34-600 Mission Hills Drive,
Rancho Mirage, California 92270
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Mission Hills Golf Academy.The Course:
54 holes. Desert-style & parkland. Gently undulating terrain.
Surroundings:
Residential and desert.
Designer:
Dinah Shore Tournament course designed by Desmond Muirhead (1972).
Arnold Palmer Signature course (1979).
Pete Dye Challenge (1988; designed by Pete & Alice Dye).
There are three championship courses at Mission Hills CC: the Dinah Shore Tournament course (7240 yards; which plays to the south of the clubhouse); Pete Dye Challenge course (6955 yards; which sits directly above the Tournament course across Dinah Shore Drive); Arnold Palmer Signature course (6834 yards; which sits to the east of the Tournament course, just north of Gerald Ford Dr).
The neighbouring Westin Rancho Mirage Resort also has a Pete Dye design.
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7 miles E of Palm Springs
Mission Hills CC, Calif.
The private Mission Hills Country Club is home to three championship golf courses, separately designed by Pete Dye, Arnold Palmer and Desmond Muirhead. The club's neighbour, the Westin Rancho Mirage Resort (formerly called the Westin Mission Hills Resort), is also home to a Pete Dye design.
The Muirhead-designed layout at Mission Hills CC, originally called the Old Course, and now the Dinah Shore Tournament course, was for many years home to an LPGA major, the Nabisco Dinah Shore Championship (see Did You Know section). The course is rated one of the best in the Coachella Valley, and culminates in the heavily water-defended 646-yard par-5 18th, with an island green sitting right in front of the clubhouse.
The Arnold Palmer Signature course measures 6,834 yards from the tips and is a Mission Hills Country Club member favourite. The Pete Dye Challenge (originally called the Dinah Shore course, until that title was moved to the Tournament course) weighs in at 6,955 yards from the back tees. The design incorporates big waste areas and bunkers large enough to make this Rancho Mirage golf course a real test of skill.
Limited access: this private course is generally playable only by members and their invited guests.
Private club; visitors/guests may only play if hosted by a member.
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The Dinah Shore Tournament Course designed by Desmond Muirhead, played host to one of the four major LPGA championships from 1972 until 2022. Over the years the event was known as Colgate Dinah Shore Winners Circle (1972-81), Nabisco Dinah Shore (1982-2001), Kraft Nabisco Championship (2002-14), ANA Inspiration (2015-21), and Chevron Championship (2022). To the surprise of many, in 2023 the Chevron Championship (as it was then called) was moved to the Club at Carlton Woods near Houston, Texas.
While at Mission Hills, the Nabisco Dinah Shore ended with the winner and her entourage taking a victory leap into the famed "Poppie's Pond" alongside the 18th green. It was Amy Alcott who started the tradition in 1988, jumping into the pond to celebrate the second of her three wins in the Nabisco Dinah Shore.
Poppie's Pond, part of a small lake that defends the 18th hole on the Tournament course, was named in honour of former Tournament Director, Terry Wilcox. He was known by his many grandchildren as "Poppie".
Dinah Shore Tournament course:
California's 53rd best course (Golf Digest, 2023/24).
The Sentry: known for many years as the Tournament of Champions, the PGA Tour’s 2025 season-opener gets underway on Kapalua’s Plantation course (Jan 2-5). Chris Kirk defends.
Tournament of Champions: the LPGA Tour’s 2025 season is launched at Lake Nona with the their Tournament of Champions (Jan 30-Feb 2). The 2024 edition gave Lydia Ko her 20th LPGA Tour title.
Attahya Thitikul: also known as “Jeeno”, the Thai golfer won the LPGA Tour’s 2024 CME Group Tour Championship … and an eye-watering $4 million, the richest first-prize in women’s golf.
Rory McIlroy: scooped the 2024 European (DP World) Tour season-long Order of Merit title, joining Seve Ballesteros as a six-time winner of this prestigious award.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.
Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.
Here at Prince’s Golf Club you'll find 27 excellent holes of links golf. Just over the fence and sharing similar terrain is Royal St George’s; but Prince’s is far from overshadowed by its venerable neighbour. The three nine-hole loops at Prince's, laid out over gently undulating terrain, are sure to bring a smile of satisfaction to all lovers of links golf.
Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available
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