The Reserve Club

The desert course at The Reserve Club – a Tom Weiskopf and Jay Morrish creation from 1998 – lies in the shadow of the Eisenhower and Indio Mountains at the southern end of Coachella Valley.

There are actually twenty-one holes in play here, comprising the main 18-hole course and a separate group of three so-called “trophy holes” which allow members to put into practice things they’ve been working at on the range.

Configured somewhat unusually with five par fives (a round at The Reserve starts and finishes with a par five) and five par threes (back-to-back short holes feature at the 16th and 17th), the course can be stretched to 7,021 yards from the back markers.

A capital investment of $13 million was agreed in 2018 to replace the club’s 20-year-old irrigation system and re-design the clubhouse. Course renovations might also follow, building on the decision to remove thirty bunkers in 2013, which left ninety in place.