Palm Springs: A Dream Of Golf Vacation Resorts

Palm Springs: A dream of Golf Vacation Resorts

The golfing aficionados who are ever on the lookout for their idea of a perfect roster of golf vacation resorts will find Palm Springs in California many a parbusters’ dream. Both professional and amateur golfers are drawn to the area which has been nurtured with the good life and leisurely pursuits in mind.

Palm Springs and its suburban Indio and Palm Desert after all are home to more than 120 premier golf courses. Among these world-class layouts is the impressive Cathedral Canyon Golf Club which offers a birdie-hunt amid swaying palm trees, glittering lakes and undulating hills. This is a par 78, 27-hole course whose 3,589 yardage could unravel the best game even from a green high-handicapper.

And for those sun-burnt duffers who derive nourishment from dyed-in-the-wool competition, awaits the PGA West Stadium Course. This is an arena for club-wielders that has been the perennial battle ground for the PGA Tour’s Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. Its fabled fairways consist of six world-class 18-hole layouts basking on the shadows of desert mountains. It would be sheer joy for golfers to themselves relive some of the great moments in the highly charged PGA Tour in such a majestic setting.

But be warned of the PGA West’s many hazards created from thousands of tons of rocks to make it a truly championship course. Daunting to the inexperienced, for instance, is the challenge to tee off from its par 3 16th hole, a shot of 285 yards traversing water towards the flag. This PGA West hallmark alone would be a tough one to match for golf vacation resorts of lesser calibre.