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Tee Off in Palm Springs

California: home to world-class golf, year-round!

Golfers from around the globe dream about visiting the Palm Springs Desert Resorts, where more than 115 golf courses, abundant sunshine, low humidity, and dramatic desert scenery provide the perfect environment for enjoying and improving their golf games.

Home to world famous tournaments like The Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, Frank Sinatra Celebrity Tournament and Kraft Nabisco LP GA Tour, visitors, residents and celebrities continue to tee off on some of the finest examples of designer golf courses known today. And thanks to its stunning climate, such courses can be found most anywhere throughout the desert's eight resort cities, which include Cathedral City, Desert Hot Springs, Indian Wells, Indio, La Quinta, Palm Desert, Palm Springs and Rancho Mirage.

Many of the desert's most popular courses have been played by US Presidents, top celebrities and dignitaries from around the world, swinging shoulder-to-shoulder with family members and amateurs alike. Courses for visitors to consider include The Westin Mission Hills Resort & Spa (Rancho Mirage), home to the Gary Player Signature Course and Pete Dye Resort Course; Classic Club (Palm Desert), a nationally recognized championship course including firstclass amenities; Desert Willow Golf Resort (Palm Desert) including the Firecliff and newly renovated Mountain View Course; Indian Wells Golf Resort (Indian Wells), featuring the dual Celebrity Course and Players Course; Desert Falls Country Club (Palm Desert), awarded Golf Digest's "Best Places to Play" accolade; and Indian Springs Golf Club (La Quinta), a challenging yet player-friendly course with generous fairways.

Other popular must-play courses include SilverRock Resort (La Quinta), featuring The Arnold Palmer Classic Course and named by Zagat as one of America's Top Golf Courses; The Golf Club at Terra Lago (Indio) home of the 1999-2002 PGA Tour Skins games hosting Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Sergio Garcia, Vijay Singh, Fred Couples, and Greg Norman; Tahquitz Creek Golf Resort (Palm Springs) featuring two uniquely different courses and just minutes from downtown Palm Springs: and La Quinta Resort & Club and PGA WEST (La Quinta) which together offer guests five resort courses designed by golf legends Arnold Palmer, Tom Weiskopf, Pete Dye, Greg Norman and Jack Nicklaus.

The desert is also home to top-notch services from golf schools and golf packages to retail outlets and driving ranges. The Callaway Golf Performance Center at the Indian Wells Golf Club provides state-of-the-art technology that fits professionals and amateurs with the perfect club through innovative computer simulation technology.

For more information about golf in the greater Palm Springs area and for all your travel needs to Southern California's premiere desert oasis, visit or call your nearest Flight Centre travel consultant at 1-866-317-4794.

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