If tennis is your game, you can swing a racket at ten city-owned public tennis courts or take a lesson or clinic at one of the many semi-private clubs located in Palm Desert.
Try the Desert Springs JW Marriott Resort & Spa, one of the city’s finest places to stay, for an unbeatable Palm Desert tennis experience. Named one of the top 50 tennis resorts in the country by Tennis magazine and one of the top 100 in the world by Racquet, Desert Springs Marriott is the perfect place to improve your game or indulge your competitive side.
To watch the pros in action, avid tennis fans won't want to miss the annual Indian Wells Tennis Tournament - one of the world's premier professional tennis tournaments, at the nearby Indian Wells Tennis Garden.
If golf is more your style, there’s nowhere better than Southern California, home of some of the world’s greatest courses – and of course great weather for year-round play. But in Palm Desert, golf takes on a whole new meaning. With more than 100 courses in the Coachella Valley – including Palm Desert’s award-winning Desert Willow Golf Resort, you’ll find plenty of places to test your skill and raise your spirits.
Full of undulating greens, challenging bunkers and stunning water features, Desert Willow offers a Palm Desert golf experience unlike any other. Named one of Golf Digest’s “Best Places to Play,” the course features environmentally sensitive design and construction, as well as stunning vistas of the surrounding Coachella Valley and the Palm Springs area.
Visit the Desert Willow Golf Resort website for more information and to book a tee time.