Palm Royale Country Club

Overview: Palm Royale Country Club is a public 18-hole walking par-3 course in La Quinta, surrounded by a gated residential community and framed by Coachella Valley mountain views. The current blue-tee card is listed at 2,070 yards and par 54, with holes ranging from short wedges to longer par threes that require a committed strike. Ted Robinson’s design gives the compact routing enough water, vegetation and changing angles to make it useful for both beginners and serious short-game practice.

History: Course references date Palm Royale to 1986 and credit Robinson with the design. The facility has remained focused on accessible short golf rather than expanding into a regulation-length layout, and the club continues to describe itself as a public walking course. Its residential setting and simple format make it part of the everyday golf culture of La Quinta rather than a conventional resort championship property.

Did You Know? Palm Royale is also associated with disc golf, giving the community two different forms of target golf on the same broader property. The course has no carts, so the round’s rhythm is deliberately light and walkable. Against the Coachella Valley’s larger layouts, Palm Royale offers a useful change of pace and a direct way to sharpen wedge distance control.