The Top Ten Golf Courses in the area, as rated by a panel of 18 well-apprised golf pros and amateurs in the area:

1st place (tied) - The Quarry at La Quinta, architect, Tom Fazio, opened in 1994. Listed in Golf Digest's list of Top 100 courses in the country. 777-1100

1st place (tied) - Dinah Shore Tournament Course, Mission Hills Country Club. Architect, Desmond Muirhead, opened in 1971. Home of the Nabisco Dinah Shore. 324-7336.

3rd place - The Canyons at Bighorn, architect, Tom Fazio, opened in 1998. 341-4653.

4th place - The Tradition Club, architect, Arnold Palmer, opened in 1997.
564-1067.

5th place (tied) - The Vintage Club Mountain Course, architect, Tom and George Fazio, opened in 1981. 862-2076.

5th place (tied) - The Reserve, architect, Tom Weiskopf and Jay Moorish, opened in 1998. 568-5599.

7th place - The TPC Stadium Course at PGA West, architect, Pete Dye, opened in 1985. 564-7170.

8th place - The Plantation, architects Brian Curley and Fred Couples, opened in 1996. 775-3688.

9th place - The La Quinta Resort Mountain Course, architect, Pete Dye, opened in 1980. 345-2549.

10th place - Tamarisk Country Club, architect, William Bell, opened in 1952, 328-2141.