Golf in Indian Wells, CA — 12 golf courses

Indian Wells is a small incorporated city in Riverside County in the Coachella Valley, between Palm Desert and La Quinta. The city occupies a narrow strip of valley floor terrain, with the Santa Rosa Mountains rising immediately to the south and west. Riverside County's Coachella Valley cities include Indian Wells as one of the most affluent, with luxury resort hotels and private country clubs. The BNP Paribas Open, one of the major tennis events in the world, is held at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden annually. The city has a very small permanent residential population supplemented by a large winter visitor community. The resort hotels and golf facilities dominate the land use within the city. Palm Desert and La Quinta provide commercial services.