The Tahquitz Creek Golf Neighborhood may just be Palm Springs’ best-kept secret. Located near the eastern corner of South Palm Springs, Tahquitz Creek Golf Neighborhood is a bucolic community of condominiums and single-family homes nestled in and around the championship Lawrence Hughes-designed Tahquitz Creek Golf Resort from which we take our name.

​Our neighborhood is adjacent to the scenic Tahquitz Creek Wash, and our 983 homes represent several architectural styles. The original 332-acre parcel was purchased in 1958 from the Palm Springs Turf Club for $1 million when the California Horse Racing Board denied them a license for a horse racing track. Development began later that year by the Westview Development Corporation and architect William Bray. Originally planned as a private country club, the Tahquitz Creek Golf Resort was sold to the City of Palm Springs in October 1959, creating a community of affordable golf course homes on fee based land, free of resort fees.

​In 1964, George and Robert Alexander and architect Donald Wexler subdivided the eastern most streets to create “Green Fairway Estates” — a unique collection of homes that is an inspired and eclectic mix of midcentury styles. It’s a little-known and rarely seen enclave, even for die-hard modernists.

​The Arnold Palmer Golf Management Company took over administration of the Resort in the mid-1980s, with a grand opening hosted by Arnold Palmer himself.

​The following article from the Los Angeles Times published on July 27, 1958 gives a little historic perspective of the Tahquitz Creek Golf resort and surrounding area development.