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| - For my 100th Yelp review, I have chosen a place that features one of my favorite things to do in life-play golf. I was really looking forward to this round, having seen a number of excellent reviews. Yes, it's in the middle of summer and scorching in Vegas, but I figured I could keep hydrated and tough it out. Plus, the deal on GolfNow was great.
So I get to the pro shop and Jose, who was simply awesome for letting my wife ride along complimentary, tells us that the course is shutting down in two days for two weeks because of re-seeding-thus the discount on GolfNow. Anyway, the course is situated in the most beautiful part of the Las Vegas area, near Red Rock. We get out to the first tee and you can see that the fairways are dried out and grated in preparation for the re-seeding. I figured, no biggie, golf is golf.
So we played if a ball landed in a spot that was chewed up due to maintenance, we could move it. Yes, it is a tough course, lots of hazards. Very nice, typical desert course. LOTS of sand traps, especially protecting a lot of the greens. Not the best desert course I have ever seen, but nice. The best thing, to me, was the personal instruction on each hole from Jack on the GPS. Absolutely great idea and something I had never seen before. My big negative was that there were so many holes he used from the same courses throughout this course. For example, he used holes from Desert Highlands in Arizona a number of times. I actually anticipated 18 absolutely different holes and maybe to someone who is into golf architecture could see that, but I didn't see it that way. Yes, there were some very distinct holes here, but not enough. Can't remember which hole it was, but there was a split fairway on one that was similar to one at PGA West. Great setup. But just not enough of those.
Greens were okay, not too difficult yet not easy whatsoever. However, not enough people are repairing their divots. Is this because they know the course is closing for maintenance? Lazy bums.
Most amateurs like me should play this course from no longer than the blues, it is more than 7,000 from the gold. But from Jose in the pro shop, which is small but nice, to Edwin, who was so nice and respectful and helpful, everyone we met was terrific and treated us very well. And thanks to truck driver Tom of North Carolina for the awesome company and great round of golf. Be safe out there.
I would give this 4 stars if not for the condition of the course. I am absolutely willing to give this course another shot, but I think I will wait until the fairways are green again. Like in the spring.
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