Desert Falls Country Club earned a 145 slope rating from the back tees, putting it among the five highest slope ratings in the Coachella Valley. But the back-tee difficulty shouldn't scare the average player away as they made this course with five sets of tees on almost every hole.

The bunkers might be the most prominent feature of Ron Frehm's design. Holes like the par-5 fourth and the par-3 sixth have massive bunkers, while virtually every hole has at least one strategically placed trap.

While most courses have a single signature hole, Desert Falls features three such holes. The par-3 14th, at 170 yards from the white tees, is among the toughest in the desert. The massive green is 18,000 square feet, in essence three greens in one. It is protected by bunkers to the front and back.

Course:

• Holes: 18 - Par: 72 - Length: 7,084 - Slope: 145 - Designer: Ron Frehm

History:

• Desert Falls was designed by the world renown architect, Ron Frehm.  Mr. Frehm has designed golf courses in over 50 countries and six continents, including Euro Disney and for the Sultan of Brunei.
• His designs are always one-of-a-kind.  Never mirrored or duplicated, with an emphasis on traditional and historic design.  Desert Falls was designed to be played every day.
• Desert Falls Country Club’s links style golf course can challenge the games of great athletes and be just as fair to the average golfer. 
• Desert Falls was host to the Frank Sinatra Celebrity Open from 1990 to 1993, and the Don Drysdale Hall of Fame Golf Classic.  The Senior Classic has been played here, and continues to be a PGA qualifying course.

Features:

• Par 72 / 7084 from the tournament
• 133 slope rating  from the back tee. 74.0.
• Three signature holes (including 18,000 14th green, largest west of the Rocky Mt).
• Rated “Top 10” in the desert by SCPGA
• Earned “4-Stars” by Golf Digest annual Best Places to Play.  As voted by 20,000 readers evaluating over 4000 courses.

Tee	Yardage	Rating	Slope
Black	7084	74.0	133
Blue	6702	72.2	128
White	6230	70.1	123
White (W)	6230	76.7	137
Gold	5792	68.0	118
Gold (W)	5792	74.2	132
Red (W)	5273	71.3	124

Desert Falls is one of the many courses in the desert to switch from bent greens to bermuda in the last few years. Desert Falls made the change last summer, and the bermuda greens were in place for the Drysdale event last year. With one full year of growth, the greens should putt even better than last year. "The greens are just absolutely perfect this year," Miller said. In fact if you remember the humidity we had this last summer, they almost seemed to thrive on it."

Desert Falls is also known for its unique site, which allows for views of almost the entire valley. "The vistas you get from every tee are beautiful," Miller said. "They say it's one of the highest points in the desert. There isn't a tee you can't look around the valley from."

Desert Falls Country Club

1111 Desert Falls Parkway
Palm Desert, CA 92211

DIRECTIONS FROM I-10 (EAST BOUND)
Traveling Eastbound on I-10
Take Cook Street Exit and turn right on Cook Street
Turn left on Country Club Drive
Turn left on Desert Falls Parkway

DIRECTIONS FROM I-10 (WEST BOUND)
Traveling Westbound on I-10
Take Cook Street Exit and turn left on Cook Street
Turn left on Country Club Drive
Turn left on Desert Falls Parkway