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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 ]
The Desert Classic (currently known as The American Express for sponsorship reasons; previously known as the CareerBuilder Challenge, Palm Springs Golf Classic, the Bob Hope Desert Classic, the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, and the Humana Challenge) is a professional golf tournament in southern California on the PGA Tour.
The Palm Springs Open was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour, played only in 1953. [1] It was played at the Tamarisk Country Club in Palm Springs, California . An American golfer, Jackie Pung won the event.
The five-day event was designed to allow the heavyweights in golf and show business to come together and pay tribute to the icon who meant so much to both industries. The four-day golf tournament was followed by a black-tie gala in the ballroom of the Palm Springs Riviera Hotel.
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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]
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