Rams Hill Golf Club

Situated on a hill overlooking the remote and sleepy town of Borrego Springs, Rams Hill Golf Club provides the golfer with an incredibly scenic and fun round of desert golf.

Rams Hill was originally designed by Ted Robinson in 1983 as a 27-hole layout and suffered through a rocky financial history with multiple owners buying, selling and renaming the property over the decades. In 2007, the property was completely redesigned by Tom Fazio, resulting in a brand new 18-hole course. Due to ongoing financial issues, the course closed in 2010 only to reopen in 2014 using the original Rams Hill name.

Both nines feature the aforementioned hill as the course makes its way up and across the ridgeline for the front nine and then plays downhill for the back nine. Rams Hill offers a variety of tee box options starting at 5,064 yards from the ladies tees and stretching to 7,247 yards from the black tees.

Favorite holes on the course include the 5th, which is a long par three with water challenging the golfer most of the way and the downhill par five 11th which provides amazing views of Borrego Springs and leads to the green nestled next to a small pond.

Despite being a desert course, the local springs allows for a surprising number of water features and, unlike many Palm Springs courses, Rams Hill closes for the summer allowing the layout to survive the brutal heat and to ensure that when it is open, the conditioning is in top shape.

Rams Hill is truly a hidden gem of California golf courses.

Article by Pete Flanigan.