Bighorn Golf Club, Palm Desert

255 Palowet Drive, Palm Desert
Club Status: Private
Course: 36 Holes – Tom Fazio / Arthur Hills
Year Opened: 1998
Golf Membership: $350,000 / $250,000(Family/Single, Limited to property Owners)
Golf dues: $27,000 / $22,000 Annually
Tennis, Spa and Racquet Club

Number of Homes: 570
Recent Home Values: $1.5 to $11 Million
Recent Custom Lot Values: $2 to $5 Million
Recent HOA: $640 Monthly

Bighorn Home Listings
Bighorn Custom Lots

Bighorn is one of the Desert’s top five and most desirous private luxury golf communities. Sitting high above the city lights, offering spas and private jet service and personal privacy are what distinguishes Bighorn Golf Club from other luxury communities. Bighorn is widely regarded as one of the most exclusive country club atmospheres on the West Coast.

Bighorn is a custom and semi-custom home community with home values ranging from $2,000,000 to $50,000,000.00

Bighorn also boasts two world-class golf courses designed by Tom Fazio and Arthur Hills. Carved into this rugged terrain, Bighorn's Mountain and Canyon courses deliver a top-notch golf experiences.

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The Citrus Golf Club, La Quinta

Pomelo at Jefferson, La Quinta
Club Status: Private
Course: 18-Holes - Pete Dye Design
Year Opened: 1987
Golf Membership: $100,000 (Non-Equity Membership Deposit)
Golf Dues: $743 Monthly + $62 Monthly Cart Trail Fee
Tennis, Spa, Lap Pool (New Fitness Center opened '08)

Number of Homes: 625
Recent Home Values: $565,000s to $2.8 Million
Recent HOA: $265 to $400 Monthly

Citrus Listings

Located in the City of La Quinta, The Citrus is one of three golf courses within the La Quinta Resort & Club Heritage Membership program. Designed in 1987 by world-renowned golf course architect Pete Dye, the Citrus course is considered by many as one of the most challenging courses in the valley.

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Enclave Mountain Estates at La Quinta Resort

Avenida Ferando at Loma Vista, La Quinta
Club Status: Semi-Public (Members and Resort Guests have Priority)
Course: 36 Holes – Pete Dye
Golf Membership: $100,000 Non-Equity Deposit
Golf dues: $675 Monthly

Number of Homes: 32
Recent Home Values: $1,475,000 to $2 Million
Recent Custom Lot Values: $600's to $1.75 Million
Recent HOA: $275 Monthly

Enclave Mountain Estates Listings

Enclave Mountain Estates is one of La Quinta’s best kept secrets and home to actor, Clint Eastwood and also Scott McNealy of Sun Microsystems, to name a few celebrities.  These 32 custom estate homes are located behind private gates within the La Quinta Resort.  The homes are situated on and around several golf holes and a lake of the Mountain Course designed by Pete Dye. Home owners can take advantage of the La Quinta Spa and Resort’s amenities including room service, laundry service and resort charging privileges.

These custom estate homes were built from '93 through '06. A few custom estate lots are still available for your own custom home. The Enclave homes range in size from about 3,000 to over 7,000 square feet and the architecture varies from contemporary to Spanish and Tuscan.  The majority of the Enclave Mountain Estate homes offer golf course and/or mountain views.

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Indian Wells Country Club

Indian Wells Country Club has been synonymous for the Frank Sinatra Celebrity Golf Tournament home for many years as well as the Fun Club of the Desert. The Club has grown significantly from its inception 50 years ago.

Indian Wells Country Club offers its members and guests two quality golf courses featuring 36 golf holes. The Classic Course and the Cove Course are both challenging and the mountain-scapes totally awesome.

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La Quinta Country Club

The La Quinta Golf and Country Club in La Quinta California is nestled below the Santa Rosa Mountains across the road from the famous La Quinta Spa & Resort hotel. The club has been a participant of championship golf and the Bob Hope Classic since 1964.

La Quinta Country Club was established in 1959 and has been known to the world's golfing community as the "Jewel of the Desert." It was on these rolling tree-lined fairways where the late President Dwight Eisenhower first became devoted to golf in the desert. Even today, professionals and amateurs alike consider this course, designed by Frank and Lawrence Hughes, one of the toughest in the Desert.

Lilies dot the glimmering lakes along the 7060 yards of sweeping emerald fairways. The grounds are abundant with rose bushes and mature trees, including palm, olive, tamarisk, tropical banana, carob, eucalyptus and pine, adding to the beauty of the course.

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Indian Ridge Country Club, Palm Desert

76-375 Country Club Drive, Palm Desert
Club Status: Private
Course: 36 holes – Arnold Palmer Signature Courses
Year Opened: 1994
Golf Membership: $110,000 Equity
Golf Dues: $13,200 Annually
Racquet Club with Fitness Facility

Number of Homes: 1,076
Recent Condo Values: $500’s to $700’s
Recent Home Values: $700’s to $2 Million
Recent HOA: $200 to $600 Monthly

Indian Ridge Listings


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Mountain View Country Club, La Quinta

50400 Jefferson Street, La Quinta
Club Status: Private
Course: 18 Holes - Arnold Palmer Signature course
Year Opened: 2005
Golf Membership: $80,000
Golf Dues: $900 Monthly
Social Membership: $320 Monthly

Number of Homes: 426 (50 Condos)
Recent Condo Values: $300,000 to $600’s
Recent Home Values: $375,000 to $1.4 Million
Recent HOA: $338 Monthly / Condos: $505

Mountain View Listings

Mountain View is a luxurious new Arnold Palmer designed golf course community in La Quinta, California.

This is a typical Toll Brother home with great design and amenities. Golf memberships are included in many of the new homes. Great community for either a year-round new home, a summerhouse or a vacation home.

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The Palms Golf Club, La Quinta

57000 Palms Drive, La Quinta
Club Status: Private
Course: 18 Holes - Fred Couples / Brian Curley
Year Opened: 1999
Golf Membership:  $20,000 (Single Equity Membership)
Golf Dues: $635 Monthly

Number of Homes: 101
Recent Home Values: $525,000 to $2.3 Million
Recent Custom Lots Values: $199,000 to $600’s
Recent HOA: $335 Monthly

Palms Home & Golf Villa Listings
Palms Custom Lot Listings

Home of Fred Couples, the Palms Golf Club of La Quinta is a gated community of 85 luxury custom homes.

This traditional-style design features gently-rolling terrain and boasts spectacular views of the nearby Santa Rosa Mountain Range. More than 2,000 mature date palms and 1,000 desert mesquite trees combine to give the layout a unique and diverse look. The overall challenge is enhanced by demanding fairways and compact, well-undulating greens. Three creeks wind through the layout and add a pleasing aesthetic.

The 18-hole course features 7,020 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 70. The course rating is 74 and it has a slope rating of 134. Designed by Brian Curley, ASGCA/Fred Couples, the Palms golf course opened in 1999. Memberships are available at $33,000.

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PGA West, La Quinta - An Overview

Jefferson Street at Avenue 54, La Quinta
Club Status: Private, 3 Public and 3 Semi-Private Courses
Course: 108 Holes – Nicklaus, Palmer, Dye, Norman and Weiskopf
Year Opened: 1984
Premier Golf Membership: $125,000 (Non-Equity Membership Deposit)
Golf dues: $825 Monthly (plus Annual Golf Cart Trail Fee)

Number of Homes: 1,400
Recent Home & Condo Values: $190’s to $3 Million
Recent HOA: $305 to $635 Monthly

PGA West is considered one of the country’s premier golf communities. It is also the home of The Bob Hope Chrysler Classic.

PGA WEST is a spectacular master-planned country club community, established in 1984 and located in La Quinta.

PGA WEST is a recreational resort development consisting of more than 2,200 acres featuring world-class golf, tennis and fitness. PGA West features six incredible golf courses, including the new Greg Norman Course. Residents enjoy three expansive clubhouses, a health and racquet club, as well as an abundance of social activities.

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The Quarry at La Quinta

1 Quarry Lane, La Quinta
Club Status: Private
Year Opened: 1994
Course: 18-Holes, Tom Fazio plus 10 hole practice course
Golf Membership: $150,000 Equity
Golf Dues: $14,100 Annually

Number of Homes:
Recent Home Values: $1.4 to $8 Million plus
Recent Custom Lot Values: $500's to $1 Million
Recent HOA: $400 Monthly

Quarry Home Listings
Quarry Custom Lot Listings

The Quarry at La Quinta is recognized by Travel and Leisure Magazine as one of the Top 100 golf communities in America. Nestled at the base of the foothills between the coral and Santa Rosa Mountains, the Quarry offers panoramic views of the golf course, the mountains, and the city lights beyond.

This exclusive and highly secure desert hideaway features an award winning Tom Fazio golf course that has been described as “Simply Perfection” and the “Golfer's Golf Course.” It features three distinct elevations creating three unique playing areas. Golfers playing the course will encounter a gradual elevation change of more than 300 feet as they experience the harmony that combines nature and golf at The Quarry.

The Quarry’s 10-hole practice course and practice areas alone exceed most of the desert’s golf courses!  The newly renovated Club offers a full-service pro shop, health spa, tennis, luxurious member guest accommodations, and private dining. Tee times are never required for members.

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Rancho La Quinta Country Club

79295 Rancho La Quinta Drive, La Quinta
Club Status: Private
Course: 36 Holes – Trent Jones Jr. / Jerry Pate
Year Opened: 1993
Golf Membership: $105,000 Non-Equity Membership Deposit
Golf Dues: $900 Monthly
Racquet Club with Fitness Facility

Number of Homes: 600
Recent Condo Values: $395,000's to $800’s
Recent Home Values: $640,000 to $2.3 Million
Recent HOA: $590 to $750 Monthly

Rancho La Quinta Listings

One of the Desert’s most popular developments, Rancho La Quinta is one of the most lushly landscaped country club communities within the valley. It is a private and gated community offering two championship golf courses by Robert Trent Jones Jr., and Jerry Pate, the tougher of the two. There is a premier fitness facility and racquet club.

As its name suggests, Rancho La Quinta places emphasis on an early-Californian theme with the clubhouse and homes' architecture reflecting a Mission/Mediterranean exterior. The community's proximity to both the Santa Rosas and local shopping, its social activities program, make Rancho La Quinta a highly coveted address for both seasonal and year-round residents.

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The Reserve, Indian Wells

74001 Reserve Lane, Indian Wells
Club Status: Private
Course: 18 Holes - Tom Weiskopf / Jay Morrish (There is also 3 practice holes)
Year Opened: 1999
Golf Membership: $250,000 Equity
Golf Dues: $22,500 Annually
Fitness Facility and Spa

Number of Homes: 250
Recent Home Values: $1.3 to $9 Million
Recent Custom Lot Values: $800's to $2 Million
Recent HOA: $874 Monthly

Reserve Listings
Reserve Custom Lots

The Reserve, one of the top five luxury desert developments, defines desert living.  Located at the foot of the Santa Rosa Mountain in Indian Wells, CA it adjoins the Living Desert and has some of the most desirable views in the desert.

Built in 1999, the course designed by Tom Weiskopf and Jay Moorish features 21 holes.. The 18-hole championship course (and its three practice holes) offers a challenging target golf experience, steering players through the canyons and hillside.

In addition to the golf, tennis, swimming and hi-tech fitness facilities, The Reserve is noted for its elegantly-appointed Tuscan clubhouse complete with indoor and outdoor dining and spa. Homes begin at $1,350,000.

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Hideaway Golf Club, La Quinta

80-349 Via Mirasol, La Quinta
Status: Private
Course: 36 Holes – Clive Clark / Pete Dye
Year Opened: 2005
Golf Membership: $150,000 – Private Equity
Golf dues: $1350 Monthly

Number of Homes: 446
Recent Home Values: $1.3 to over $7 Million
Recent Custom Lot Values: $250's to $2 Million
Recent HOA: $600 Monthly (Bungalows: $960)

Hideaway Home Listings
Hideaway Custom Lot Listings

The Hideaway at La Quinta is a new, private equity-membership, luxury golf community developed by Michael Meldman’s Discovery Land Company. Custom home sites, single family homes and golf villas are available with lots beginning at $475,000.

Two golf courses are available:

The Pete Dye-designed golf course offers sweeping mountain views as it tests players with expansive free-flowing bunkers, large lakes and challenging green complexes.

The Clive Clark-designed course makes use of strategically placed bunkers, cascading water and subtle elevation changes to create shot values and drama skilled players will truly appreciate.

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The Madison Club, La Quinta

53035 Meriwether Way, La Quinta
Club Status: Private
Year Opened: 2007
Course: 18-Holes, Tom Fazio
Golf Membership: $200,000 (limited to property owners)
Golf Dues: $32,000 Annually

Number of Homes: 200 Custom Lots And 20 Villas
Recent Custom Lot Values: $1.75 to $5 Million

Villas (1,000 square feet)  Sales to date: 2 ($1.5 and $2 million)
Recent HOA: $1,050 Monthly

Madison Club Residences
Madison Club Custom Lots

Home to Fred Couples, Mark Wahlberg and another 98 members as March 2010, this community has been designed to be invisible to the outside world and compete with the likes of the Quarry, Bighorn, the Reserve and the Tradition. They have succeeded!  The Tom Fazio golf course at Madison Club is one of Fazio’s best. Holes 16 and 18 will stay in your memory for years to come – they are simply brilliant!  The Madison Club is set in a 500 acre parkland featuring dense stands of mature trees, generous fairways and cascading water – all surrounded by La Quinta’s dramatic desert mountain vistas. Private equity membership at Madison is by invitation and is limited to just 225 property owners (home site and villa owners).

There are 193 custom estate home sites, with an average lot size of 3/4 acre currently available and 12 homes under construction.  Each home site offer deep setbacks deliberately designed to preserve the tranquility and privacy of the quiet lanes which in turn are lined by mature shade trees, adding a quiet elegance to the neighborhoods.

The Madison Club Villa Collection
The Villas at The Madison Club are a collection of nineteen exquisite luxury homes averaging 5,000 square feet. Each Villa home has been handcrafted with painstaking attention to detail to create a truly elegant, refined living environment that perfectly reflects the tastes of discriminating owners and accentuates the unsurpassed luxury life at The Madison Club. The Villas are clustered in an intimate neighborhood at the very heart of the community, offering exceptional privacy and unparalleled access to all club amenities. Prices start at about $4 million.

The newly completed members clubhouse offers five clubhouse member suites (two have been sold) each offering luxury accommodations within the clubhouse area. These Villas will be available for short-term visits by members and their guests. Additional club amenities include world-class spa facilities, a resort style swimming facility, a fitness center, golf performance center, and both fine and casual dining.

I can offer purchasers access to both resale and developer owned properties at the Madison Club.

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Toscana Country Club, Indian Wells

76009 Via Club Villa, Indian Wells
Club Status: Private
Course: 36 holes - 2 Jack Nicklaus Signature Courses
Year Opened: 2004
Golf Membership: $150,000 Equity
Golf Dues: $13,800 Annually

Number of Homes: 620
Recent Home Values: $1.4 to $4.4 Million
Recent HOA: $376 Monthly

Toscana Property Listings

Toscana is Indian Well’s newest luxury golf community. Toscana has, without doubt, the most fabulous club house and golf shop in the desert!

Floor plans featured are amongst the most pleasing and functional found in Coachella Valley.

There are two Jack Nicklaus courses are more than adequate with the South course being the more enjoyable of the two. Homes begin in the $1,500,000+ range.

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Tradition Golf Club, La Quinta

78505 Old Avenue 52, La Quinta
Club Status: Private
Year Opened: 1997
Course: 18 Holes - Arnold Palmer (Also: 9 hole par 3 course)
Golf Membership: $175,000 Equity Membership
Golf Dues: $1650 Monthly

Number of Homes: 280
Recent Home Values: $1.5 to $6 Million
Recent Lot Values: $500’s to $2.7 Million
Recent HOA: $430 Monthly (California Villages HOA: $763)

Tradition Property Listings
Tradition Custom Lot Listings

The Tradition is another of the Desert’s top five luxury golf communities. Nestled at the foothills of the scenic Santa Rosa Mountains, the views and vastness are simply spectacular and an abundance of wild life makes this community very desirable.

This La Quinta development sits at the bottom of Washington Street and  is one of the most beautiful developments in terms of architecture, aesthetics and desert life-style. Since the 1920's, over 700 of its acres have been citrus orchards.

The Tradition’s entry is covered in lush fuchsia bougainvillea giving a subtle elegant impression of exclusivity. Arnold Palmer makes his home here and designed one the most beautiful golf courses in the Coachella Valley. There is no marquee naming the property!

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The Vintage Club, Indian Wells

75005 Vintage Club Drive West, Indian Wells
Club Status: Private
Course: 36 Holes – Tom Fazio
Year Opened: 1979
Golf Membership: $350,000 Equity (Property owners by invitation)
Golf Dues: $29,800 Annually
Tennis, Spa and Fitness / Wellness Center

Number of Homes: 511
Recent Condo Values: $700,000 to $3 Million
Recent Home Values: $1.8 $18 Million
Recent Custom Lot Values: $2 to $4 Million
Recent HOA: Varies

Vintage Club Custom Home Listings
Vintage Club Luxury Condo Listings

The Vintage is one of the most ultra exclusive luxury golf communities on the West Coast and especially in the desert.

Its 712 acres are tucked into a natural cove at the base of Eisenhower Mountain in Indian Wells.

There are two Tom Fazio designed golf courses, a magnificent club house and a host of many above-average amenities. Homes range from $600,000 for cottages all the way up to $26,000,000.00. A few lots remain.

For lots, new home sales and resales currently available, contact Barry for additional information on the Best Desert Golf Communities.

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