April 24 - May 1, 2021
Kick off your 2021 golfing season with the ultimate buddies golf trip The Battle in the Desert. Hosted at PGA WEST, La Quinta Resort & Club, and the Indian Wells Country Club. You and your buddy will share a 750 sf ft two-bedroom 1 bathroom condo at the nicely appointed Indian Palms Intervals only a short 10 - 15 minute drive to the courses. UNLIMITED AFTERNOON REPLAY at PGA WEST & La Quinta Resort are also included in your package as well as daily skills competitions. Tuesday compete in the horse race shootout at Dusk!
Starting at $1,750.00 Per Player (New)
Starting at $1,650.00 Per Player (Returning)
Group Discounts Available (Email for Details)
Kick off your Golfing Season
Kick off your spring golf season at the some of the best courses in the Coachella Valley; PGA West, La Quinta Resort & Club, Indian Wells C.C, Bermuda Dunes CC, & Mission Hills CC
Two Person Best Ball Format
Bring your golfing buddies for a week of amazing golf!! Sunday Team Mixer, followed with a Monday thru Friday Two Person Best Ball Tournament. Daily prizes on all the Par 3's and optional CASH Honey Pots!!
Relax
Enjoy seven nights lodging at Indian Palms Intervals. Single story 700 square foot 2 bedroom 1 bathroom condos located a short 10 minute drive to PGA WEST & the Dunes & Mountain course in La Quinta.
The Courses
The Dinah Shore Tournament Course is the home of The ANA Inspiration (formerly known as the Kraft Nabisco Championship), the first major tournament of the year on the LPGA Tour. The 18th is a 646-yard par 5 with an island green fronting our expansive clubhouse. LPGA players will jump into the pond after winning the ANA Inspiration!!
| Blue | White | Silver | Red |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6,573 / 72.2 / 132 | 6,321 / 71.1 / 129 | 5,821 / 68.6 / 123 | 5,666 / 73.2 / 132 |
Challenge, beauty and drama permeate every Jack Nicklaus Course, and the masterfully designed Nicklaus Tournament is no exception. It is one of the only courses in the world to feature two island greens. The enormous and undulated double-green of holes 9 & 18 are perfectly viewed from the PGA West Clubhouse.
| Black | Blue | Gold | Red |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7,204 / 75.3 / 143 | 6,522 / 72.2 / 134 | 5,627 / 68.1 / 122 | 5,023 / 69.4 / 124 |
Rated as one of the “Top 100 Courses in the World” by GOLF MAGAZINE and 4th toughest course in America in Golf Digest’s “Top 50 Toughest Courses in America (2007),” there may be no greater challenege or excitement in the game of golf than the Stadium at PGA WEST! The world famous Stadium is one of Pete Dye’s finest course creations, delivering multiple adrenaline rushes throughout the round.
| Black | Blue | Gold | Red |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7300 / 75.8 / 148 | 6739 / 73.1 / 140 | 5700 / 73.7 / 137 | 5092 / 70.2 / 124 |
The newest course at PGA WEST and the only Greg Norman-designed golf course in the Coachella Valley is aptly described as being very “challenging but fair.” Sporting only 68 acres of lush manicured turf, 102 white crushed marble bunkers and shark blue water coming into play on 9 holes, this 7,200-yard course offers a truly “Outback” experience that will entice you back time and time again.
| Blue | White | Green | Red |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6,671 / 72.8 / 133 | 6,227 / 70.6 / 126 | 5,751 / 72.7 / 123 | 5,297 / 70.2 / 119 |
This Par 72 Pete Dye designed course offers traditional rolling links style golf with Scottish and Irish flair, characterized by rolling mounds framing manicured fairways and thick rough. The course provides an invigorating round of golf against a backdrop of rugged mountain landscapes.
| Black | White | Silver | Red |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6,732 / 72.9 / 135 | 6,300 / 70.7 / 128 | 5,768 / 68.3 / 121 | 4,875 / 71.0 / 123 |
This La Quinta Resort Mountain course combines everything the desert has to offer. Many famous tournaments have been played on this legendary and exclusive ” VIP players only ” golfer’s paradise. Noted for pot bunkers, rock formations, sand and water. Watch for the par-3 16th hole that has a green that is surrounded by desert mountain rocks.
| Blue | White | Green | Red |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6,320 / 71.5 / 130 | 5,405 / 67.0 / 113 | 5,405 / 71.4 / 127 | 5,005 / 71.0 / 123 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Registration Fee Covers the Following
For $1,750.00 per player (new player price), each two-person team gets:
- ACCOMMODATIONS – Seven nights lodging in a two-bedroom, one bath, 750 square foot condo at Indian Palms Intervals located on the Indian Palms Country Club & Resort grounds.
- Each condominium has a full kitchen, a dining area and a living room. The condos have nice updated furniture, plantation shutters on the windows and sliding glass door to your personal patio.
- There is a Flat Screen TV in the living room and both bedrooms – Full Size Bed & Two Twins
- There is a DVD player in the living room. The kitchens have every appliance you could possibly want.
- There are three barbecues next to both the Cooper Pool and the Valentino Pool located on the resort grounds.
- Courses are a short 10 - 15 minute drive from your unit.
- OPTIONAL Saturday golf is not included in your package price. How ever you may participate in the optional Saturday round for an additional fee. Location is to be determined but is usually one of the nicer country clubs in the area for example Bermuda Dunes CC. There will be practice rates between $60 – $140 depending on time of day if you wish to play at one of the PGA WEST or La Quinta courses.
- Sunday’s golf is a 8:30am shotgun start at Indian Wells Country Club former host site of the Bob Hope Classic. Four player mixer. High & Low Handicap Teams paired together for one best ball score and two net scores.
- Monday through Friday each player gets:
- Unlimited rounds of golf, range balls and cart fees at the PGA WEST's - Jack Nicklaus Tournament, Stadium, Greg Norman, Mountain and Dunes courses.
- These rounds include the Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday best ball tournament rounds in the morning and the Friday combined aggregate tournament round.
- Some of our crazier golfers have been known to play 36 holes in the afternoon after the morning tournament rounds.
- NEW We have changed all the starting times for the tournament to 7:30am shotguns. NO MORE AFTERNOON HEAT FEST AT NORMAN
- Sunday Evening BBQ April 26 at 7:00pm. Come meet your fellow competitors while enjoying the best catered food from one of the Coachella Valleys best catering companies Uncorked Cuisine.
- Tuesday Optional Afternoon Horse Race
- Friday Night Awards Ceremony April 30th at 5:00pm at the Cooper Pool BBQ Area. We will award the Daily Honey Pot Payout for Friday as well as the Week Honey Pot payout. Over 20 trophies will be awarded to the winning teams.
Early arrival or late departure
- Based upon availability, it is usually possible to come a few days early or stay a few days later. It is always easier to stay later than come in earlier. The extra cost is $125 per condo per night.
Guests at no extra cost
- Spouses or significant others can come at essentially no additional cost. There is no increase to the cost of accommodations. The only drawback for two couples staying in one condo is that there is only one bathroom for the two bedrooms.
Separate condo
- One team can request a separate condo for each player. The additional cost is $325 per player or $650.00 for the team.
Honey pots – 5 day PGA WEST & La Quinta
- There are optional daily and weekly honey pots with cash payouts. There are separate honey pots for each division. The cost is $30 per player per day for each of the five daily honey pots and $50 for the one weekly honey pot.
- Sunday’s Optional Honey Pot Mixer is $20.00 per player. With a full field there will be approximately $1,600 pot.
Extra golf events
- Sunday gross & net competition and on course skills challenge – There is $20.00 buy in to cover these two events, all of which is paid to the winning teams and individuals.
- Fun Golf Vacations has a very generous deposit refund program. All but $200 of each person’s deposits is refundable through April 1, 2021. Even then, the $200 can be applied to the 2022 tournament fee.
- The $350.00 deposit and the 2nd $650.00 payment is fully refundable through March 1, 2021
- The deposit requirements are as follows:
- $350.00 accompanies the entry form. To insure that you get your requested arrival date, please send this as soon as possible).
- $650.00 – February 15, 2021
- Balance – March 15, 2021
- The advertised new player cash price is $1,750.00. The returning player price is $1,650.00.