Coachella Valley California

Golf is the Coachella Valley's signature winter sport, with more than 100 courses stretching from Palm Springs to La Quinta and drawing players from November through April under nearly constant sun and mountain views. Public and resort layouts such as PGA West's Pete Dye Stadium Course, Desert Willow in Palm Desert, and Indian Wells Golf Resort sit alongside private clubs that have long defined desert country-club life.

Each January the PGA Tour's American Express tournament rotates through PGA West and La Quinta Country Club, putting championship golf on the same landscape better known for festivals and resorts. Together the courses make the valley one of the densest golf destinations in the country, blending tourist rounds, member play, and a seasonal social calendar built around the game.

Polo is a winter sport in California's Coachella Valley, with clubs near Indio drawing players from December through April under desert skies and mountain views.

Eldorado Polo Club is the main public venue, offering Sunday matches from beginner play to 12-goal events such as the Women's Pacific Coast Open.

Empire Polo Club, founded in 1987, now plays at Calhoun Ranch, while its original Indio grounds host Coachella and Stagecoach. Together they sustain West Coast polo amid a landscape better known for golf, festivals, and resorts.

Tennis is a winter highlight in California's Coachella Valley, centered on Indian Wells, where the Indian Wells Tennis Garden hosts the BNP Paribas Open each March.

The combined ATP and WTA event is the largest two-week tournament outside the Grand Slams, drawing the world's top players to a 16,100-seat stadium—the second-largest purpose-built tennis arena in the world—plus 29 courts set against desert mountains.

Year-round, the Garden and nearby resorts support public play, juniors, and club tennis for residents and visitors. Together they make the valley a West Coast tennis destination, pairing a festival-scale professional event with everyday play in a landscape better known for golf, polo, and music festivals.