Pete Carlson’s Golf & Tennis has anchored Highway 111 in Palm Desert since 1981, a 10,000-square-foot family-run store founded by Pete Carlson and still operated hands-on by Pete and Edna. Pickleball has grown from a small corner into a full department as the sport swept the Coachella Valley, with paddles, balls, bags, footwear, and apparel stocked alongside one of the desert’s deepest golf and tennis inventories: over 120 brands, thousands of clubs and racquets, and certified stringers offering quick turnaround. The store bills itself as the largest independent golf and tennis shop in the Coachella Valley, hosts an annual free golf expo, and even stages jazz concerts benefiting the American Jazz Institute in its intimate in-store jazz room. Open daily, 9 to 6 most days, it holds a 4.4 rating across 282 Google reviews.