Tamarisk Country Club

{{Short description|Country club in Rancho Mirage, California}}

Tamarisk Country Club is a private country club in Rancho Mirage, California, established in 1952.{{cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/1999/06/palm-springs-weekends|title=Palm Springs Weekends|first=Bob|last=Colacello|website=The Hive|accessdate=8 January 2018}} The club had 65 original investors, including Jack Benny, George Burns, Danny Kaye, and the Marx Brothers.{{cite web|url=https://www.ranchomirageca.gov/content_files/pdf/city_government/city_commissions/historic_preservation/historic_context.pdf|format=PDF|title=HISTORIC CONTEXT |website=Ranchomirageca.gov|accessdate=8 January 2018}} Ben Hogan was the club's first golf professional.{{cite web|url=http://www.tamariskcc.com/Default.aspx?p=DynamicModule&pageid=60&ssid=78&vnf=1|title=About Us - Tamarisk Country Club|website=Tamariskcc.com|accessdate=8 January 2018}} The club hosted the Bob Hope Classic 19 times. Architect William Francis Cody designed the clubhouse. Frank Sinatra lived in a walled compound on the club's 17th fairway, and his Rat Pack friends, Sammy Davis Jr., Pat Henry, and Jilly Rizzo built homes around the corner from Sinatra.