Bermuda Dunes Country Club
Bermuda Dunes, Riverside County, California · Indio / Bermuda Dunes golf market
- Access
- equity
- Holes
- 27
- Architect(s)
- Billy Bell (William F. Bell)
- Gated
- Yes
Thinking About Living in Bermuda Dunes Country Club?
Get connected with a local real-estate specialist who understands Bermuda Dunes Country Club and the surrounding Indio / Bermuda Dunes golf market.
Bermuda Dunes Country Club anchors the small, unincorporated Coachella Valley community of Bermuda Dunes, sandwiched between Indio and La Quinta along Washington Street/Country Club Drive. Unlike the newer resort-scale desert clubs built in the last few decades farther south and west in the Valley, Bermuda Dunes reads in discovery-stage research as an older-guard, mid-century private club whose identity rests heavily on its decades of tournament-golf history rather than on modern resort branding -- a profile closer to the Valley's historic Rat Pack-era clubs (Eldorado, Tamarisk, Thunderbird) than to newer master-planned golf communities.
Membership & Access
Does buying a home here include club membership?
Confirmed this session as a genuine, currently-active private equity-membership club (not semi-private or bundled). Multiple membership tiers exist (Preview, Social, Associate, Young Executive, Regular Golf) with initiation fees from $0 (Preview trial) to $10,000 (Regular Golf) and monthly dues from $110 to over $1,000 depending on tier and age. Homeownership in the surrounding gated community does not appear to include or require membership -- it is a separate application and payment, though a 2018 proposal to make a low-cost social membership mandatory for all homeowners was reported and its resolution is unconfirmed.
Location & Surrounding Area
Bermuda Dunes is an unincorporated Riverside County community, not part of the City of Indio -- the location field here is deliberately set to 'Bermuda Dunes' rather than 'Indio' to keep that distinction accurate, per this batch's brief.
Costs & Fees
Figures below are labeled Current only when the source itself frames them as presently accurate. Everything else is labeled Historical — a source checked today does not make an old fee a current one.
Golf membership initiation
Current$10,000
Regular Golf Membership initiation fee, per the club's own membership page (via search snippet, page itself blocked by egress proxy). Other current tiers found: Preview ($0 initiation, monthly-only trial up to 6 months), Social ($500), Associate ($1,000), Young Executive ($1,000). Regular Golf is the flagship full-golf-privilege tier.
Initiation (range low)
Current$0
Preview Membership carries no initiation fee (monthly dues only, up to 6 months, entry-level trial tier).
Initiation (range high)
Current$10,000
Regular Golf Membership, the top initiation-fee tier found.
Annual dues
Current$12,180
Regular Golf Membership monthly dues reported as $1,015/month individual ($12,180/yr) or $1,185/month family ($14,220/yr), plus cart rentals and a food & beverage minimum -- figures from search-snippet synthesis of the club's own membership page, not a direct page read (WebFetch blocked). Lower tiers exist: Social $110/mo, Associate $555-655/mo, Young Executive $350-600/mo. Confirm exact current numbers directly with the club before quoting to a buyer.
Interested in Homes in Bermuda Dunes Country Club?
We can connect you with a local real-estate specialist who knows the community, nearby golf communities, and the Indio / Bermuda Dunes market.
What Buyers Should Verify
- Confirm exact current initiation fee and dues for each membership tier directly with the club (figures here are search-snippet-derived, not a direct page read).
- Confirm whether the 2018 proposal for mandatory $50/month social membership for all 1,400 homeowners was ever adopted.
- Confirm exact hole layout/nine names for the 27-hole course.
Notable
- CORRECTED: Bermuda Dunes was the site of Arnold Palmer's LAST PGA Tour win (1973 Bob Hope Desert Classic, his 62nd and final regular-season Tour victory) and his FIRST Bob Hope Classic win (1960) -- but NOT his first PGA Tour win overall, which was the 1955 Canadian Open. The commonly repeated 'first and last PGA Tour win' claim is inaccurate.
- Designed by Billy Bell (William F. Bell), who also designed Torrey Pines, Riviera Country Club, Bel-Air Country Club, and La Jolla Country Club; opened in 1958.
- Current owner (since ~2019) is SJS Tomorrow, operating as Steele Canyon Golf Corporation, which has stated intent to strengthen rather than dilute the club's equity-membership model.
Considering a Move to Bermuda Dunes Country Club?
Whether you're comparing Bermuda Dunes Country Club with another Indio / Bermuda Dunes golf community or you're ready to start looking at homes, US Golf Living can connect you with a local real-estate specialist.
US Golf Living provides independent real-estate research and can connect consumers with real-estate professionals. Golf membership, availability, fees and approval are determined independently by the applicable club.