My Day of Golf at the Desert Princess Golf and Country Club

In my last trip to Palm Springs I was looking for a golf course where I could play with my younger daughter. Of course, I didn't want to hold up some of the more serious golfers so I wanted a course that was challenging but not populated by the scratch golfer.

After browsing some of the Palm Springs golf web sites, I found the Desert Princess Golf and Country Club.

The Desert Princes Golf and Country Club is just outside of Palm Springs has three beautiful 9-hole courses, with four sets of tees that offer a golf experience for golfers with all different levels of skill.

Golf architect David Rainville designed all three of the courses. While similar in style each of the three offers a slightly different style of play.

This is a very picturesque setting surrounded by majestic snow - capped San Jacinto Mountains. There were also fruit tree and one story townhomes lining the course. On the day that we were out the sun was shining bright and temperature was in the mid - 70's.

The first of the courses is the Lagos course. Heavily laden with water on six of the nine holes, a miss hit and you will quickly find yourself fishing for golf balls.

The second course is called the Vista. It is designed in the links style with rolling fairways. If you forgot your range finder you may have little bit of trouble gauging the distance as this course is deceptively long.

The El Cielo is the last of the three nine - hole lay outs. Much like the Lagos there is water in play on eight of the nine holes.

The Desert Princess has a nice pro shop where I rented clubs for my youngest daughter as well as a driving range. Adjacent to the course is a tennis facility with about a dozen lighted courts operated by Charlie Moore one of the local tennis pros.

A spa and work out facility are also on property next to the tennis facility. The adjacent Doral hotel has a restaurant with the view of the course and the snow - capped mountains and is perfect spot to end the day.