A handful of adjectives can be used to describe Palm Springs California in the summer by weathercasters everywhere: scalding, dreadful, dashboard-melting and atrocious. Hide-the-dog heat is what they call it here and that’s an understatement. But don’t knock it til you try it. The most avid golfers would take in a round of golf in a soothing 110F.
The Palm Springs Desert Resorts Convention and Visitors Authority is annoyed with perky meteorologists in the Golden State’s cooler climes who seem to take delight in pointing out the big yellow sun omni-presently hanging above the Coachella Valley on the weather map. So here's the PSDRCVA's plan – snatch these weathercasters and drop them at the La Quinta Resort and Spa, load them with food and drink, and then send them home to suggest about the rewards of dry heat (straight hair, cracked lips, leather neck).
Such is the M.O. of golfers here in America's Desert Playground during the warm summer months. Get out early. Get in quick. Save a little money. The price of a round of golf and hotel rooms drops meteorically in May and remains meteorologically suppressed even through September. The concept has even caught on overseas. Many of the European summer visitors tee it up regardless of the scorching heat. For the most part, though, it is the locals who "take advantage" of summer golf in the Valley.
Palm Springs California is definitely great in the summer. You’ll get no argument here. Summer golf in the desert can be a satisfying experience, with cheap green fees and no crowds waiting for you to finish the hole.
