La Quinta, CA
The Quarry At La Quinta
For more than fifty years, The Quarry’s site served as a county mine and gravel pit known as the Keller Pit. Founder William Morrow and Tom Fazio envisioned a golf property on that heavily worked ground.
- Courses
- 3 courses
- Club website
- Visit website
Courses
Course design
A club made from the Keller Pit
Construction moved over 1.2 million cubic yards of earth and introduced thousands of trees and tens of thousands of shrubs and cacti. The course opened in 1994, completing a large-scale transformation of the site.
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Sources and editorial notes3 references
Sources for this story
- The Quarry Experience The Quarry at La Quinta
Main historical narrative and course descriptions; stale future-event language excluded.
Consulted 2026-09-21