Editing Rancho Mirage, California (section)

==Sports==
[[Tamarisk Country Club]] has hosted the [[Bob Hope Classic]] nineteen times. [[Thunderbird Country Club]] has hosted the [[Ryder Cup]] and the [[Desert Classic]] of the [[PGA Tour]]. It also held a PGA Tour event from 1952 to 1959 and was one of the original golf courses in the tournament that later became the Bob Hope Classic.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bohannan |first1=Larry |title=Desert's oldest 18-hole golf course getting major renovations over next two years |url=https://www.desertsun.com/story/sports/golf/2021/06/22/thunderbird-country-club-renovating-golf-course-other-facilities/5298020001/ |work=The Desert Sun |date=June 22, 2021 }}</ref> [[Mission Hills Country Club]] hosted the [[Davis Cup]] finals in [[1978 Davis Cup|1978]]. The [[Chevron Championship]] was held at Mission Hills Country Club in 2022, one of five major championships in women's professional golf ([[LPGA]]).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bonk |first1=Thomas |title=Golf's Still Main Course |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-mar-20-sp-annika20-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=March 20, 2003 }}</ref>

The Dinah Shore Golf Classic is held in Rancho Mirage every March and draws an estimated 15,000 lesbian visitors to the area.{{sfn|Niemann|2006|p=225}} It is part of the [[Kraft Nabisco Championship]] tournament which is held at the [[Mission Hills Country Club]]. In women's golf, the tournament ranks second only to the [[U.S. Women's Open]].{{sfn|Rough Guide|2011|p={{page needed|date=November 2021}}}}

Rancho Mirage has 12{{sfn|Copp|2008|p=41}} or 13 golf courses, also known as country clubs or golf resorts. The city's first resort was the Thunderbird Guest Ranch, opened in 1946 for entertainers and business clientele. Other golf resorts are The S at Rancho Mirage, Tamarisk, Mission Hills, Thunderbird, The Springs, Sunrise, Omni Resorts Rancho Las Palmas hotel (opened in 1979 to replace the Desert Air golf and private airport from 1954 to 1978), Morningside, Mission Hills North Course, [[Westin Hotels]] Mission Hills resort and Tuscania by Sunrise Company opened in 2006.