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Robert Trent Jones Jr. designed Desert Dunes, and it remains one of the more thoughtfully conceived desert layouts in California's Coachella Valley — a course that leans into the wind-swept, linkslike character of its high-desert terrain rather than fighting it. When it opened in 1989, it drew immediate attention for its naturalistic approach: wide, rumpled fairways, deep native-sand waste areas, and a routing that feels more like it belongs on a Scottish coastline than the California desert. The course has carried a devoted following among serious golfers who appreciate design that rewards strategic thinking over raw power.
Desert Hot Springs sits at the northern end of the Coachella Valley, just above Palm Springs, where the desert floor gives way to the foothills of the San Bernardino Mountains. The terrain here is rawer and less manicured than the resort corridors to the south, and Desert Dunes reflects that — there's an exposed, elemental quality to a round here that the polished resort tracks nearby don't quite replicate.
The wind is the great variable. Prevailing afternoon gusts can transform the course entirely, turning manageable par 4s into genuine tests and demanding the kind of low, running game more common to links golf than American desert play.
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | Par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black · men | 6,868 | 74.2 | 136 | 72 |
| Gold · men | 6,590 | 73 | 133 | 72 |
| White · women | 6,205 | 77 | 139 | 72 |
| White · men | 6,129 | 71.1 | 128 | 72 |
| Silver · women | 5,359 | 72.2 | 129 | 72 |
| Silver · men | 5,250 | 66.9 | 115 | 72 |
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