Palm Springs Golf Course - Tahquitz Creek

This is the newer of the city's two municipal courses, and it was designed specifically not to be a typical municipal course. Ted Robinson, who has designed some of the desert's better resort courses, was giving the task of creating a course that could appeal to municipal and resort golfers at the same time.

Palm Springs Golf Course and Package Information

One of the main characteristics of the course is Robinson's use of bowl-shaped greens. That means any shot on the green will have a tendency to roll toward the middle of the green and hopefully, toward the pin position for the day. Those green cause some problems, though, for golfers who miss the putting surface and find themselves with difficult chips to greens sloping away from them.

Palm Springs Golf Course and Package Information

The course is to the west of the existing golf course and lays mostly in a wash, which provides the course with some quirks. Those quirks include a traditional link-style course that has nine holes out and nine hole back into the clubhouse, as well as the rolling feel of a links course without the nearby water. Robinson's design includes a double green for the third and 16th holes and an island fairway on the seventh hole. The seventh is the start of a demanding stretch of holes from the seventh to the 11th. Short par-4s, particularly on the first, second and 12th holes, allows average golfers to make some pars. But those holes are made up for with difficult par-3s at the third, eighth and 13th. The eighth has water fronting the green while the 13th is surrounded by sand. Robinson's designs are particularly noted for his use of water, and this course is no different. In addition to the island fairway on the seventh, water comes into play on four other holes.
 

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.