
Short Course
The Quarry at La Quinta

About this course
The Quarry at La Quinta is a Tom Fazio design opened in 1994 within the La Quinta Resort & Club property in the Coachella Valley. Fazio routed the course through a former rock quarry site, incorporating the dramatic elevation changes and exposed rock faces into the layout. The course plays through desert terrain at the base of the Santa Rosa Mountains, with the quarry's legacy visible in carved stone walls and terraced landforms that frame several holes. The routing makes extensive use of the site's natural topography, with holes playing up, down, and across the former quarry workings. Fazio integrated water features and sculpted the playing corridors to contrast with the rugged desert surroundings. The course serves as one of several layouts available to guests and members at La Quinta Resort, which has offered golf since the 1920s and includes other courses on the broader property. The Quarry operates as part of the resort's golf offerings rather than as a standalone daily-fee facility. Its design reflects Fazio's approach to desert golf during the 1990s, when architects increasingly worked with dramatic landforms and incorporated manufactured water elements into arid settings. The course provides a distinct experience from the resort's other, flatter layouts by emphasizing elevation change and the visual drama of the quarry landscape.
Quick facts
- Location
- La Quinta, CA, USA
- Access
- Private
- Year built
- 2002
- Designer
- Tom Fazio
- Holes
- 10
- Par
- 30
- Length
- 1,653 yards
- Course Vaults score
- 8.0
Getting there
The Quarry at La Quinta is most readily accessed via Palm Springs International Airport (PSP), a mere twenty-minute drive west through the Coachella Valley's sun-baked desert floor, or alternatively through Ontario International (ONT), roughly ninety minutes northwest across the San Bernardino Pass. For those arriving by private aircraft, the region's proximity to several regional airstrips - including Bermuda Dunes Airport and the smaller fields dotting the valley - affords the discretion that ultra-exclusive desert golf demands. The final approach to The Quarry unfolds as the landscape shifts from commercial sprawl to the quieter, more refined precincts of La Quinta's foothill communities, where the Santa Rosa Mountains rise dramatically to frame the club's dramatic quarried setting. This transition from valley floor to elevated, sculpted terrain marks the arrival at one of the desert's most architecturally distinctive private enclaves.

FAQ
Common questions about Short at The Quarry at La Quinta
Ratings, design, and course details pulled from Course Vaults.
Short at The Quarry at La Quinta has a Course Vaults score of 8.0 out of 10 based on 7 logged golfers.
Short was designed by Tom Fazio.
Short at The Quarry at La Quinta is listed as private on Course Vaults; guest access is typically restricted.
Par at Short is 30.
Short plays 1,653 yards from the back tees on Course Vaults.
Short is a 10-hole course.




