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Larry Bohannan

Top 100 Golf Holes

On this site you'll get a peek at 100 holes of premiere golfing in the Coachella Valley where world-class fairways, greens, lakes and bunkers stretch from Palm Springs to La Quinta. Discover stunning vistas where tees are carved into the mountains and greens nestled between rocks, lakes and unspoiled desert scenery.

Our golf guide features video instructions from Desert Sun golf columnist Larry Bohannan to help you master his hand-picked selection of the valley's top 100 holes.

Follow Larry and videographer/photographer Marilyn Chung as they navigate 100 holes and 62 courses at top100golf.mydesert.com and on Twitter: @MyDesertGolf.


  • Top Larry Bohannan News
  1. Retiring CBS golf broadcaster Ken Venturi waves to Kemper Open winner Bob Estes from the broadcast booth during the final round of the Kemper Open at the TPC at Avenel in Potomac, Md., on June 2, 2011. AP Photo/Roberto Borea, File

    Ken Venturi remembered as great golf champion, father

    Ken Venturi was remembered as a great golf champion and broadcaster Thursday, but he was remembered more as a father, a friend and a man who gave back to the game and to his community.

    • 6:45 PM
  2. Adam Scott, shown putting May 9, is one of several recent major championship winners who uses an anchored putter. Rules changes approved Tuesday will begin in 2016. AP

    Golf bans anchored putting

    Mike Shea never considered the senior pros he has faced had an advantage by using long putters and so-called anchored putting strokes.

    • May 21, 2013
  3. Johnson continues trending up on LPGA

    The first time I met Jennifer Johnson she was 12 years old. She was living in Carlsbad and her father had brought her up to the American Junior Golf Association tournament at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage.

    • May 21, 2013
  4. adidas adicross tour shoe tmagolf.com

    adidas adicross shoes

    What truly can you do different with a golf shoe? Plenty, according to adidas.

    • May 21, 2013
  5. Tour pairings?

    Q: Would you mind explaining how players are selected for pairings in the final round of a PGA event. I understand the basics of leaders go last. But how is it determined between multiple players?

    • May 21, 2013
  6. Shadow Ridge Access Pass

    Marriott's Shadow Ridge Golf Club in Palm Desert has announced its annual Summer Access Pass is back for 2013, providing local golfers with discounts for the upcoming summer golf season.

    • May 21, 2013
  7. SCPGA short game school in the desert

    The Southern California PGA will host a short game school in the desert on May 29 at Desert Willow Golf Resort in Palm Desert. The day is part of the SCPGA Golf Schools program

    • May 21, 2013
  8. Tiger Woods loses his club as he hits off the second tee Friday, May 10, 2013, during the second round of The Players championship golf tournament at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. AP Photo/Chris O'Meara

    Just say 'no' to make-up between Tiger Woods, Sergio Garcia

    Tiger Woods spoke for some 20 minutes about the state of his game, belly putters, the U.S. Open and the AT&T National. As he was wrapping up, he needed just one word to cover the topic of Sergio Garcia.

    • May 20, 2013
  9. Jennifer Johnson poses with the trophy after winning the Mobile Bay LPGA Classic golf tournament at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Magnolia Grove in Mobile, Ala., on Sunday, May 19, 2013. AP Photo/Dave Martin

    Desert Christian's Jennifer Johnson wins Mobile Bay LPGA Classic

    Desert Christian Academy graduate Jennifer Johnson got a hug and congratulations from the defending Mobile Bay LPGA Classic champion before it even sunk in Sunday that she had won her first tour title.

    • May 19, 2013
  10. Retiring CBS golf broadcaster Ken Venturi waves from the broadcast booth during the final round of the Kemper Open in Potomac, Md., on June 2, 2011. AP

    Golf icon Ken Venturi had long connection to desert

    Former U.S. Open champion Ken Venturi who later enjoyed a long and distinguished career as a golf analyst for CBS Sports died Friday afternoon at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage.

    • May 17, 2013
  11. Byron Smith of Palm Desert, pictured in last year's PGA Tour qualifying tournament at PGA West, is ranked 13th on the Web.com Tour season money earnings. Richard Lui/The Desert Sun

    Valley golfer Byron Smith finds success on Web.com Tour

    It's not that Byron Smith didn't still enjoy playing golf. It's just that for a while he felt like he was stuck in the same place for too long.

    • May 15, 2013
  12. Garber. Courtesy

    Pair of local golfers keep dream alive

    Two local golfers made the cut at the U.S. Open local qualifier at Ironwood Country Club Tuesday, bringing them just one step away from the field at the 113th playing of the Open next month at the East Course of the Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pa.

    • May 15, 2013
  13. A buck a hole can grow and grow

    Perhaps the most uttered words on a golf course, other than words you can't print in a family publication, are 'What do you want to play for?'

    • May 10, 2013
  14. PING Nome TR putter ping.com

    PING Nome TR putter

    What exactly are variable-depth grooves?

    • May 10, 2013
  15. Club lean?

    Q: For some time the Rules of Golf have provided: Players should not lean on their clubs when on the putting green, particularly when removing the ball from the hole. Yet for years many of the golfers repeatedly violate this rule.

    • May 10, 2013
  16. Calendar, Raim win Toyota Cup events

    Grant Calender, a freshman at Desert Christian Academy, and junior Mackenzie Raim of Palm Desert High School, each one their divisions in a two-day SCPGA Toyota Tour Cup event at Desert Falls Country Club in Palm Desert.

    • May 10, 2013
  17. Peace Chapel military golf event

    The Troop Support-173d Peace Chapel Golf Tournament will be played May 18 at the Mountain Vista Golf Course in Palm Desert.

    • May 10, 2013
  18. Coe

    'Secret weapon' pays off for La Quinta's Alex Coe

    While most sun-washed players limped to the scorer's table after their U.S. Open local qualifier at Bermuda Dunes Country Club on Monday, La Quinta's Alex Coe strode indoors with baby blues alight.

    • May 13, 2013
  19. Tiger Woods speaks to reporters Sunday after winning the final round of The Players Championship. Debby Wong, USA Today Sports

    Tiger Woods keeps it dry and wins Players Championship

    A weekend filled with sharp words between Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia came down to one last showdown Sunday in The Players Championship, this one staged across the water in a tiny, terrifying section of the TPC Sawgrass.

    • May 12, 2013
  20. Larry Bohannan. Richard Lui, The Desert Sun

    Report spotlights impact of golf in California

    There is plenty of important news in the latest 52-page report on the economic impact of golf in California.

    • May 11, 2013
  21. Henrik Stenson, of Sweden, hits from a bunker on the second hole during the third round of The Players championship golf tournament at TPC Sawgrass on Saturday, May 11, 2013 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. AP Photo/Chris O'Meara

    Henrik Stenson surges to top at Players Championship before storms arrive

    Former champion Henrik Stenson surged into the lead at The Players Championship before storms delayed the third round Saturday.

    • May 11, 2013
  22. Larry Bohannan. Richard Lui, The Desert Sun

    Sawgrass rival lives in desert

    Each year the PGA Tour makes its trek to the home of the tour in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. And that means the players have to face the famous, or infamous, par-3 17th hole on the TPC at Sawgrass course, the home of The Players Championship.

    • May 10, 2013
  23. The third green at The Annenberg Retreat at Sunnyland course offers a picturesque view of the San Jacinto mountains. Jay Calderon/Desert Sun

    Sunnylands: part museum, part golf course

    A totem pole. A pair of palm trees honoring a former U.S. president. A pagoda.

    • May 7, 2013
  24. Monty coming to America is good news

    Some of the best news in weeks for golf came from Colin Montgomerie during his World Golf Hall of Fame induction speech.

    • May 7, 2013
  25. Pink Wilson FG Tour wedge wilsongolf.com

    Pink Wilson wedge

    A pink wedge might seem like a bit much for a Mother's Day gift, but what does your mother think about it?

    • May 7, 2013
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