PGA West: Nicklaus Tournament Course

Jack Nicklaus designed the Nicklaus Tournament Course at PGA West in 1987, a 7,204-yard layout within the sprawling PGA West/La Quinta resort complex that hosts part of the annual American Express PGA Tour event. The course played a significant part in PGA West's early reputation: GOLF Magazine ranked it the 90th best course in the world in 1989, though it did not appear in subsequent world-ranking editions. Golf Digest included it on California's 10 Best Public Courses (2005). Most recently it ranks 134th on Golfweek's Best Resort Courses Top 200 (2024). One of three Nicklaus-branded layouts at the complex (Tournament, Private, and La Quinta resort), the Tournament Course is the most accessible and frequently tour-rotated of the three.