Collection:
https://palmspringshs.pastperfectonline.com/ Below I don’t always stay on topic. Some «Object ID»s have been provided so that you don’t have to browse. Obviously, the many, many celebrity and tournament pics provide course looks as well, but I did not view most of them.
Searching «golf» got 1,407 Photo results and 107 Archive results.
ArchitectsFrank Bogert
Hugh Kaptur
Pearl McManus
Inez Quiroz «and helper»
Here are courses I saw named, using the wording of captions. Beware of my or PSHS's misattributions, renamings, misspellings, etc.
CoursesAnnenberg/Sunnylands
Bermuda Dunes
Biltmore
Cathedral Canyon
Canyon
City of Palm Springs
Desert Inn
Desert Princess
El Mirador
Eldorado/El Dorado
Esprit
Indian Wells
Los Pueblos
Mesquite
Mission Hills
Mountain Falls Golf Preserve
Mountain Shadows
New Horizons
O’Donnell
Palm Oasis
Palm Springs, located on Hwy 111 across from Romanoff's*
Ranch Club
Riviera Hotel Golf Club
Royal Air Country Club/Mashie
Seven Lakes
«P.T. Steven's golf course» (Object ID: 2008.1.88, site of, b/w, undated)
Tahquitz Creek
Tamarisk
Thunderbird
The Willows
* Palm Springs Municipal?
I did not know what to make of «Tommy Jacobs' Bel Air Greens, 1001 South El Cielo Road Palm Springs, California».
Archives These things caught my eye:
1. B&W film with: The Willows, Desert Inn, El Mirador, Thomas O'Donnell and O'Donnell Golf Course, La Quinta Hotel, Del Coronado and Balboa Park in San Diego, Tahquitz Falls. C. 1929 See Archive Data to view this recording.O. This film is 13 minutes long.
2. W P Rowe letter to PS Golf Course Committee & Earl Coffman re: water feasibility of 3 proposed golf course sites (Tahquitz Creek below the State Highway; site in Section 10 at foot of Chino Creek; site in Section 26 near Smoke Tree). (1945)
3. Video from 16mm reel film of the Municipal Golf Course construction. c. late 1950s See Archive Data to view this recording.
4. Royal Air Country Club Opening + Map of Royal Air Apts location, McCallum Orchard; Mashie Golf Course; Ruth Roberson Valeur; Kitty Kieley Hayes (1957)
5. Desert Princess Country Club membership and dues information, golf scorecards, homeowner membership information, model home plans and features, site plans, price lists, homeowners rules and regulations pamphlet, dinner menu, classic and masters series pl (1992-2004)
6. Historic Film Footage taken from our early movie film (mostly parades). Done by KESQ-TV Peter Richardson for us from the Palm Springs Follies 2-14-1995 (Sally). Almost identical w/ # except a little different footage of "Play Day" a Mashie Golf Course and footage of Zaddie Bunker and Zaddies Rockin chair (plane). Part of film shows other sites in the West. Shows Desert Circus Parade of 1958 including Bob Hope and Hopalong Cassidy. End of film shows Zaddie Bunker landing plane. Also shows the Kangaroo Court. ISSUES: There is a post it that says #2 Bob Hope in Desert Circus Parade . Disc that goes with the book "Desert Memories put out by the Desert Sun. It's unclear if it's this video or not. Recording length is 72 minutes.
7. Huell Howser videos of Palm Springs and the surround areas. This video is about Thunderbird Golf Course. An insider's tour of the first 18-hole golf course in the desert whose early members included Lucy and Desi. These were taken from a two disk DVD set title Palm Springs Week. Recording length is 30 minutes. See Archive Data to view this recording. (year?)
8. ABBA to perform at O'Donnell Golf Club. (2010)
Photos These things caught my eye. Housekeeping note: Some records have multiple images even when not indicated. For example, Object ID: 2014.13.7761 «Golf Classic (Bob Hope). Kneece. Feb 2-6, 1966» contains 47 images (including a few that look older!).
1. Frank Sinatra & Vice President Spiro Agnew golfing at Tamarisk Country Club, November 1974. 28 images are attached to this record. Object ID: 2008.47.386
2. Parade desert golfers golf course float Object ID: 2008.8.82
3. Tahquitz Creek/Municipal Golf Clubhouse (three images). Object ID: 2018.2.34034
4. Sketch of new municipal golf club house. Object ID: 2018.2.30147
5. 1951 views of O'Donnell Golf Course. (Search result pp. 19-20)
6. Viewing plans for golf course (McManus, Bogert). Object ID: 2008.41.2 and 2008.41.3
7. Canyon Country Club golf carts (1962). Object ID: 2018.2.37901
8. Mashie Golf Course at The Desert Inn (1915). Object ID: 2015.14.495 and 2008.19.54 («pre-1927»)
9. Club House at O'Donnell Golf (1952). Object ID: 2011.5.125
10. O'Donnell Golf Course and The Desert Inn (Aug 10 1966 aerial). Object ID: 2017.15.084
11. Looking East over O'Donnell Golf Course (Stephen Willard Postcard). Object ID: 2008.48.40
12. From Easter Hill 1964 golf course and town. Object ID: 2008.19.56
13. Group of horseback riders, edge of golf course. Object ID: 2008.8.249
14. El Mirador golf course under construction (1928 aerial). Object ID: 2008.19.2
15. Canyon Country Club Construction, early golf course, maintenance, map (1960s). Object ID: 2008.2.37660 and 2008.2.37663
16. West view Golf Course plot. July 8, 1958 This is a plan for where the Muni Golf Course ended up being built. Object ID: 2011.5.4036
17. Aerial, O'Donnell Golf Course from Howard Hughes' plane (1946). Object ID: 2010.1.007
18. Aerial of Thunderbird Country Club and Golf Course (1958). Object ID: 2008.19.75
19. Overlooking city above O'Donnell Golf Course, Color Kodachrome (1940). Object ID: 2011.5.166
20. Desert Inn back pasture, later Mashie Golf Course (1920). Object ID: 2008.4.219
21. Biltmore Golf Course, Hotel located at 1000 E. Palm Canyon Drive (1963). Object ID: 2018.2.0001
22. west of Ojo del Desierto looking north east over O'Donnell Golf Course. Object ID: 2008.50.756
23. Frank Bogert with Pearl McManus planning Municipal Golf course *Desert Sun photo. Object ID: 2008.15.29
24. Palm Springs Ranch Club, golf course. Multiple images are attached to this record (1960s). Object ID: 2018.2.11462
25. Bill Gargan Golf Tourney at Indian Wells (March 1964). Object ID: 2018.2.16883
26. Christmas in Julyat the Palm Desert Golf Cart Parade (July 1965). Object ID: 2018.2.22181
27. Canyon Country Club, Assorted golf shots Gene Lesch, Multiple images are attached to this record (1960s). Object ID: 2018.2.10652
28. Canyon Country Club course layout (no lots), Rendering os Canyon Country Club north golf course (1960s). Object ID: 2008.2.37589
29. Actor Jack Carson being hauled off golf course by Palm Springs Police, a joke no doubt. Object ID: 2011.5.2145
30. Rock Wall around Desert Inn Mashie Golf Course built in 1925 by Inez Quiroz and helper. Object ID: 2008.48.194
31. Canyon Country Club Groundbreaking and Construction, Jack Koenecker showing off Canyon Country Club golf course under construction (1960s). Object ID: 2008.2.37609
32. Douglas McLain at El Mirador Hotel golf course water hazard. Object ID: 2008.46.91
33. Putting green at O'Donnell Golf Club. A complete 9 hole course with miniature sand traps and numbered holes. Object ID: 2011.5.2463
34. Dog Show at Mashie Golf Course, Pearl Harbor Day 12-7-1941. Object ID: 2008.8.502
35. Golf Challenge at Tamarisk Country Club, Gary Player, Additional images in archive data, Multiple images are attached to this record (May 29 1963). Object ID: 2018.2.7414
36. Canyon Country Club Groundbreaking and Construction, Jack Quigley, Jack Koennecker and investor observing contruction of Canyon Country Club golf course (1960s). Object ID: 2008.2.37610
37. Araby Wash at Hwy 111 including aerial views of Seven Lakes Golf Course and Southridge Road, Rimcrest and Horizon Trailer Park. Object ID: 2008.19.121
38. Ruth Roberson (later married Valeur), playing in sprinklers at Mashie Golf Course, c. 1924, b. 07/13/1922, d. 9/10/2005. Object ID: 2008.2.40
39. Two photos of the grounds of the Thunderbird golf course. c. 1950s, (Images 19-118 and 19-119 are attached to this record). Object ID: 2008.18.118
40. The O'Donnell house (later clubhouse) on the golf course. (Other O'Donnell family images are available in the Archive Data in the range of 153-015 thru 153-083). Object ID: 2020.3.052
41. Westin Mission Hills Country Club 34600 Mission Hills Drive, condominiums and golf course under construction, c. 1975. (images 28-703 thru 28-707 are attached to this record). Object ID: 2008.27.703
42. Tahquitz Ditch, c.1912. This is looking west towards the site of the future Willows. Note the wooden fence of the McCallum Ranch pasture, later site of Nellie Coffman's Mashie golf course. Object ID: 2008.25.24
43. Large aerial photo looking down on Palm Springs with the Palm Springs Art Museum and O'Donnell Golf course shown as well as building on Mt. San Jacinto and the surrounding areas (1970s). Object ID: 2013.18.054