Shadow Ridge Golf Club recently rebranded with a new name, new promotional materials and a new logo that represents the three phases of the golf swing.

Though the mood may be idyllically mellow at The Vintage Club in Indian Wells, the members’ approach to improving their golf game strikes far beyond a leisure pursuit.

At the outset of 2013, the PGA Tour website’s profile page for Byron Smith showed a blank silhouette in the space deemed for a golfer’s standard-issue headshot. Now in the 10th year of a decade-long pursuit to compete at the sport’s highest echelon, the roads of Smith’s journey have taken the 32-year-old Palm Springs native from the depths of his own resolve to golf courses around the world.

More than 30 celebrities spent the weekend in Palm Desert, helping the ‘Rules of Engagement’ actor raise more than $700,000 for St. Jude Children’s Hospital.

Jack Whitaker spent his youth in Philadelphia and saw most of the country — and parts of the world — during his career as a sportscaster with CBS and ABC.

A thumbs up for friend Seth Macfarlane’s job as Oscar host, the actor also shares his passion for his Celebrity Golf Tournament this weekend in Palm Desert.

The Kraft Nabisco Championship returns to Rancho Mirage April 1-7. Aside from the Masters, Kraft Nabisco Championship is golf’s longest-running event.

This month, when not penciling in your own tee times, plan your schedule around the Frank Sinatra Starkey Hearing Technologies Celebrity Invitational. The tournament benefiting Barbara Sinatra Children’s Center celebrates its 25th anniversary Feb. 21-23 at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio.

Brendan Steele enjoyed the large gallery of family and friends that followed him at the recent Humana Challenge.