Furnace Creek Golf Course sits at 214 feet below sea level in Death Valley National Park, making it the lowest-elevation golf course in the world. The course was originally built in the 1930s and has been redesigned and expanded over the decades to its current eighteen-hole layout. The facility serves guests of the Furnace Creek Resort and welcomes public play, offering a rare opportunity to golf in one of Earth's most extreme environments. The course occupies a narrow corridor of irrigated turf carved from the surrounding desert floor, with the Panamint Mountains rising to the west and the Funeral Mountains to the east. Date palms and tamarisk trees line many fairways, providing shade and definition against the stark desert landscape. The routing is relatively flat, though strategic bunkering and water features add challenge to what might otherwise be a straightforward layout. Summer temperatures regularly exceed 120 degrees Fahrenheit, making the course most playable from late fall through early spring. The setting itself defines the experience here more than any particular architectural pedigree. Golfers navigate holes with views of salt flats, alluvial fans, and barren peaks that shift color throughout the day. The contrast between maintained green turf and the raw desert just beyond the rough is constant and dramatic. Wildlife sightings can include roadrunners, coyotes, and various desert birds adapted to the harsh climate.