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The Palms Golf Club is an 18-hole private course in La Quinta, California.

Designed by Brian Curley/Fred Couples. It plays 7,081 yards from the Black tees, rated 74.6/140 (checked 2026-08-14).

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18
holes
70
par
7,081
yards (tips)
140
slope (black)
The shape of the round · Black teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLACK TEES429178401383226505413203456475478462412631170237477545142334445365748394104114124134145153163174185PAROUT 3,194 YDSIN 3,887 YDSFIRST NINESECOND NINE
The published card in playing order, 18 holes with the two nines split — hole number under each bar, its par below that.

The course

designer
Brian Curley/Fred Couples reported
access
private
address
57000 Palms Dr, La Quinta, CA 92253, USA
phone
760-771-2606
elevation
-50 ft derived
opened
1999
on site
pro shop · restaurant

33.63665, -116.23846 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 14 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

193 traced features across 7 layers for The Palms Golf Club, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery.

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193 traced features across 7 layers for The Palms Golf Club, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

18
Holes
20
Fairways
52
Bunkers
5
Water
18
Greens
61
Tee pads
28.8ft
Elevation range
7,081yds
Black tees
631yds
Longest hole
170yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2022-04-15

Height-63.4 ft-34.6 ft

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-14

All 11 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 11 rows, showing the start of the table.

BlackM70708174.614031943887
BlueF72contested70672278.914430553667
BlueM70672272.513430553667
MooseM72633670.7129
MooseF72633676.8139
WhiteM70624470.212828003444
WhiteF72contested70624476.313828003444
GoldM70556067.412024143146
GoldF72contested70556072.813024143146
RedF72contested70536171.512723233038
RedM70536166.511623233038

Every figure as published except Card par (derived), which is summed from the card below and shown only where a published figure is contested; a blank cell elsewhere is one nobody publishes. Front 9 and Back 9 are summed from the per-hole yardages on the scorecard.

The Blue, White, Gold and Red tees publish a par the scorecard below does not add up to. Both figures are published and nothing we hold settles which one a round plays to, so the Par column keeps the published figure, marked contested, and each tee's own par row from the card below is summed beside it, marked derived.

Scorecard

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-14

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 434435434444453345 70
Black 429178401383226505413203456475478462412631170237477545 7,081
Blue 412166384363208505392193432415459438403611150212457522 6,722
White 377146370305188495365169385378425407391579130185438511 6,244
Gold 351124313257134429317141348333400371365518114162420463 5,560
Red 33982307244134429309131348318400358356518102145390451 5,361
Handicap 515117917313114481261810216

No per-hole yardages are published for Moose, so it is not on the card above.

Plan it in the Studio

Plan The Palms Golf Club hole by hole, for your game.

Ask in plain words. The Studio draws each hole on the aerial photo, picks a club for each shot from your carries and the way you miss, and shows where a miss costs you strokes. This course's greens were surveyed, so it reads their slope too.

  • The approach, planned A Studio approach map on the aerial photo: a lob wedge aimed at the island green, its spread drawn as a dashed ring over the water, and the side it most often misses. Example from another course: hole 15, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • The green, from LiDAR A Studio green view on the aerial photo: arrows for the slope a LiDAR survey measured, the area a cup could be cut, and the safer side to miss. Example from another course: hole 15, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • Every shot, tee to green A Studio plan on the aerial photo of a desert par 4: the driver off the tee and a 7-iron into the green between the bunkers, each shot with its landing spread drawn as a dashed ring. Example from another course: hole 2, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale

Plan this course in the Studio

Pictures: Studio output for a sample golfer, drawn 2026-10-15. The Studio needs a free account. AI can make mistakes.

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Measured against comparable courses

How hard and how long this course plays against comparable courses — never how good it is.

FigureThis courseIn CaliforniaNationwideAmong its peers
Longest7,081 yds=88th of 889=1,247th of 12,025=459th of 2,954 private courses · =1,244th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 140=60th of 750=932nd of 8,710=418th of 2,300 private courses · =912th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 74.6=76th of 685=821st of 7,615=349th of 2,143 private courses · =817th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread1,720 yds between tees290th of 857=3,977th of 11,5231,179th of 2,885 private courses · =3,918th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1999=651st of 768=7,780th of 9,368=2,079th of 2,418 private courses · =5,726th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level-50 ft derived 914th of 91712,434th of 12,4373,025th of 3,026 private courses · 9,103rd of 9,106 18-hole regulation courses

A published figure is compared only against the courses that publish it too, which is why the totals differ from row to row — a state's length field is the courses with a scorecard, not the courses in the state. Height above sea level is the exception: we derive it from a coordinate, so its field is very nearly every course we render. Ties share an ordinal and are marked =. How this is computed →

What's on this page

In progress6 of 7 built

6 of 7 parts of this course page are built, and we're filling in the rest.

  • Scorecard, built.Par and yardage for every hole, from 9 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 11 sets of tees.
  • Course map, built.All 18 greens drawn, with the fairways, bunkers and water, over aerial imagery.
  • Per-hole distances, built.Every hole is traced, so carries and distances to the front, middle and back of each green are measured along the line you actually play.
  • Green contours, built.Half-foot contours on all 18 measured greens, from public LiDAR.
  • Green slope and pin positions, built.Fall lines and the pinnable area on 18 greens — the figures the Caddie plans against.
  • Course details, partly built.6 of 7 background details — we don't hold the grass on the greens.

The site is in beta and the database is still being built, so expect gaps. Know something we don't? Help us fill it in — a link to where it's published is worth more than anything else you could send.

Sources

Gathered from the course's own site and public records — every figure on this page is traceable to who published it and when. Spot an error or a gap? Tell us.

Location and identity seeded from OpenStreetMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Last checked 2026-08-14. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

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