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Its signature 18-hole golf course has hosted the Ryder Cup and the Palm Springs Golf Classic (now known as the American Express). Opened in 1951, the country club has been a favorite of many celebrities, including Bing Crosby and Bob Hope , [ 1 ] as well as US Presidents Gerald Ford and Barack Obama . [ 2 ]
Founded in 1960 as the Palm Springs Golf Classic, [4] the tournament evolved from the Thunderbird Invitational that was held in Palm Springs the previous six years, from 1954 to 1959, but with a much smaller purse. [5] The event was renamed the Bob Hope Desert Classic in 1965 and the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic in 1986. [6]
Early golf courses in Palm Springs were the O'Donnell Golf Club (built by oil magnate Thomas A. O'Donnell) [204] and the El Mirador Hotel course, both of which opened in the 1920s. [ 24 ] : 120 After the Cochran-Odlum (Indio) and Shadow Mountain pitch and putt courses were built after World II, the first 18-hole golf course in the area was the ...
Ben Hogan was the club's first golf professional. [3] [1] The club hosted the Bob Hope Classic 19 times. [3] Architect William Francis Cody designed the clubhouse. Frank Sinatra lived in a walled compound on the club's 17th fairway, and his Rat Pack friends, Sammy Davis Jr., Pat Henry, and Jilly Rizzo built homes around the corner from Sinatra. [1]
Along with the announcement, golf fans were given their first look at renderings of the air-supported dome that will reach a height of 75 feet, covering TGL’s near football field-sized playing ...
The four-day golf tournament was followed by a black-tie gala in the ballroom of the Palm Springs Riviera Hotel. [ 1 ] The tournament was won by a then 24-year-old in his second year on Tour, Frank Beard , after having to Monday qualify. [ 1 ]
It is over this course, now known as the Dinah Shore Tournament Course, that the Chevron Championship, one of the five major championships in women's professional golf, was played. It debuted in April 1972 as the "Colgate-Dinah Shore Winner's Circle," the richest event on the LPGA Tour , and became a major in 1983 through 2022.
PGA West is a set of 6 golf courses located in La Quinta, California. The PGA West Stadium Course was designed by Pete Dye and is viewed as the sequel to the TPC at Sawgrass . It was inspired by the Scottish links-style courses and at one point was considered one of Golf Digest 's Top 100 Courses in America.