Andalusia Country Club presents itself the way most established La Quinta clubs do. Gated entry. A Rees Jones course winding past mountain-view homesites. A social calendar built around pickleball mixers and wine tastings. More than twenty years of history since ground broke in 2004.
But walk the far edge of the property and you'll find something that doesn't fit that story: acreage that was supposed to hold a second golf course and never did. That gap in the plan, and how it got filled, tells you more about what you're actually buying at Andalusia in 2026 than any amenity list on the club's website.
The Second Course That Never Happened
When T.D. Desert Development, a subsidiary of the Drummond Company, broke ground on Andalusia in 2004, the plan called for two 18-hole courses. Rees Jones designed the first, which opened in 2006. The second was slated for 377 acres set aside on the property.
It never got built. Home sales stalled when the recession hit in 2008, and the land sat undeveloped for a decade while the rest of the community matured around it. That's not a footnote. It's the reason Andalusia today looks different from other clubs of its vintage that finished their footprint on schedule and have spent the years since simply refining what already existed.
Sunrise Bought the Unfinished Part
In October 2018, Sunrise Company acquired Andalusia Country Club from Drummond, taking on the club, the remaining undeveloped land, and the right to build roughly 250 more homes on that shelved acreage. Sunrise CEO Randall Bone told the Desert Sun at the time that strong home sales across the region, including at Andalusia and at Toscana Country Club, drove the deal. Sunrise was already building around 150 homes at Toscana when the Andalusia purchase closed, and it has run both build-outs in parallel since.
That detail matters for anyone comparing Andalusia to other La Quinta country clubs. Toscana and Andalusia aren't just similar in style. They're the same builder's active pipeline, running on similar timelines, with similar exposure to construction activity for buyers who move in before the last homes are finished.
What "Still Building" Looks Like Right Now
Here's the part that changes how you should think about Andalusia in 2026: it hasn't finished. As of late 2025, new construction on the remaining homesites was still running one to two years out from delivery, while resale listings inside the community were moving almost as fast as they hit the market.
That gap between the two markets inside one gate is worth sitting with. If you buy new, you're ordering a home years before you can move a golf cart into the garage, choosing finishes in a design studio while the lot next door is still dirt. If you buy resale, you're stepping into a home that's likely already customized, already landscaped, already living the life the brochure describes, and you're competing against other buyers who see the same thing you do: a community close enough to finished that the wait is over, but not so mature that it's stopped adding value.
Neither path is wrong. But they are genuinely different purchases, and a listing price alone won't tell you which one you're looking at. Ask directly how many homesites remain and what phase of build-out the community is currently in before you assume Andalusia behaves like a settled, twenty-year-old club with nothing left to add.
The Walk-On Golf Model, and Why It Might Not Last Forever
Andalusia's other real point of difference is its golf format. Most private clubs in the valley run on tee sheets, booked days or weeks out, especially in season. Andalusia doesn't. Members walk on and play whenever they want, no reservation required.
That's a genuine lifestyle draw, and it's rare enough in this market to be worth naming outright. It's also a model that depends on a specific ratio of members to tee times staying roughly where it is now. As of late 2025, third-party listings put Andalusia's golf membership at around 695 on its single 18-hole course. As Sunrise finishes the remaining 250 homes and more of those owners join the golf membership, that ratio will shift. A walk-on club with 900 golfing members plays differently than one with 695, even on the same course, and it's worth asking the club directly where that count stands today.
This isn't a prediction that walk-on access disappears. It's a reason to ask the club directly, during due diligence, how membership caps are structured and whether the board has modeled what full build-out does to course availability. A club that's still adding homes is also, by definition, still adding potential golfers.
What Membership Actually Costs
Andalusia's own 2026 materials list golf membership at $2,240 per month in dues. For buyers who want to try the club before committing to a full initiation, the Resident Premier Golf Program offers a one-year trial for a $27,400 Premier Fee, which converts at the end of the term to a $50,000 non-refundable membership, a $10,000 discount off the standard $60,000 initiation. A separate Resident Young Professional tier, for members under 50, starts at $22,025.
Third-party listings from late 2025 put HOA dues in the neighborhood of $1,220 a month, with a comparable Premier membership tier quoted around $2,135 in monthly dues on a $60,000 initiation. Those figures track closely with the club's own numbers, which is reassuring, but dues at any private club move year to year, and the two sources weren't pulled on the same date. Before you write an offer, get current figures directly from Andalusia's membership office rather than relying on any published number, including this one.
One more line item worth knowing: the club's Tapas Restaurant has been expanded to roughly double its original size, part of the broader amenity investment Sunrise made after taking over. It's a small detail, but it's consistent with everything else here. This is a club still spending money to grow, not one coasting on what it built two decades ago.
What This Means If You're Comparing Clubs
If you're cross-shopping Andalusia against a fully built-out community like Rancho La Quinta or the finished phases of PGA West, the honest comparison isn't course quality or clubhouse finishes. It's build-out stage. Andalusia is a community still under construction on part of its footprint, run by a builder actively adding both homes and members, with a golf format that currently rewards spontaneity but may not stay exactly as generous once the last homesite sells.
That's not a reason to avoid it. Some buyers specifically want a community still adding amenities and inventory, with room to customize a new build exactly to their taste. Others want a finished product with a stable, known membership size and no lingering construction. Both are legitimate preferences. The point is knowing which one you're actually buying before you sign, rather than assuming a twenty-year-old address means a twenty-year-old, finished community.
FAQ
Is Andalusia Country Club still building new homes in 2026? Yes. Sunrise Company's 2018 acquisition included rights to develop roughly 250 additional homes on acreage originally set aside for a second golf course. As of late 2025, new construction there was still running one to two years out from delivery.
Do I need a tee time to play golf at Andalusia? No. Andalusia operates on a walk-on model, unusual among Coachella Valley private clubs, where members can play without booking ahead. Whether that stays true at full build-out, with a larger membership base, is worth asking the club about directly.
What's the real difference between the Premier program and full membership? The Resident Premier Golf Program is a one-year trial for a $27,400 fee. If you convert to full membership afterward, you pay $50,000 rather than the standard $60,000 initiation. It's a way to test the club before committing to the larger, non-refundable fee.
Why does it matter that Sunrise also built Toscana? It tells you Andalusia isn't a one-off project. It's part of the same builder's active regional pipeline, which means similar construction timelines, similar phased delivery, and a track record you can look at across two communities rather than one.
If you're weighing Andalusia against other La Quinta clubs, or trying to figure out whether a new build or a resale home fits your timeline better, Kimberly Oleson can walk you through what's actually available right now and what it will cost to own. Work with Kimberly to get clear, current answers before you write an offer.
