The Hideaway

The Hideaway has two par 72 courses with very different personalities. The Pete Dye course, completed in 2001, was the first on the property: a links-inspired layout of rolling fairways edged by native grasses, where sand or water starts or finishes most holes. Course architect Tim Liddy restored its greens and bunkers in 2024 and added Dye-style railroad tie bunkers. The Clive Clark course draws on Clark's British Isles background but trades heather for cascading water features and desert wildflowers, with broad greens at the end of gently rolling fairways. Both courses share a double-ended driving range, an 11,000 square foot putting green, a new short game area and a performance studio with TrackMan for lessons and club fitting.

The clubhouse covers about 80,000 square feet, and it has just come through a major renovation. The club reports that the project cost nearly $50 million, started in May 2024 and opened in phases, with the final areas finished in January 2026. It added a new spa and fitness center, a main bar, a golf shop and a poolside restaurant and bar with indoor and outdoor seating, and it refreshed the dining rooms and locker rooms. Outside, the pickleball courts were expanded, new tennis courts were added and bocce courts now sit beside the pool restaurant. Both practice ranges were improved, and each course received new greens and irrigation.

The Hideaway converted from developer ownership to a private equity, member-owned club on June 1, 2021. Equity golf membership is capped at 450 members, which the club frames as 225 members for each 18-hole course, a ratio that keeps tee sheets relatively open. Full privileges extend to a spouse or partner and to unmarried children under 31, with extended family benefits for older children and their families. Membership is handled separately from buying a home and is subject to club approval, and local listings note that a social membership is available to property owners. The club does not publish its initiation fee or dues; inquiries go through the membership director.

The club counts 434 residences, and real estate here comes in four broad types. The villas, offered in four floor plans with Spanish and Mediterranean detailing, line the fairways of the Clive Clark course and look south to the Santa Rosa Mountains. The bungalows form a small village a short walk from the clubhouse, each with a private courtyard, which makes them popular as lock-and-leave seasonal homes. Custom residences by established desert builders range from classic Spanish to contemporary Santa Barbara designs. Custom homesites run from about one third to more than half an acre, many on the fairways, and the club notes that only a handful remain.

The Hideaway leans social. The club calls itself the most social and family-oriented member-owned club in the Coachella Valley, and the calendar reflects that, with poolside dining, bocce leagues and family events alongside member golf. The gate is about 18 miles from Palm Springs International Airport and about six miles from Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport in Thermal, which handles private aircraft. Old Town La Quinta, the La Quinta Resort and the shopping on Highway 111 are a short drive away. Many owners use their homes seasonally, and the bungalows and villas suit buyers who want to lock up and leave between visits.