PALM SPRINGS, Calif. -- Celebrity architects may still be a relatively new concept in golf, yet the ‘Authors of AutoCAD’ are now as much an attraction to a course as playing conditions, historical ...

The biggest sporting event in Palm Springs isn’t the Bob Hope Classic, it’s the BNP Paribas Open on the ATP in Indian Wells beginning this week, coinciding with the desert’s peak spring golf season.

Golfer Johnny Dawson arrived on the desert when it offered little more than stretches of sand dunes, two modest nine-hole golf courses and space to dream. By the time of his death in 1986, he had been ...