Wildhorse Resort and Casino is on Native American tribal ground in eastern Oregon three hours away from Portland. It is owned and operated by the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. This resort and casino has 300 guest rooms and suites as well as an RV park onsite. It acquired the next door Pendelton Country Club in 2019 and…
To place tee into turf at Indian Palms C.C. is to dig into some serious golf history. Founded in the late 1940s, the original nine-hole grounds served as the first public golf course in the Coachella Valley. Since course overhauls in 2003 and ownership changes in 2012, the unique status of Indian Palms remains well intact. While many of the desert's august, resort-style courses serve as oft-benign play days in contrast with the area's modern long and strong tracks -- Indian Palms is no pushover. The three nine-hole courses each sport their own distance, nuance and challenge.
With places like SilverRock Resort, Indian Wells Golf Resort and Desert Willow Golf Resort, the Coachella Valley can easily claim to be the municipal golf capital of the world. All three clubs feature courses ranked among the top 50 "munis" in the U.S. by Golfweek, and you can play one former PGA Tour venue for less than $60. That's amazing, as is muni golf in the Coachella Valley. Jason Deegan has more from southern California.
We looked at golfer ratings and reviews to determine the Top 25 golf courses in California in 2016. The list features clubs in San Diego, Palm Springs, Monterey and more.
For desert guests: Prepping for a Coachella Valley golf getaway is akin to an American historian taking a trip to Philadelphia, a foodie traveling to New York or a gambler rolling into Las Vegas. Palm Springs is the proverbial kid in a confectionery for golfers, and the options for diverse play are limitless. As are the choices for accommodation to complement your rounds. From Indian Wells to La Quinta Resort, here are four top options for area resorts with exceptional "play and stay" facilities that are certain to ensure your travel meets high expectations.
For members of ClubCorp or Sequoia Golf clubs, their golf options for traveling just increased. Dallas-based ClubCorp has agreed to acquire Atlanta-based Sequoia Golf, bringing ClubCorp's total number of golf venues from 108 to 157.
As we enter the depths of winter across the U.S., Florida courses are beginning to take over the Power Rankings, at least for the week of Jan. 11. Coming in first this week is the Hills Course at LPGA International in Daytona Beach.
The Stadium Course at PGA West, host of the PGA Tour's CareerBuilder Challenge, is hardly the only "tournament-tested" course you can play in the Coachella Valley.
Noted golf photographer Brian Oar offers his top 10 winter escapes, including a couple "must play" spots and a few "bucket list" courses. He also includes a few inexpensive gems that can be played for less than $50.
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