Editing Palm Desert, California (section)

===Resorts, tennis, and golf clubs===
[[File:Desert Willow Golf Course - panoramio (3).jpg|thumb|Desert Willow Golf Course]]

There are around thirty [[golf courses]] throughout the city which has a long history with the sport. Palm Desert is home to hundreds of tennis courts, both public and private. [[Pickleball]] has also gained popularity throughout the region in the 2010s and 2020s.

The city's first golf course and tennis club was Shadow Mountain in 1948, followed by Marrakesh in 1954, the Palm Desert Greens mobile home park golf course in 1961, and the Palm Desert Country Club in 1962. The latter, located {{convert|5|mi|km|0|spell=in}} east of the original city, was formally annexed in 1992. The total number of golf clubs (more than 30 located within {{convert|10|mi|km|disp=or}} from the city) have made Palm Desert known as the "World's Golf Capital."

Desert Willow Golf Resort is the City Of Palm Desert's municipal golf course, and has two championship courses: Mountain View and Firecliff. It is associated with the Westin Desert Willow Resort at the golf course location. The Firecliff course is listed at No.&nbsp;13 in Golf Magazine's 'Best Courses you can Play' 2010 list for California.

In the late-1970s and 1980s, a spate of private golf clubs, [[destination resort]]s and hotels appeared in the northern half of Palm Desert, such as the four-star [[JW Marriott Hotels|JW Marriott]] Desert Springs Golf Resort and Spa<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.desertspringsresort.com/|title=Palm Desert Hotels – JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa|work=Marriott}}</ref> in 1987 and the four-star Desert Willow Golf Resort<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.desertwillow.com/layout10.asp?id=186&page=4160|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080221181506/http://www.desertwillow.com/layout10.asp?id=186&page=4160|url-status=dead|title=Desert Willow Golf Resort|archive-date=February 21, 2008}}</ref> in 2002. The city has over 30 hotels and 5,000 rooms, and lodging and hospitality is a major portion of the local tourist-based economy.

'''Sun City Palm Desert''' is an adjacent master-planned retirement community located on the north side of [[Interstate 10]], on unincorporated land just northeast of the city limits of Palm Desert itself, and about 7.7 miles from downtown Palm Desert. All residences in the community use Palm Desert, CA 92211 as part of their address. The community association address is 38180 Del Webb Blvd., Palm Desert, CA 92211.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Sun City Palm Desert - the area’s best active adult community - Sun City Palm Desert Community Association - Palm Desert, CA |url=https://www.scpdca.com/ |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=www.scpdca.com}}</ref> Sun City Palm Desert comprises the majority of the [[Desert Palms, California|Desert Palms]] census-designated place. Sun City Palm Desert was developed by [[Del E. Webb Construction Company|Del E. Webb Corp.]] (acquired by [[PulteGroup|Pulte Homes]] in 2001). Construction began in 1992 and was completed in 2003. The original name was Sun City Palm Springs from 1991 to 1996.<ref name=":0" /> Sun City Palm Desert is an active 55+ gated retirement community.