The Late Gerald Ford's Home: Golf Course Central

Reading that Ford was actually quite a talented athlete (he could probably wrestle Don Rumsfeld to the ground) and not the stumbler Chevy Chase physically manifested as metaphor for the "accidental President" (and, for a few well-broadcast trips and stumbles), I became curious about his golfing habit. I looked up where he lived: Rancho Mirage, CA . It seems there are some golf clubs there. Isolated as it is, in the desert, I tried to make a list of all the golf clubs/country clubs which appear within about 15 miles:

1. Escena Golf Club
   
2. Desert Princess Country Club
   
3. Cimarron Golf Reseort
   
4. Mesquite golf and country Club
   
5. Canyon Country Club
   
6. Indian Canyons Golf Resort
   
7. Tahquitz Creek Golf Resort
   
8. Mission Hills-Gary Player Course
   
9. Mission Hills Country Club
   
10. Mission Hills-Pete Dye Golf Course
    
11. Cathedral Canyon Golf and Tennis Club
    
12. Tamarisk Country Club
    
13. Morningside Country Club
    
14. Springs Country Club
    
15. Thunderbird Country Club
    
16. Tri-Palm Estates Country Club
    
17. Ivey Ranch Country Club
    
18. Classic Club
    
19. Marriott Shadow Ride Resort
    
20. Rancho Mirage Country Club
    
21. Sunrise Country Club
    
22. Rancho Las Palmas Country Club
    
23. Palm Dessert Greens Country Club
    
24. Desert Willow Golf Resort
    
25. Emerald Desert Golf and RV Resort
    
26. Monterey country Club
    
27. Portola Country Club
    
28. Lakes Country Club
    
29. Oasis Country Club
    
30. Palm Desert Resort Country Club
    
31. Mountain Vista Golf club
    
32. Shadow Mountain Golf Club
    
33. Marrakesh Country Club
    
34. Desert Horizons Country Club
    
35. Vintage Club
    
36. Eldorado Country Club
    
37. Golf Resort at Indian Wells
    
38. Indian Wells Country Club
    
39. Bermuda Dunes Country Club
    
40. Heritage Palms Golf Club
    
41. Indian Springs Golf and Country Club
    
42. Bighorn Golf Club
    
43. Ironwood Country Club
    
44. Reserve Golf Club
    
45. La Quinta Country Club
    
46. Rancho La Quinta Country Club
    
47. La Quinta Resort and Club
    
48. Tradition Golf Club
    
49. Hideaway Golf Club
    
50. Indio Municipal Golf Course
    
51. Golf Club at Terra Lago
    
52. Palms Golf Club
    
53. Trilogy Golf Club at La Quinta
    

That seems to be it. Now, just so's you know I'm not some barefoot yokel, I'm aware that "country club" doesn't necessarily imply a separate golf course. Even so, there's a bazillion golf courses there! Okay, sure, we probably shouldn't count the Ivey Ranch Country Club and the Classic Club, since those are east of I10, and god knows what kind of people are playing golf out there. I don't even want to know who came up with the brilliant "Plantation Club" -- I mean, why not go the whole nine yards and call it "Third Reich's Plantation Club", just to put everyone on notice?

Even so, takes your breath away.

Oh, it's in the middle of a desert. Did I mention that?