5 Quotes by Doug Vance

We had no business being in the golf course business. We are all developers in our previous occupations.

We are making decisions like this, out of the ordinary. You don't see other foundations do things like this, build a golf course and then give it away. We're trying to think outside of the box a little bit and think how we might benefit the entire Coachella Valley with the one gift, how we can benefit so many other charities in the valley other than what we can personally affect with what we do.

We knew we could do a good job and it would be something special that the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic would want to own. It's a big challenge for them to operate. But we will do whatever we can to assist them.

We all had the same goals in mind and we fund a lot of the same charities. We thought this was an ideal situation, a gift that would go on in perpetuity that the Coachella Valley will benefit from for years to come.

They couldn't get their funds, couldn't complete their funding. So we focused on another charitable event, which was the Bob Hope Classic.