Al Geiberger Jr.
Al Geiberger Jr.
Al Geiberger Jr.
Al Geiberger Jr.
Al Geiberger Jr.
Al Geiberger Jr.
Al Geiberger Jr.
Al Geiberger Jr.
The Palms Golf Club
The Palms Golf Club
57000 Palms Dr
La Quinta, CA 92253-8767
United States
Overview
Built on an old palm tree farm, The Palms Golf Club stays true to its roots with some towering trees framing nearly every hole—which along with the mountains in the distance—make for great backdrops. The Brian Curley/Fred Couples design is playable off the tee but features some smaller, undulating putting surfaces that can give players fits. There is a good variety of holes—with long and short par 3s and a shorter, reachable par 5 coupled with a 600-yard-plus three-shotter.
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Reviews
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“Excellent and superbly well conditioned golf course built within an old palm tree / dare farm. The majority of the holes are framed by towering palm trees which created excellent sight lines and along with the surrounding mountains, created excellent vistas. Very good variety of long and short holes moving in different directions. The small undulating greens and associated surrounds and several false fronts along with deep green side bunkering created the challenges to playing this course. Given the contours of the greens and firmness, accurate chipping and putting were a significant challenge. Overall, this is an outstanding and very well maintained golf course."
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“Excellent and superbly well conditioned golf course built within an old palm tree / dare farm. The majority of the holes are framed by towering palm trees which created excellent sight lines and along with the surrounding mountains, created excellent vistas. Very good variety of long and short holes moving in different directions. The small undulating greens and associated surrounds and several false fronts along with deep green side bunkering created the challenges to playing this course. Given the contours of the greens and firmness, accurate chipping and putting were a significant challenge. Overall, this is an outstanding and very well maintained golf course."
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“Capital G-golf club here. Very challenging with small, undulating greens with many false-fronts. Very well maintained and a true championship design on a small footprint. The design variety is not amazing, but the camaraderie of the membership and staff is wonderful. Strongly suggest you play it if given the chance."
Read More2025
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“Capital G-golf club here. Very challenging with small, undulating greens with many false-fronts. Very well maintained and a true championship design on a small footprint. The design variety is not amazing, but the camaraderie of the membership and staff is wonderful. Strongly suggest you play it if given the chance."
Read More2025
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“Unique course set in an old Date Palm farm. Excellent condition, demanding approach shots. Definitely a course you can play often without getting board."
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“Varied green designs and challenging greens to read for putts. Bent grass greens in the desert! Variation of hole design and routing is excellent. Challenging and fun course to play for all skill levels."
Read More2024
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“Date palm tree lines holes are very nice. Very difficult greens to hit ... many have lots of run off areas but they are beautifully conditioned."
Read More2023
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“Definitely not your typical desert course. The greens can be insanely fast at times, and with the slopes of the greens, you can easily have some putting nightmares on this course. Course is pretty wide open. This course is known to have one of the lowest handicap averages in the nation. Many professional and high level golfers have been and are members here."
Read More2018
