My Day at the Classic Club Golf Resort
If you are a golfer heading out on your next Palm Springs, my brother, a great place to play golf in what some consider the "Golf Capital" of the world is the Classic Club in Palm Desert, California.
Designed by Arnold Palmer, this course was once the host location for the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. Nationally recognized as one of the best public golf courses in the United States, the design the course is challenging, to say the least.
According to the promotional literature that they have on line and at the course, the Classic Club has over 30 acres of lakes and streams, 14 bridges and an abundance of pine trees and desert foliage. The elevated undulating greens are surrounded by bunkers large and small protecting the greens and in key spots of the fairway ready to catch an errant drive or approach shot. So that it is not so daunting for the amateur, like my brother and I, there are five (5) sets of tees which substantially shorten the 7,305-yard course.
One of my favorite holes is the par 5 ninth hole. A dogleg right with water that comes into play on both the second and third shot, the green is an island which can be reached by a well placed approach. There are sand traps and pines lining the right side of the hole so you can't take a short cut by cutting out the dogleg.
The par 3 twelfth is another hole fun and challenging hole. With water on three sides, it requires a very accurate tee shot over bunkers and water. It takes almost a perfect shot to hit the green and stay there, because there is a sand trap in the back, so simply playing safe and long will not work on this hole.
The course was voted by Golf Digest as one of the "Top five new public courses in the Americas" in 2006 and was recently ranked #8 in California on Golfweek's list of "America's Best Courses."
Not armed with a hand held range finder I found a GPS tracker in my cart. The fact that I didn't have to guess how far I was from the hazards and green certainly helped by ballooning scrore. While on the course I ordered a sandwich and beer, which is one way to deal with the high scores that come from playing this beautiful beast of a course.
When we finished our round, we headed for the Tuscan inspired clubhouse and its restaurant, which overlooks the course and the desert. We lingered in the clubhouse till my cell phone rang. It was my wife, wondering when we were coming home. We dutifully left, but not until I hit the pro shop for some appropriate souvenirs of a day well spent.
Designed by Arnold Palmer, this course was once the host location for the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. Nationally recognized as one of the best public golf courses in the United States, the design the course is challenging, to say the least.
According to the promotional literature that they have on line and at the course, the Classic Club has over 30 acres of lakes and streams, 14 bridges and an abundance of pine trees and desert foliage. The elevated undulating greens are surrounded by bunkers large and small protecting the greens and in key spots of the fairway ready to catch an errant drive or approach shot. So that it is not so daunting for the amateur, like my brother and I, there are five (5) sets of tees which substantially shorten the 7,305-yard course.
One of my favorite holes is the par 5 ninth hole. A dogleg right with water that comes into play on both the second and third shot, the green is an island which can be reached by a well placed approach. There are sand traps and pines lining the right side of the hole so you can't take a short cut by cutting out the dogleg.
The par 3 twelfth is another hole fun and challenging hole. With water on three sides, it requires a very accurate tee shot over bunkers and water. It takes almost a perfect shot to hit the green and stay there, because there is a sand trap in the back, so simply playing safe and long will not work on this hole.
The course was voted by Golf Digest as one of the "Top five new public courses in the Americas" in 2006 and was recently ranked #8 in California on Golfweek's list of "America's Best Courses."
Not armed with a hand held range finder I found a GPS tracker in my cart. The fact that I didn't have to guess how far I was from the hazards and green certainly helped by ballooning scrore. While on the course I ordered a sandwich and beer, which is one way to deal with the high scores that come from playing this beautiful beast of a course.
When we finished our round, we headed for the Tuscan inspired clubhouse and its restaurant, which overlooks the course and the desert. We lingered in the clubhouse till my cell phone rang. It was my wife, wondering when we were coming home. We dutifully left, but not until I hit the pro shop for some appropriate souvenirs of a day well spent.
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