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 The Golf Club at Terra Lago
Terra Lago Golf Club Palm Springs
Terra Lago Golf Club (formerly Landmark Golf Club) features 36 holes of
championship golf on tracks that are considered to be among the best in the Palm Springs area – with both earning 4 ½ stars from Golf Digest
Places to Play. Situated in the foothills of Indio Hills, this facility offers two challenging and picturesque layouts that utilize the natural high
desert terrain through a variety of land forms that includes steep slopes, three lakes, rolling sand dunes and indigenous vegetation. Views of
the Coachella Valley and of the San Gorgonio and Chocolate Mountains are stunning. We found our experience on these courses to be exhilarating – true desert golf that combines challenge with playability,
while providing upscale amenities and conditioning in a spectacular setting.
The design of both the North and South Courses melds the traditions of golf with the power of the land
through a variety of land forms, steep slopes, three lakes, different soil types, rolling sand dunes, and natural desert vegetation.
The clubhouse at Terra Lago provides a beautiful pro shop with an adjacent restaurant/lounge that can
seat up to 172 people in a well appointed, comfortable setting, with picture windows affording gorgeous golf course and mountain vistas. Extensive breakfast and lunch menus are offered. The pavilion next door can
facilitate outings, meetings and special events of up to 350 people, and locker rooms with showers are also available for men and women.
North Course
The round begins simply enough with a tee shot playing to a
fairway that climbs upwards with significant bunkering infringing upon the landing areas. From here the holes climb and descend, providing players with opportunities to use every club in their bag.
Well bunkered fairways are the norm here, but the landing zones are often spacious, with desert areas forming the frame. This is high desert golf along a rolling terrain, with undulating green
complexes that afford golfers opportunities to use a variety of approaches. The par threes are gorgeous golf holes, with proper club selection often complicated by
elevation changes or wind, which can be formidable here. Water first comes into play on the ninth hole, with Southern California's All-American Canal situated immediately to the right of the putting surface.
Fourteen and eighteen also have water in play, but the 15 takes honors as the most gorgeous water hole. This par three plays to an island green, with wind often a significant factor. A photo is featured at the top
of this review.
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