- Mission Hills Country Club
-
Mission Hills Country Club Club information Location Rancho Mirage, California,
United StatesType Private Owned by ClubCorp Total holes 54 Tournaments hosted Kraft Nabisco Championship Website www.missionhills.com Dinah Shore Tournament Course Designed by Desmond Muirhead Par 72 Length 6,627 yard Arnold Palmer Course Designed by Arnold Palmer Par 72 Length 6,834 yard Pete Dye Challenge Course Designed by Pete Dye Par 72 Length 6,955 yard - For the course in Kansas see: Mission Hills Country Club (Kansas)
The Mission Hills Country Club is a country club located in Rancho Mirage, California, United States. Among the facilities at the club are 3 championship golf courses, 27 tennis courts of various surfaces, a spa and sports center.
Since 1972, Mission Hills has played host to the annual Kraft Nabisco Championship, one of the four major championships in women's professional golf. It was also the venue for the 1978 Davis Cup tennis final matches.
Mission Hills Country Club has been owned by ClubCorp since 1993.
Golf
The first golf course at Mission Hills Country Club opened in 1972 and was designed by Desmond Muirhead. It is over this course, now known as the Dinah Shore Tournament Course, that the Kraft Nabisco Championship is played.
The second course was designed by golf legend Arnold Palmer and opened in 1979. A third course was added in 1988, and originally called the Dinah Shore Course, but with Dinah Shore's name being transferred to the old course after her death in 1994, was renamed as the Pete Dye Challenge Course.
External links
Preceded by
White City Stadium
SydneyDavis Cup
Final Venue
1978Succeeded by
Bill Graham Auditorium
San FranciscoCoordinates: 33°47′40″N 116°25′24″W / 33.79444°N 116.42333°W
Categories:- Golf clubs and courses in California
- Sports venues in Riverside County, California
- Tennis venues in the United States
- California geography stubs
- Golf club and course stubs
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
