The course does its best to mask a fatal flaw - there should only be 9 holes on this course land, NOT 18.
The Good:
- Course conditions were immaculate. Fairways in great shape, greens well manicured, bunkers full
- Interesting layout given what little room was there - some signature Dye traits
The Bad:
- It's dangerous to put 18 holes so close together when holes aren't protected from each other. Fairways are next to each other with short, sparse trees and dirt track about 15 yards wide separating fairways. That means a lot of wayward shots crossing fairways. I believe a couple of tee boxes were shared and on many occasions you are driving toward the next hole but almost in the path of another's tee shot. I even felt that some tee boxes were in the way of a bad approach shot to the green on another hole.
- Loud car noise due to freeway and busy streets framing the course. This makes wayward shots even more dangerous as you cannot hear warnings.
- The above make pace of play difficult. Luckily we went out early, but I could see the course jamming up as I was rounding out the back nine.
- The starter was clueless. The two of us had a 7:50 tee time, and arrived at 7:15. Saw no one on the tee and asked the pro shop if we could just go, and he told us to check with the starter. Starter keeps saying he would have to report that we were paired up with another 2 at 7:50, so not sure we should go early. I tried to explain to him the course can sell that time to a walk-in if he just let's us go early, and if not, it would help with pace of play. He grumpily let us go.
I think there are a lot of good options in Vegas. Would pass on this claustrophobic option.