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4 Golf Courses to Play During CareerBuilder Challenge

When you're not busy watching the world's best golfers compete at the CareerBuilder Challenge, take your own game up a notch.

BILL DWYRE DECEMBER 24, 2017 GOLF

Golf legend Phil Mickelson will return for his second straight year as ambassador of the CareerBuilder Challenge, the desert’s annual PGA Tour event. Jeff Sanders, tournament executive director, says that Mickelson’s presence “brings us unbelievable expertise,” and his ongoing connection to the event “helps us work — alongside him — to make it great.”

Mickelson has won five majors and was champion in the desert in 2002 and ’04.

The Jan. 17–21 tournament will be its 59th iteration. For many years, it was played as a 90-hole event, generating most of its extensive charitable donations to Coachella Valley groups through amateur participation. Now, it is a standard PGA Tour event, with 18 holes a day over four days and with a purse of $5.9 million. But the charity element, with a reduced amateur presence, remains intact and lucrative, under John Foster, longtime president of Desert Charities. Entertainment includes Huey Lewis and The News (Jan. 19) and Goo Goo Dolls (Jan. 20).

The tournament is traditionally played on a series of courses. This year, CareerBuilder takes over the Stadium Course at PGA West, as well as the Jack Nicklaus Tournament Course at PGA West and the La Quinta Country Club. Defending champion Hudson Swafford will return to defend his only PGA title.

Tickets purchased by Jan. 14 will cost $30 for a one-day grounds pass, $75 for a weekly grounds pass, and $25 for a senior one-day pass.

“At $30 a day,” Sanders says, “we are the most affordable tournament on the tour.”

CareerBuilder Challenge, Jan. 17-21
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Palm Springs Area Real Estate Marketing Slogans

Andalusia La Quinta Golf Homes

Did you know that many Palm Springs area golf and country clubs and gated communities have catchy marketing slogans? I’m not sure who makes these slogans up, but I do find some of them interesting.

Palm Springs Are Community Marketing Slogans

  • The Desert’s Coolest Place To Live: Andalusia, La Quinta
  • Love Where You Play: Indian Ridge Country Club, Palm Desert
  • Life Well Played: The Lakes Country Club, Palm Desert
  • A World of Recreation And Fun: Mission Hills Country Club, Rancho Mirage
  • The Jewel of The Desert: Mountain View Country Club, La Quinta
  • The Private Club Redefined: The Club At Morningside, Rancho Mirage
  • Where Traditions Are Preserved And Lifelong Friendships Are Made: The Palms, La Quinta
  • It’s A World Apart: The Quarry, La Quinta
  • A Charming Mix Of Now & Then: The Citrus Club, La Quinta
  • Discover The Spirit of Ironwood: You guess it; Ironwood Country Club, Palm Desert
  • 6 Legendary Courses, One Extraordinary Club: PGA West, La Quinta

My Two Favorite Palm Springs Real Estate Slogans

First Place: My personal favorite is “Once Here, You’ll Know You’ve Arrived." This slogan is used by The Tradition Golf Club in La Quinta. Let’s see, when I arrive in Paris, yep, I know I’m in Paris!

Second place goes to the slogan; “Where Distinction Reigns" used by the new home community ofGriffin Ranch in La Quinta. Could it be that the ‘reigns’ was meant to part of the slogan because Griffin Ranch was originally developed as an equestrian community? Reign in those horses!

Let me know your thoughts.

Another Beautiful Day In The Desert. Let’s Shoot Some Video!

Another Beautiful Day In The Desert. Let’s Shoot Some Video!

It was another beautiful day in the Palm Springs area today. And while the exciting final round of the Career Builder PGA Tour golf tournament was in process at PGA West in La Quinta, my husband Bill Dettman grabbed his video gear and headed south on Madison Street to Trilogy at La Quinta to shoot new video footage for our Trilogy video tour.

You Can View Our New Trilogy Video here.

Real estate sales in Trilogy have been very active this season and as of this writing, we have several Trilogy homes under contract for buyer clients. Several more have sold and closed escrow in the past few months.

Step Into Bill’s Office On The Trilogy Golf Course

Bill spent about four hours on the Trilogy Golf Course getting the new shots. Then he edited the video footage just this afternoon. For any of you interested in video tech, Bill used a Canon EOS C100 Cinema Camera with an assortment of Canon lenses, a Bright Tangerine Matte Box with a number of special camera filters, a SmallHD HD702 monitor, Manfrotto Carbon Fiber tripod with camera slider and a few other toys.

After The Video Shoot It's On To Editing

Bill edits his footage in Final Cut Pro X during which time he also selects music tracks which are licensed for our use. For the final step in producing each of our videos, Bill invites me into his editing bay where I record my narration voiceovers.

If you enjoy our videos, please let me know and I'll pass this onto Bill.

Could Location #1 Be One Of The Best In PGA West?

Could Location #1 Be One Of The Best In PGA West?

81075 National Drive, La Quinta

Check out this map of today’s available homes and their locations in the Greg Norman community of PGA West in La Quinta. On this map, you'll see that home #1 sits on a huge pie shaped lot with amazing south and western views.

This is one of the largest lots in the entire PGA West community at over ½ acre. Heck, there’s even room to add another guest suite, office, studio or separate quarters for the in-laws. We just listed this home this week, and it’s worth seeing. If you or someone you know is interested in a luxury golf course home with five bedrooms (including two Casita suites) and six baths, please don’t hesitate to contact me.


What’s New At Andalusia La Quinta

What’s New At Andalusia La Quinta

Andalusia’s Impressive New Golf Clubhouse

The new Golf Clubhouse at Andalusia La Quinta is just about complete. In fact, the opening is set for November, right around the annual welcome back celebration event for members.
husband Bill (our Director of Sales And Marketing) and I walked through yesterday, and it is very impressive. The upper level offers 10,000 square feet of space for members to enjoy including luxurious Men’s and Women’s lounges and locker rooms. Dining will be available in both locker rooms as well as along 5,500 square feet of outdoor terrace space.

Amazing Views Of The Coral & Santa Rosa Mountains

Sheri Dettman At Andalusia

The views from both inside and outside Andalusia’s new Clubhouse are some of the best in the desert. The elevated location looks over the driving range of the Rees Jones private golf course with a backdrop of the nearby Coral and Santa Rosa Mountains.

The new Andalusia Clubhouse is located just across from the existing Racquet Club facility where members and homeowners can take advantage of fitness, tennis and a huge resort style pool. Next to the Racquet Club a new wellness center will soon break ground adding even more amenities for Andalusia residents, golf members, and their guests.

41 New Andalusia Homes Under Construction

After previewing the Andalusia Clubhouse, we drove by several dozen new Andalusia homes under construction. Three of our Sheri Dettman & Associates buyer clients are currently in escrow for their upcoming new homes. A fourth client recently closed on their new home. You can view available Andalusia Homes For Sale here.

We’ve had the pleasure of helping dozens of Andalusia buyer and seller clients over the years with both new construction and resale homes. Please don’t hesitate to contact me for further information or to arrange your private tour of Andalusia At Coral Mountain in La Quinta.

3 New Model Homes At Andalusia La Quinta

3 New Model Homes At Andalusia La Quinta

This week our Sheri Dettman & Associates marketing team was on site at Andalusia in La Quinta shooting new video footage featuring Andalusia’s three new model homes. These luxury golf homes are pretty amazing. But I’m getting ahead of myself in how these new homes came to be designed.

Seeking Input For Andalusia's Next Phase of New Homes

The Great Room of The Santa Rosa Floor Plan

Over the past two years the executive team at Andalusia at Coral Mountain in La Quinta has been seeking input from past Andalusia homebuyers and from some of the top Realtors here in the desert, myself included. Andalusia wanted to know what features, designs and styles today’s buyers were looking for as they planned the next phases of new homes.

Fast forward two years later and three of Andalusia’s six new model homes were nearing completion. Not one to wait around for completion though, I’d already been bringing our interested clients to walk these homes during the latest phases of construction.

During a number of these dusty shoe walkthroughs our clients and our team started to get excited about the newly updated designs. It became very apparent that Andalusia had listened and were indeed adding many of the most requested design features and a few surprises.

The Andalusia Brokers Open

Just this week our Sheri Dettman & Associates team was invited to Andalusia’s broker open as these new models were introduced to the La Quinta area Realtor community. I felt right at home because I’d already been spending considerable time in these homes with clients during the past few weeks as the finishing touches were put in place.

The three newest models represent the largest and most luxurious new homes at Andalusia. These updated homes include the Greystone, Santa Rosa and Coralstone floor plans described below.

  • The Greystone: 4 Bedrooms & 4.5 Baths in 4,184 Square Feet. From $1,560,000
  • The Santa Rosa: 4 Bedrooms & 4.5 Baths in 5,131 Square Feet. From $1,860,000
  • The Coralstone: 4 Bedrooms & 4.5 Baths in 4,331 Square Feet. From $1,545,000

New Andalusia Homes Now Selling

Santa Rosa Model Kitchen

Days prior to the opening I had started negotiations on one of these new homes for one of our buyer clients. Long story shorter, they’re looking forward to the completion of their new Andalusia luxury home located on a prime view lot.

Three additional model homes with updated floor plans are under construction. These four bedroom homes will range from 3,280 to 3,634 square feet and will start from $1.25M. We’ll have further updates on a regular basis.

Find Your Place In The Sun At Andalusia

Please don’t hesitate to contact me to arrange viewing of these new homes, or to arrange a private tour of the Andalusia community. Our Sheri Dettman & Associates team can bring added value to your new home experience, and at no cost to you as the buyer.

Don’t miss our exclusive video tour of the new Andalusia model homes.

Newly Listed Hideaway Golf Club Golf Lot

Newly Listed Hideaway Golf Club Golf Lot

Find Your Place In The Sun At Hideaway Golf Club

If you’ve been considering building a custom home at The Hideaway Golf Club in La Quinta, you’ll want to consider this newly listed west facing double fairway view lot.

This elevated lot features sweeping views over the 14th fairway of Hideaway’s Pete Dye golf course and of the nearby Santa Rosa Mountains. Walking this lot recently, I was impressed by the location, the cul-de-sac street, and by the surrounding already completed luxury homes.

Very Active Hideaway Home Construction

Construction of new luxury homes at Hideaway Golf Club in La Quinta has been very active during the past 12 months. In fact, several of our Hideaway buyer clients have new custom homes under development while others are in the planning stages.

The uptick in Hideaway custom home construction has resulted in a lower inventory of available Hideaway custom lots this year and prices of Hideaway lots having been firming up.

Please don’t hesitate to contact Sheri Dettman & Associates to see this custom lot, arrange a private tour of the Hideaway, or view any Hideaway property.

View Hideaway Luxury Homes For Sale Here

3 More Homes Recently Sold At PGA West, La Quinta

55497 Medallist, PGA West - Priced at $1,385,000

30 PGA West Sales Year-To-Date by Sheri Dettman & Associates

Our Sheri Dettman & Associates team recently sold three additional PGA West La Quinta homes. That brings our 2014 year-to-date total to 30 PGA West sales. More importantly for PGA West home sellers, our small team of specialists found 23 buyers for those 30 homes. No other La Quinta area agent or team came close to that success ratio.

Buyers and sellers of PGA West homes are trusting Sheri Dettman & Associates in growing numbers as our 2014 sales at PGA West are up 154% over 2013. We have now completed a total of 93 La Quinta area sales transactions so far this year and are currently working with just over 1,000 active buyer clients.

80860 Hermitage, PGA West - Priced At $779,000

54447 Riviera, PGA West - Priced at $613,000


New Palms Golf Club La Quinta Video Tour

View The New Palms Video Here
Our Sheri Dettman & Associates video team was at the Palms Golf Club in La Quinta bright and early today. And while they were shooting two new properties being listed for sale, they also captured some great shots of the Palms golf course, the community, and the beautiful Santa Rosa Mountains.

The Palms golf course will be re-opening to members for play on November 15th after the annual two-month re-seeding process. And as you can see on the video the Palms golf course is looking pretty darn good.

Palms residents love the fact that there are no homes located up and down each fairway. Instead, the Palms features wide view corridors and all homes are located around the outside perimeter of the Palms golf course.

If you’re looking for some of the best views in the Palm Springs area, you’ll want to consider the gated Palms community. My Sheri Dettman & Associates team has helped dozens of buyers and sellers in the Palms community, so please don't hesitate to contact us–even with a simple real estate question.

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