Desert Willow Golf Resort is a superb choice for UK golfers looking to add championship desert golf to a California golf holiday. Located in Palm Desert, close to Palm Springs, the resort offers 36 holes across two very different courses: Firecliff and Mountain View. Both were designed by the Hurdzan-Fry-Cook team, with native desert landscaping, wide mountain views and a polished resort feel throughout.

Firecliff is the stronger test and the course most confident golfers will want on the itinerary. Recently renovated with Mini Verde Bermudagrass greens, refreshed fairways and reshaped tee boxes, it features water, natural hazards, elevated greens and more than 100 bunkers and waste areas. It is a proper risk-and-reward round, where good course management matters as much as distance.

Mountain View offers a slightly more forgiving but still scenic alternative, with wider fairways, multiple tee boxes and a relaxed flow that suits mixed-ability groups. It is ideal as a first round after travelling, or as part of a two-course stay in the Palm Springs area.

For a USA golf holiday, Desert Willow works brilliantly alongside other Palm Desert and Palm Springs courses, with sunshine, mountain scenery, excellent practice facilities and plenty of hotels, restaurants and resort-style comforts nearby. It is a smart option for golfers who want warm-weather golf, strong course conditioning and a memorable desert setting.