The Dinah Shore Tournament Course still carries the pond that made winners jump. That water at the 18th is the remnant of fifty years when a women's major lived in Rancho Mirage, and it is often the first landmark buyers ask about when they start looking at Mission Hills Country Club.
Mission Hills is one of the Coachella Valley's largest private golf and lifestyle clubs: 54 holes on three championship courses, a serious racquet program, and a residential campus measured in villages rather than one street of fairway lots. Buying here means understanding two systems at once, the house and the club, because they do not travel on the same piece of paper.
Key takeaway: Treat club initiation and monthly dues as a separate carrying cost from HOA fees, confirm the current schedule in writing with the club, and match the membership category to how you actually play.
Where is Mission Hills Country Club?
The club sits in Rancho Mirage along Dinah Shore Drive, with Eisenhower Health nearby and The River and El Paseo a short drive east. Official materials describe an Invited club with championship golf, racquet sports, pickleball, wellness, dining, and year-round social programming. The residential community around the courses is commonly described as roughly 1,760 acres with about 1,500 homes and condominiums across multiple villages.
That scale is the point. Mission Hills is not a boutique equity enclave. It is a resort-scale private club with enough housing types for a lock-and-leave condo buyer and a multi-lot estate buyer to share the same gates without living the same life.
What are the three golf courses at Mission Hills?
Each course has a different architect. Figures below come from the club's Invited golf page.
- Dinah Shore Tournament Course (Desmond Muirhead): 18 holes, 7,250 yards, par 72, rating 75.30, slope 142. The LPGA major that began here in 1972 stayed through 2022 under names including the Colgate-Dinah Shore, Kraft Nabisco Championship, ANA Inspiration, and Chevron Championship before the event moved to the Houston area in 2023.
- Arnold Palmer Signature Course: 18 holes, 6,834 yards, par 72, rating 72.70, slope 132. Rolling fairways, mountain views, and the course many members treat as the everyday round.
- Pete Dye Challenge Course: 18 holes, 6,950 yards, par 72, rating 73.80, slope 142. Narrower corridors, raised greens, and Dye's bunkering.
Mission Hills is private: play is for members and guests, with limited non-member access through select tournaments and sponsored events. Premier Golf includes unrestricted play on all three courses. Signature and Weekender focus on Dye and Palmer, with Tournament Course access reserved for Premier on the 2025 membership schedule.
What does Mission Hills Country Club membership cost in 2026?
The club's public membership page says to inquire for initiation fees and monthly dues. For a working baseline, a 2025 membership categories schedule circulated with Coachella Valley MLS materials (dated October 1, 2024) lists the figures below. All rates are subject to increases and taxes. Verify every number with Mission Hills before you budget.
- Premier Golf: $60,000 initiation; $2,080 monthly ($2,165 with XLife). Unrestricted golf on Tournament, Dye, and Palmer courses, plus racquet, fitness, swimming, dining, social access, and unrestricted access to Indian Wells Country Club.
- Signature Golf: $35,000 initiation; $1,765 monthly ($1,850 with XLife). Unrestricted golf on Dye and Palmer, same non-golf amenities, and Indian Wells Country Club access.
- Weekender Golf: $15,000 initiation; $1,000 monthly ($1,085 with XLife). Dye and Palmer on a seasonal calendar: November 1 through May 31, all day Friday through Sunday, with weekday range access after 1 p.m.; June 1 through October 31, seven-day golf access. Year-round tennis, pickleball, croquet, fitness, swimming, dining, and social events.
- Sports Club: $3,500 initiation; $465 monthly ($550 with XLife).
- Club Social: $1,000 initiation; $275 monthly ($360 with XLife).
Privileges on that schedule extend to the primary member, spouse, and dependents under 23. Cart fees still apply. Invited's XLife add-ons package dining discounts and travel play at participating clubs. None of this replaces the club's current written quote.
Is club membership required to buy a home at Mission Hills?
Do not assume the deed includes a membership. Confirm the current rule for the specific village and product type with the listing package and the membership office. The category you need depends on how you use the club, not only on the address you buy.
What are homes and HOAs like inside Mission Hills?
Inventory runs from smaller condominiums into multi-million-dollar fairway and estate homes. Values commonly discussed for the campus run from roughly the mid-$300,000s for smaller condos into the multi-millions for premium estates, with HOA dues varying by village. Those village fees are a second monthly line beside club dues. Ask for the current HOA budget, reserves, and any special assessments with the disclosures, and do not blend HOA and club dues when you compare communities.
Architecture is more varied than at a single-builder hillside club: late-twentieth-century golf cottages, renovated Mediterranean plans, and newer contemporary desert houses with pocketing glass and west-facing terraces. Filter for orientation to the course, privacy from the street, and whether the plan still works for how people live in the desert now.
What amenities does Mission Hills offer beyond golf?
Official materials count 49 tennis courts across grass, clay, and hard surfaces, plus 20 dedicated pickleball courts, croquet, fitness, spa access, and swimming. Dining is led by Executive Chef Mark Samson. For buyers who play more tennis or pickleball than golf, evaluate the Sports Club category first. Nearby wellness stays at Sensei Porcupine Creek also show how Rancho Mirage buyers mix club life with resort recovery.
What is the Rancho Mirage market doing right now?
Altos Research's Rancho Mirage ZIP 92270 single-family report dated September 4, 2026 puts the median list price at $1,272,450, or $473 per square foot, with 164 active listings, a median 151 days on market, and 25 percent of listings having taken a price cut. The Market Action Index reads 31, which Altos labels a slight seller's advantage. The top quartile carries a median around $4,383,000.
ZIP medians are orientation tools, not appraisals of a Mission Hills condo or a Dye-frontage estate. Price the specific house against recent closed comps inside the same village. For valley-wide framing, see Is the Coachella Valley real estate market changing? and our Spring 2026 golf community market guide.
Who is Mission Hills actually for?
Buyers who want three distinct championship courses and a large, active membership culture in Rancho Mirage. Households that need a membership ladder from Social through Premier rather than a single equity buy-in. People who care about racquet sports as much as golf. If you want a small member-owned equity club, or a mid-century Alexander in Palm Springs, this is a different conversation. Compare the wider private-club map in our Coachella Valley golf communities 2026 guide, and stack Mission Hills against PGA West and Toscana membership costs when the brief is carrying cost.
Frequently asked questions about Mission Hills Country Club
How much is Mission Hills Country Club membership in 2026?
The club's public site asks you to inquire. A 2025 MLS-circulated schedule lists Premier Golf at $60,000 initiation and $2,080 monthly, Signature at $35,000 and $1,765, Weekender at $15,000 and $1,000, Sports Club at $3,500 and $465, and Club Social at $1,000 and $275. Confirm the live schedule before you write an offer.
Do you have to join the club to buy a home at Mission Hills?
Treat membership and ownership as separate until the current club documents and HOA package say otherwise for that village. Get the requirement in writing with your contingencies.
Who designed the golf courses at Mission Hills?
Desmond Muirhead designed the Dinah Shore Tournament Course. Arnold Palmer designed the Signature Course. Pete Dye designed the Challenge Course.
Does Mission Hills still host the LPGA major?
No. The women's major played here from 1972 through 2022, then relocated with the Chevron Championship sponsorship beginning in 2023. The Tournament Course and Poppie's Pond remain part of the club's identity.
How does Mission Hills compare with other Rancho Mirage clubs?
For the widest golf and amenity footprint, Mission Hills is the scale play. For member-owned equity culture, buyers often look at Club at Morningside. For historic mid-century character, Tamarisk. For a more compact social golf community, The Springs. See our Living in Rancho Mirage 2026 neighborhood guide.
For other private clubs in the valley, see our guides to BIGHORN Golf Club in Palm Desert and PGA West vs Toscana. Norman Williams and Jacqulyn Stanton of The Stanton Williams Group at Compass can put a written carrying cost on a specific Mission Hills address, membership included, before you write. Reach Norman at 760.464.2190 or Jacqulyn at 760.702.2557.
Written by Norman Williams of The Stanton Williams Group at Compass. Norman Williams, DRE #02051057. Jacqulyn Stanton, DRE #01369783. Course specs and membership structure from invitedclubs.com and missionhills.com, accessed September 4, 2026. 2025 fee schedule from an Invited Mission Hills membership categories document circulated via Coachella Valley MLS DocManager (dated October 1, 2024). LPGA tournament history from contemporaneous reporting on the Chevron Championship relocation. Market figures from the Altos Research Rancho Mirage ZIP 92270 single-family report dated September 4, 2026. Fees and HOA dues change; nothing here is a valuation of any property. Schema note: BlogPosting + FAQPage.
