Into the Swing

Delight in luxurious golf clubs without ever setting foot on the greens

BARBARA BECKLEY Golf, Hotels & Resorts, Real Estate

Cocktail camaraderie, restaurants with a view, big-game sports-viewing parties, free Wi-Fi, live music and theater, and even bingo put golf clubs on par with top-notch desert action. Best of all, you don’t have to know a birdie from an eagle — or even be a member — to partake of the posh pleasures and casual relaxation at Coachella Valley golf

PSST – Devoted to Dinah

Kleinschmidt Golf

Jane Blalock, Julie Inkster, Sandra Palmer, Donna Caponi, Nancy Lopez, and Amy Alcott may be the names most Kraft Nabisco Championship fans recognize. But followers of the golf tournament should at least know Neil Golub’s face. The president/CEO of Price Chopper Supermarkets has played in the pro-am portion of the competition every year since the original Colgate Dinah Shore in 1972. He has been teamed with the aforementioned pros, as well as Dinah Shore — and won twice.

Live… From Indian Wells!

“One-namers” — Palmer, Nicklaus, Player, Watson, Trevino, Woods, and Sorenstam — have teed up in the made-for-television LG Skins Game.

Tim Sweeney Golf

“One-namers” — Palmer, Nicklaus, Player, Watson, Trevino, Woods, and Sorenstam — have teed up in the made-for-television LG Skins Game.

Of Course, the Desert's Got Game

Nine public and semiprivate golf courses promise to test your skills and awe you with natural beauty.

Obrey Brown Golf

Pro and celebrity tournaments — including the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, the Frank Sinatra Countrywide Celebrity Invitational, and Kraft Nabisco Championship — fix the eyes of the golf world squarely on the Coachella Valley for several months each year. The fabled courses that host these tournaments become magnets for enthusiasts who visit the desert to test their game on some of the most beautiful and challenging layouts.

Diamond In The Rough

Inspired by the world’s greatest courses, Tom Doak reflects on how he turned rugged, raw land into the spectacular Stone Eagle Golf Club

Tim Sweeney Golf

Inspired by the world’s greatest courses, Tom Doak reflects on how he turned rugged, raw land into the spectacular Stone Eagle Golf Club