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Needles sits at one of California's most extreme edges — a Mojave Desert outpost on the Colorado River where Arizona is just across the water and summer temperatures routinely push past 115 degrees. It's the kind of place that filters out the casual visitor, and the golf here reflects that same no-frills, no-pretense spirit. Rivers Edge is Needles' own municipal course, a community layout that serves the locals who actually live and work in this remote corner of the state.
The Colorado River setting is the defining feature. Desert golf in this corridor has a raw, open character — wide skies, sparse Mojave vegetation, and the kind of flat river-valley terrain that lets you see trouble coming without always being able to avoid it. At par 71, the course plays slightly short of a full-length test, which suits the conditions well given that desert heat compresses a round into a matter of survival as much as scorecard management.
This is honest, accessible public golf in a genuinely unusual place. You won't find a resort price tag or a tournament pedigree, but you will find a course that belongs entirely to its community and its landscape — which, out here on the edge of the Mojave, is more than enough.
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | Par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue · men | 6,460 | 70.4 | 116 | 71 |
| White · men | 6,156 | 69.1 | 113 | 71 |
| White · women | 6,156 | 75.4 | 125 | 71 |
| Gold · men | 5,698 | 66.8 | 108 | 71 |
| Gold · women | 5,698 | 72.1 | 122 | 71 |
| Red (Front 9 - Twice) · women | 5,572 | 71.4 | 121 | 72 |
| Red · men | 5,412 | 65.3 | 105 | 71 |
| Red · women | 5,412 | 70.7 | 119 | 71 |
| Red (Back 9 - Twice) · women | 5,252 | 70 | 117 | 70 |
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