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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 Riviera [a] is a resort hotel in Palm Springs, California. It occupies 16 acres (6.5 ha), and includes 398 rooms, as well as 40,000 sq ft (3,700 m 2) of meeting and banquet space. The property opened in 1959. It included the city's first convention center, and a golf course that operated for the next two decades.
This category contains articles about golf clubs and courses in California. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. B.
The Fantasy Springs Hotel and Casino opened on December 21, 2004 by $200 million refurbishment. [1] The property was designed by CallisonRTKL Inc. (Previously RTKL Associates Inc.) [1] In late April 2007, the 18-hole Eagle Falls Golf Course at Fantasy Springs opened to the public.
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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 ...
Within a year, the resort could beckon summer vacationers and residents with the completion of the new Ellis Maples-designed Devils Knob golf course (June 1977) and the opening of the mountain tennis center (June 1978). In January 1978, Wintergreen hosted its first Winter Special Olympics. There was also an ongoing flora transplantation project ...
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.