In early May my wife and I traveled to California and had the pleasure of golfing at Pacific Grove, Pasatiempo, San Juan Oaks, Monarch Dunes, Sandpiper, Oak Quarry, Desert Willow-Firecliff, and LaQuinta Mountain.
LaQuinta Mountain was the last course played on our trip. Designed by Pete Dye, the course is one of five at the LaQuinta resort complex in Palm Desert.
Yardages are 4,875/5,330/5,768/6,300/6,732. All yardages posted here are from the 6,732 tees.
Opening tee shot, par-4 of 368 yards. The green is above the far end of the long fairway bunker.
Approach on #1
Second hole, a long par-3 along the water's edge, 205 yards
Tee shot on #3, 395 yards par-4
Approach on #3
Looking back on #3
Hole #4, par-5 508 yards. The hole curls around the ridge on the left.
Fairway on 4th hole
Approach on #4
Par-3 5th hole, 162 yards
#6, a par-4 of 400 yards, water on the right
Looking back on hole #6
Par-5 7th hole, 492 yards
7th fairway
Looking back on #7
Tee shot on 8, par-4 400 yards
8th fairway
Tee shot on hole 9, par-4 433 yards
9th fairway
Approach on 9
Back 9 to follow in the next day or so...
Cheers,
Jim