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What Cimarron Golf Resort is
Cimarron Golf Resort is a public, daily-fee golf facility in Cathedral City with two courses: the Boulder Course, a par-71 championship layout playing up to 6,747 yards and designed by John Fought, and the Pebble Course, a shorter par-56 executive course for a faster round.
It's not a private club — there's no membership, no initiation fee, and no waitlist. You pay for the round you play, which is a fundamentally different cost model from most of the golf communities in this series.
The residential neighborhood built around the course is Cimarron Cove — a gated community of 169 single-family homes completed in 2004. A smaller condo development, Lantana at Cimarron, sits adjacent and was built in 2008.
The value case
The most affordable golf address in the valley
Put this next to the other communities in this series and the contrast is stark. The Hideaway starts around $2.5M with a roughly $250,000 membership. PGA West starts in the $170Ks but layers on optional club dues that can run over $1,700 a month. Cimarron Cove starts under $450K, sits on fee land, and requires no club membership at all — HOA dues run around $220 a month.
If your goal is genuinely "live near a golf course," not "buy into a private club," this is close to the value floor for that goal anywhere in the Coachella Valley.
The real estate
What homes cost near Cimarron Golf Resort
| Community | Approximate range |
|---|---|
| Cimarron Cove (single-family, 1,400–2,700 sq ft) | $420K – $650K |
| Lantana at Cimarron (condos) | $350K – $470K |
*Ranges are approximate and move with the market — orientation, not pricing. Cimarron Cove homes are 3–4 bedrooms on oversized lots; Lantana units are larger-format condos built in 2008.*
What you actually get
HOA, land, and what's included
Cimarron Cove sits on fee land — you own the land outright, with none of the lease complications that show up elsewhere in the valley (see Indian Canyons for a neighborhood where that distinction matters enormously).
HOA dues run around $220 a month at Cimarron Cove, covering gated entry, roving patrol, a community pool and spa with covered cabanas, a barbecue and picnic area, a playground, and a basketball court. Lantana's condo HOA runs closer to $378 a month.
Both communities are 2000s construction — built 2004 and 2008 respectively — so this is standard contemporary desert construction, not the mid-century architectural stock the valley is known for elsewhere.
Before you write an offer
What to confirm
- Which lots actually border the course — "golf community" and "golf-course lot" aren't the same thing. Confirm actual course frontage or views if that's part of what you're paying for.
- The HOA's reserve study — Cimarron Cove is now two decades old; ask what's funded for roofs, exteriors, and pool equipment before you assume $220/month holds.
- Current tee-time pricing and any resident rate — as a public course, green fees and resident perks (if any exist) can change; confirm directly with Cimarron rather than trusting an old listing sheet.
- Short-term rental rules at the HOA level — separate from Cathedral City's own rules. See Short-Term Rental Rules in the Coachella Valley.
The golf
What you're playing
- 1The Boulder Course — par 71, up to 6,747 yards, designed by John Fought. The resort's championship layout.
- 2The Pebble Course — a par-56 executive course, built for a shorter round or a quick afternoon.
- 3Public, daily-fee access — no membership, no initiation, no waitlist. You pay per round, the opposite model from an equity club like The Hideaway.
- 4Compare the total cost model, not just the green fee, against a bundled-golf community — occasional golfers often come out ahead here even paying full rate per round, once you net out what a membership elsewhere would have cost.
Who Cimarron actually fits
It fits you if you're a budget-conscious buyer who wants genuine proximity to golf without club math, values fee-simple land certainty and a low HOA, and doesn't need mid-century pedigree or ultra-luxury finish to feel at home.
It fits less well if you're after a prestige address, a private members' club atmosphere, or premium fairway-frontage lots — Cimarron Cove is a value play by design, and most homes here aren't positioned right on the course the way custom lots are at the higher-end communities in this series.
Selling in Cimarron Cove or Lantana? **Get a comp-based valuation** — this stretch of Cathedral City moves differently than the golf-club end of the valley.