Palm Springs Golf Course - Desert Falls

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. This course has served as a Stage I PGA Tour qualifying site. In November1992, it hosted Don Drysdale's PGA Senior Tour charity event. Bent greens, palm-springs-golf

FEATURES & AMENITITIES:

• · Driving Range
• · Practice Greens
• · Power Carts
• · Bent Grass Greens
• · Locker Rooms & Showers
• · Food & Beverages
• · Clubhouse
• · Golf Club Rentals
  
  Few courses in the desert feature a combination of sand, water and Scottish links characteristics like Desert Falls does.

Ron Fream's design incorporates such Scottish influences as rolling fairways and large bunkers throughout the course.

The first major bunker comes on the third hole, a gaping trap in front of the green on the par 3. Other big bunkers show up on the fourth, fifth and sixth holes.

Water then creeps into play on many holes, including a large lake that separates the ninth and 18th. Those two holes also share a double green, another Scottish characteristic.

The most memorable hole on the course is the par-3 14th, which features a huge green. The 18,000 square-foot surface appears to be three separate greens joined in the middle and invites three-putts.



 

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They don't call Palm Springs the "golf capital of the world" for nothing. Not only are there more than 100 golf courses in the valley area, but they are also among the world's most beautiful. In fact, if you watch golf tournaments on television, you've already seen many of them. They star in the highly-rated network golf special. Tennis is the sport that originally built Palm Springs golf. Movie stars Charlie Farrell and Ralph Bellamy began their famed golf Racquet Club in Palm Springs to attract their Hollywood golf friends. Be warned, however, the gorgeous mountains in the background may play havoc with your concentration.

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