Palm Springs Golf Course - Mission Hills

First Gary Player course in the desert. Rolling with many bunkers and lakes. Millions were spent landscaping this impressive layout. Golf Magazine voted it one of the top ten new resort courses.

Proudly associated with the LPGA's Nabisco Championship Tournament, the Mission Hills Country Club is a club rich in prestige and amenities. Over the years, Mission Hills continues to attract Members from around the world, all looking forward to playing the challenging and beautiful Dinah Shore Tournament Course, recently rated as the No.1 course in the Coachella Valley. Among the most scenic and toughest golf courses in the Coachella Valley, this private course is another Pete Dye test with acres of traps, large and severely contoured greens, and fairways with lots of humps and bumps. Water on left on 8 holes, so don't hook! Good landing areas on most holes. No out- of-bounds, but don't stray into the rough, surrounding area desert. Bent greens.

Palm Springs Golf Course and Package Information

FEATURES & AMENITITIES:

• · Golf Academy at Westin Hills
• · Class Driving Range
• · 2 Large Practice Greens
• · Several Restaurants On Site
• · 2,500 sq. ft. Pro Shop
• · PGA Instruction On Site
• · Club Rentals Available
  When the LPGA players hit the course this week at the Nabisco Dinah Shore, they will quickly notice the new bunkering around the greens at the only home the tournament has even known.

The bunkering was changed over the summer, creating deeper traps with steeper faces. The bunkers are generally smaller than they were, and three bunkers on the course were eliminated entirely.

Palm Springs Golf Course and Package Information

Aside from the bunkers, the course is basically the same one the players face every year. The layout has large trees throughout course, and Muirhead's design is more a traditional, East Coast course than a true desert course. Water comes into play on just four holes, but none as dramatically as the par-5 18th. The hole has water the entire left side of the fairway, with the lake eventually surrounding the massive island green on one of the most photographed holes in the desert. The par-3s are among the toughest holes on the course, with water on the fifth and 14th holes and difficult greens on the eighth and 17th. The par-4s are some of the easier holes on the course, not counting the third hole, which requires a long iron for an approach shot. Drives on the 15th and 16th holes must be placed well or golfers can find themselves blocked from the green, even if the ball is in the fairway.

They don't call Palm Springs the "golf course capital of the world" for nothing. Not only are there more than 100 Palm Springs 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.