When temps rise, greens fees fall. Take advantage of seasonal deals and experience one of these scenic courses. Here are 12 golf courses across Greater Palm Springs to play this summer.
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Tennis Legend Alice Marble’s Escape to Palm Springs
Tennis legend Alice Marble’s path to greatness epitomized the American dream. Born in 1913 to a blue-collar family in Northern California, Marble fell in love, first, with baseball. “We were poor, so naturally we picked a hobby that was cheap,” she explained in her...
“Nude Bowl” Near Palm Springs Has Lured Pro Skateboarders for Decades
The first time Eddie Elguera heard the story, he couldn’t believe it: A couple of locals on motorcycles had stumbled upon an abandoned swimming pool in the middle of the desert outside Palm Springs. For Elguera, a two-time world champion skateboarder, the rumor...
Sports History in the Coachella Valley Runs Deep
Member of the Los Angeles Angels.PHOTO COURTESY PALM SPRINGS HISTORICAL SOCIETYSomething remarkable happened seemingly overnight: Our desert oasis became an ice hockey hub, with the Coachella Valley Firebirds playing to sellout crowds during a wildly...
Lamborghini Huracán Sterrato Takes the Charging Bull Brand Off Road
The limited-edition Lamborghini Huracán Sterrato is already sold out.PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY LAMBORGHINI AUTOMOBILIThe smoothly paved surface of the track at Chuckwalla Valley Raceway in Desert Center, an hour or so east of Palm Springs, had ended, and my...
How to Stay Active in Greater Palm Springs This Summer
Take a ride to the top.PHOTO COURTESY PALM SPRINGS AERIAL TRAMWAYFind Higher Ground.Explore the natural beauty of the surrounding mountains, where daytime temperatures are 20 to 40 degrees cooler than the desert floor. Ride up the Palm Springs Aerial...
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Wake Up With the Desert
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Time to Get a Move on
In celebration of health and wellness, and in the spirit of connecting communities, Run with Los Muertos will once again host its unique relay #WeRuntheCV on Oct. 20 starting at lululemon.The event brings together runners for a one day, 100-kilometer...
The Original Sand Lot
In the mid-1980s, 103 Los Angeles investors fronted almost $280,000 to purchase a struggling minor league baseball team known as the Redwood Pioneers. With the contract signed, the Pioneers moved from their home city of Rohnert Park to the place where...
Who’s Got Game?
Tennis court action around the Coachella Valley has a long history of raising tension, emotion, and excitement, but never more than it does right now, as the stakes appear greater than ever — teetering on existential, some suggest. The game’s purists...
Final Negotiations
It is interesting to note how many positive and legacy-altering events took place in hospital rooms for the late, great sports agent Steve Zucker.In 1984, in the midst of Chicago Bears dominance in the NFL, Zucker was in a Chicago hospital, recovering...
Pickle People
A seismic shift has been shaking up the recreational landscape as venues across the Coachella Valley convert their tennis courts for pickleball play. Last year, the USA Pickleball Association signed a multiyear deal to move its decade-old National...
Still Playing in the Dirt
Anyone who has had the chance to glimpse the 60-plus-motorcycle brigade that belongs to Tribal Member Vincent Gonzales Jr. might find it hard to believe he hasn’t been riding since he took his first steps.It is true, though, that one of his earliest...
Get Your Kicks
Greater Palm Springs has long been known for its impressive golf scene. With its otherworldly landscape, ideal weather, and courses designed by greats such as Pete Dye, Jack Nicklaus, and Arnold Palmer, it’s easy to see the appeal. However, these days...
Down on the Bayou
The Palm Springs Power will begin its quest to reclaim the Southern California Collegiate Baseball League (SCCBL) title that eluded them for the first time in five years in 2016 with a season-opening series starting June 2 against the So Cal Catch at...
Olympic-sized Commitment
Members at The Vintage Club are used to going for the green.Now, they’re going for the Gold.While up at his Alaskan home last year, Vintage member Bob Penney learned that the USA Women’s Rugby team headed for the Summer Olympic Games was visiting the...
Making His Pitch
Summer baseball reminds players why they first began playing the sport.“You kind of relive when you were just a kid and your coach told you you’re playing this spot today and make it happen," says Desert Christian Academy graduate Morgan Earman.“You get...
Lapping it Up
When I was young, my folks signed my siblings and me up for swim team primarily to learn how to swim. We were barely walking when we learned the basic strokes of butterfly, back, breast, and freestyle while enjoying the camaraderie and challenge of...
Runners of All Abilities Unite in Palm Springs
A team of 10 first responders will run alongside hundreds of “Moon" walkers on Jan. 24 as part of the 5th annual Mayor's Race and Wellness Festival in Palm Springs.It's just one in a handful of events that members of the Palm Springs Police Department...
Where to Play Tennis in Greater Palm Springs
Grab your racquet and head for one of these public tennis courts. Indian Wells Tennis Garden 78200 Miles Ave., Indian Wells. 760-200-8200; www.iwtg.net Fritz Burns Park 78107 Ave. 52, La Quinta. 760-777-7090; www.la-quinta.org La Quinta High School 79255...
Swing Time for Soccer
The futility of waiting for the wind to die, if only for a slight moment, deepened as I readied for tee off on my first-ever round of FootGolf at The Lights of Indio Golf Course. A cross between golf and soccer, the game — played with a regulation size 5...
Kate Hudson on Music, “Song Sung Blue,” and Life in Palm Desert
