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Monday's open golf session will be held at the Players Course, Hyatt Grand Champions
DATE/TIME
Monday, May 4, 2009
12:00 p.m.
Players Course/Indian Wells Golf Club
44-500 Indian Wells Lane
Indian Wells, California
Phone: 760.346.4653
FEES
$135
The fee includes greens fees and cart. If you wish to reserve rental clubs, please contact the course at the number above, or contact them when you arrive at the hotel.
OVERVIEW
On November 27, 2007 the John Fought-designed Players Course opened to the public. Conceived in the spirit of a classic American
design style, The Players Course features wide playing corridors, traditional rectangular tee boxes and sculpted bunkers. Most of the
holes are oriented to take full advantage of jaw-dropping views of the surrounding mountain ranges and majestic Eisenhower Mountain to
the south. As a “core golf” layout, no roads or homes intrude into the golf courses, and each hole is designed to be somewhat
sheltered from the others to elicit a feeling of solitude. Uniquely, Fought was able to utilize many of the mature trees found on
the original East Course property to impart the feel of a venerable facility while at the same time delivering a modern approach to
golf course design. But to be clear, the mature tree cover and geographical location are about the only two things that the original
East Course (opened in 1986) and the new Players Course have in common. By design, the Players Course is completely different than
the original golf course.
“The Players Course has an interesting classic strategy developed in harmony with a host of wonderful aesthetics,” said John Fought.
“The sand face bunkers are reminiscent of the work of George C. Thomas at Riviera. The mature trees, the California barrancas and
stunning mountain views all combine to compose one of the finest new courses in the western United States.”
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