his professional career as the worlds No. 1-ranked player, he has competed on most of the worlds greatest golf courses in their most rigorous conditions.  This invaluable experience is applied to each of his designs, with a goal of creating tournament-quality golf courses while maintaining an enjoyable sense of playability for players of all skill levels.

Course: 36 holes

Architect: Arnold Palmer (both courses). Grove Course est. 1993; final nine of Arroyo opened in 1999.

Playing Policy: Guests with members.

Membership Fees/Dues: $95,000 initiation/$875 per month (includes golf, sports club, tennis and social membership).
Social Membership Fees/Dues: $7,500 initation/$105 per month
Sport Club Fees/Dues: $12,500/$280 per month

Grove Course: 18/M-72/126;
W-72/121
Yardage:7,070/6,735/6,410/6,030/
5,485/4,923

Description: Course features wide, wall-to-wall green fairways and large undulating greens. Strategically bunkered. Water in play on a number of holes. In top-notch condition. Tif-dwarf greens.

Arroyo Course: 18/M-72/123;
W-72/124
Yardage: 6,915/6,671/6,289/5,914/
5,453/5,146

Description: Large waste bunkers on a number of holes. Desert areas along most holes. Contoured fairways and large greens. Somewhat shorter than the Grove Course but more water in play. Tif-dwarf greens.Click Here for More Information on this Community

INDIAN WELLS (760)345-2561

Rancho Las Palmas Country Club is owned and operated by the Marriott Corporation. This prestigious country club is situated upon 240 acres of a guard-gated community, located in the heart of the valley, and across the street from "The River". There are great views of the Santa Rosa Mountains and the club's spectacular golf course landscaping.

27 hole championship golf course that will test every level of golfer.  Architect: Ted Robinson. Course est. 1977. Membership = $4,900A Click Here to Receive More Information on this Community

SANTA ROSA

Private/Reciprocal
38-105 Portola Avenue, Palm Desert
Phone: 568-5717
Directions: East on Ramon Road to Bob Hope Drive, south to Frank Sinatra Drive, east to Portola and south to entrance.
Course: 18/M-70/111; W-70/116
Yardage: 5,568/5,271/4,750
Architect: Leonard Gerkins; Est. 1978.
Playing Policy: Reciprocal play is allowed, as are sponsored guests. Guests must take a cart; walking is permitted for members only. Tee times two days in advance.
Membership Fees/Dues: $1,500 initiation, $3,360 annual.
Greens Fees: 2/2
Description: Well-maintained and fairly flat with medium-wide, parallel fairways and many small trees. Moderately bunkered. The Bermuda grass greens are moderately contoured.
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SHADOW MOUNTAIN

Private
45-700 San Luis Rey, Palm Desert
Phone: 346-8242
Directions: East on Highway 111 to San Luis Rey Avenue, south to dead end.
Course: 18/M-70/114; W-70/117
Yardage: 5,393/5,154
Architect: Gene Sarazen; Est. 1959.
Playing Policy: Guests with members.
Membership Fees/Dues: $2,000 initiation, $3,582 annual.
Description: An older golf course with beautiful palms lining the fairways. The course is not too long but very interesting with level to sloping parallel fairways and small-to-medium greens. The holes are moderately bunkered, and water comes into play on two holes. Accuracy is a must. Tif-dwarf greens.  Click Here to Receive More Information on this Community

SUNRISE

Private/Reciprocal
71-601 Country Club Drive, Rancho Mirage
Phone: 328-1139
Directions: East on Highway 111 to Country Club Drive, turn left. Entrance on right.
Course: 18/M-64/85; W-64/101
Yardage: 3,837
Architect: Ted Robinson; Est. 1974.
Playing Policy: Guests may play with members. Sponsored and reciprocal players are accepted when play permits, but these players are required to use carts. Walking is permitted anytime for members and for guests playing with members. Tee times may be reserved three days in advance.
Membership Fees/Dues: $5,000 initiation, $127/month
Description: Fairways are flat to moderately rolling with good greens. The course is well-bunkered with a moderate amount of water and Bermuda greens. This mature executive course is maintained in excellent condition. Some of the holes are rather narrow. The longest par-4 hole is 301 yards. Click Here to Receive More Information on this Community

TAMARISK

Private
70-240 Frank Sinatra Drive, Rancho Mirage
Phone: 328-2141, x164
Directions: East on Highway 111 to Frank Sinatra Drive, left to entrance.
Course: 18/M-72/115; W-72/126
Yardage: 6,881/6,555/6,219/5,940
Architect: Billy Bell, Sr. (remodeled in 1987 by Ron Fream); Est.1952.
Playing Policy: Members and guests only; sponsored guests allowed April 12 through January 31; cart required.
Membership Fees/Dues: $75,000
initiation, $10,920 annual.
Description: Although this course is fairly flat with small-to-average greens, it plays tougher than it looks with subtle breaks in the greens and well-placed bunkers. Tif-dwarf greens.
Remarks: One of the five courses in the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic rotation. The course is closed in summer. Click Here to Receive More Information on this Community

THUNDERBIRD

Private
70-612 Highway 111, Rancho Mirage
Phone: 770-6199
Directions: East on Highway 111 to Country Club Drive, left to club entrance.
Course: 18/M-71/126; W-72/133
Yardage: 6,460/6,179/5,854
Architect: John Dawson (remodeled in 1987 by Ted Robinson); Est.1952.
Playing Policy: Guests with members and sponsored. Cart required.
Membership Fees/Dues: $100,000 initiation, $12,500 annual.
Description: This traditional design features rolling-to-flat terrain. Tif-dwarf greens of average size. A pleasure to play.
Remarks: One of the oldest courses in the desert. Thunderbird was the original site of what eventually became the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic.  Click Here to Receive More Information on this Community

THE HIDEAWAY

The premise was simple. Recreate those golden days of Palm Springs when Hollywood stars and wealthy industrialists flocked to this part of the California desert to get away from it all -- a place to seek solitude and play or relax in a place of beauty and warm winter weather.  Morris says only a trio of Palm Springs courses -- The Vintage, The Quarry and The Reserve -- can come close to matching the service you find at The Hideaway. Eighteen holes will have Pete Dye's name attached and 18 will have Clive Clark's.  Dye Designs' Perry Dye of Denver (son of Pete) did most of the Dye handiwork and David Graham was also called in to do some polishing and soften some penal bunkers and contours. This time in 2002 members were playing nine holes designed by Dye and nine by the former European Tour player Clark.--By David Holland.   Membership = $150,000 and $750/month. Click Here to Receive More Information on this Community

THE LAKES

Private
161 Old Ranch Road, Palm Desert
Phone: 568-4321 x134
Directions: Take Ramon to Bob Hope Drive, Bob Hope to Country Club Drive, then turn east on Country Club.
Course: 27 holes
South/North nines: 18/M-72/116;
W-72/127
Yardage: 6,700/6,283/5,703/5,378
North/East nines: 18/M-72/113;
W-72/128
Yardage: 6,420/6,027/5,391/5,029
East/South nines: 18/M-72/115; W-72/122
Yardage: 6,630/6,220/5,688/4,996
Architect: Ted Robinson; Est.1982.
Playing Policy: Guest with member, sponsored and tenants of members. Cart required.
Membership Fees/Dues: $4,500 annual (homeowners only).
Description: As the name implies, lots of water. Water comes into play on 23 of the 27 holes. Rolling terrain, average-size tif-dwarf greens with moderate breaks. Immaculate condition. Click Here to Receive More Information on this Community

THE PALMS

Private
The Palms Drive, La Quinta
Phone: 771-2606

Directions: I-10 east to Monroe Avenue exit. South 7 miles to Airport Boulevard, right to entrance on left.

Course: 18/M-70/123; W-71/130
Yardage: 7,029/6,642/6,244/5,557

Architects: Brian Curley/Fred Couples. Est. 1999.

Playing Policy: Guests with members. Open tee.

Membership Fees/Dues: $75,000 initiation/$311 monthly per person.
Description: A beautiful parkland course with hundreds of palm trees. Moderately contoured with large greens. Somewhat unusual for the desert — sharp doglegs. A small stream comes into play here and there. Bent-grass greens. Click Here to Receive More Information on this Community

THE QUARRY

Private
1 Quarry Lane, La Quinta
Phone: 777-1100
Directions: I-10 to Monroe Street, Indio. South five miles to Avenue 58. Turn right and travel three miles to entrance at end of road.
Course: 18/M-72/124; W-72/123
Yardage: 7,083/6,634/6,248/5,882/5,226
Architect: Tom Fazio; Est.1994.
Playing Policy: Guests must play with member. Players may walk if they wish, and caddies are available.
Membership Fees/Dues: $200,000 initiation, $12,000 annual (per person).
Description: Spectacular mountain setting in old sand quarry. Features waterfalls and streams and many changes in elevation. Numerous bunkers.
Remarks: The only course in the desert currently ranked in Golf Digest’s ”Top 100.” Click Here to Receive More Information on this Community

THE RESERVE

Private
74-001 Reserve Drive, Indian Wells
Phone: 837-4840
Directions: Take Highway 111 to Portola Avenue in Palm Desert. Then turn south for approximately one mile to the entrance on the left just beyond the entrance to The Living Desert.
Course: 18/M-72/129; W-72/119
Yardage: 7,034/6,556/5,946/5,380
Architect: Tom Weiskopf and Jay Morrish; Est. 1999.
Playing Policy: Guests accompanied by members.
Membership Fees/Dues: $250,000/$19,000 for property owners.
Description: Located on a secluded site behind The Living Desert and north of Ironwood CC, the course winds through the mountains and the desert, and has some elevation changes. The course has an excellent view of the valley below. In addition to the 18-hole course, there are three practice holes. Bent-grass greens. In beautiful condition. Click Here to Receive More Information on this Community

THE SPRINGS

Private
1 Duke Drive, Rancho Mirage
Phone: 328-0590
Directions: East on Highway 111 to Bob Hope Drive, north past Country Club Drive to security gate on left.
Course: 18/M-72/124; W-72/127
Yardage: 6,637/6,279/5,889/5,614
Architect: Desmond Muirhead; Est.1974.
Playing Policy: Guests with members. Cart required.
Membership Fees/Dues: $25,000 initiation, $775/month
Description: One of the best-maintained courses in the desert. Water is in play on 12 holes. Superb bent-grass greens. Numerous bunkers and mature trees. Traditional design. A demanding and fair course. Click Here to Receive More Information on this Community

THE TRADITION

Private

THE VINTAGE

Private

TOSCANA COUNTRY CLUB

Private

70-125 Lucca, Indian Wells, CA 92210

A fortunate few will enjoy the incomparable beauty and lavish lifestyle of Toscana.  Secluded behind private gates, in the heart of Indian Wells, Toscana will be home to just 626 homes and estate homesites.  Members of Toscana's private equity club will enjoy unrivaled walk-on access with the golf membership limited to just 275 members on each of the exquisite Jack Nicklaus Signature golf courses.

The Club at Toscana gathers five unique buildings in a gentle hillside Villa to create intimate indoor and outdoor spaces that borrow a taste of Tuscan village charm.  Together they offer rejuvenation for the mind, body and spirit with an unparalleled array of exceptional golf, tennis, fitness and spa amenities.

The rich traditions of Italy, Spain and Early California also lend their casual elegance to the residences at Toscana.  A diverse collection of homes from 2,700 to over 5,000 square feet capture the finest in the art of desert living.  Each home is built individually by a renowned team which has received the highest national awards for architectural design and construction quality.  And for those who wish to build a custom home, Toscana offers a limited number of estate homesites with outstanding fairway locations and exceptioal views of the Santa Rosa mountains.