From Presidents to touring pros, golfers of every ilk flock to Rancho Mirage. Here in the California desert, they test their stamina and skills on an array of stunning 18-hole courses, including those at The Westin Mission Hills Resort & Spa.
Some make a pilgrimage specifically to play Mission Hills’s two world-class courses: the Pete Dye Resort Course—sometimes called “diabolically Dye” because of the water hazards and deep pot bunkers that highlight its challenging design—and the Gary Player Signature Course—the only Player course in the Palm Springs area.
The par-70 Dye course rambles across more than 6,700 yards of undulating greens and skillfully placed water features. Accuracy and patience help golfers conquer this 18-hole masterpiece, site of the Nabisco Dinah Shore LPGA Tournament.
An enticing blend of lakes and waterfalls, sand dunes, and arid ravines lend the Player course more visual contrast and landscape variety than just about any other links in the California desert. Many golfers consider this par-72 course the best in the Palm Springs area.
The Westin Mission Hills also houses a Golf Digest School and the Palm Springs Golf Academy, where PGA teaching professionals offer lessons to golfers of any ability.
Enclosed within walls of Spanish-Moorish design, The Spa at Mission Hills provides intimate pampering in a boutique-style atmosphere. The treatment menu runs a broad gamut from massage and hydrotherapy to scrubs and exfoliations. Specialties include lomilomi massage and Zone Stone Connection geothermal therapy—a reflexology treatment for feet, hands, and ears, combining hot-stone therapy and ancient Chinese techniques.
The resort’s 65,000-square-foot conference center entertains groups from all over the world. The flexible facility hosts everything from modest meetings to grand events in the Ambassador Ball Room or outside on the romantic palm-shaded Master’s Plaza.
To shine as a golf and spa superstar in the Palm Springs area demands extraordinary facilities and dedication. For just such an exemplary achievement, The Westin Mission Hills Resort & Spa deserves its fame.