The Quarry at La Quinta

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.