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Golf Course Review Aliante Golf Club North Las Vegas Nevada

Aliante Golf Club

Golf Course Review Aliante Golf Club North Las Vegas Nevada

Reviewed by: rob1563, Las Vegas
Played on Saturday, 2/23; following a few days of snow and freezing weather. 8am tee time which was pushed back to just after 9 due to a frost delay. We were second out and cruised around with a 3:30 Pace of Play (POP).  We never saw anyone in front or behind us.

The Review

Golf Playing Conditions 6.67 GOOD
Golf Playing Conditions 6.67 GOOD

Course was in decent shape considering the cold weather with rain and snow the last few weeks.

Tee boxes mostly level.  There was a little amount of divot damage.  But a weird marker placement on the par3 #4, with the markers all the way in the back of the box with a significant uphill lie was my only complaint.

Fairways are close cut; mostly dormant Bermuda. Rough is also dormant Bermuda, but hasn’t been cut.  So expect some chances of the ball settling down and some gnarly lies.

Bunkers have seen some improvement — from horrible in the past to average Vegas type sand.

I was expecting some firm, fast frozen greens with lots of roll, but found them receptive and a medium speed.

Parting Thoughts

I think Aliante gets a bad rap due to the residential neighborhood, but the houses are mostly out of play and not as narrow as people make it out to be. I find the course to be fun, only 2 holes really repeat (#6 and #12 have really similar looks), a nice variety of par 3s (from 100 to 200 yards), and a couple of risk/reward par 4s and go for it par 5s. While it’s not a destination course, it’s a nice local course to get out on.

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Golf Course Review Bali Hai Golf Club

Bali Hai Golf Club

Golf Course Review Bali Hai Golf Club

Reviewed by: roarksown1, Playa del Rey

Playing Conditions 7.32 GREAT
Playing Conditions 7.32 GREAT

Got to take out a client in Vegas this week and played with another local who managed to get us a very sweet deal at the usually very high-cost Bali Hai resort course. I believe the normal rack rate here is around $300, so having only paid a third of that was pretty outstanding. I’ve wanted to play this track so many times and it finally came together, and luckily the weather played along as well. It was cold, but the rain didn’t start until just after finishing with a sweet POP of just 3.5 hours.

The course itself is very fun and has a surprising amount of elevations in the fairways, creeks and water. Not too much in the way of long carries, but there are definitely a good variety of hole lengths here and the par 3s gave me a tough time all day. The island green is pretty cool too but not too tricky as it’s only around 130 yards or so, but you still have to stick it.

Winter conditions were good overall and of course having to take into account the recent rains that certainly affected the bunkers and many of the lower-lying areas. Dark green fairways that looked more lush than they actually played, but provided good lies all morning. The rough has been left dormant so it’s a striking contrast with its beige hues against either water, sand or the aforementioned green fairways. Bunkers had mostly very good, playable sand in them but they were probably a bit heavier than normal with the recent precipitation. Tee boxes (we played the gold tees) were fine – no troubles there.

Cart service was around early and often, even with very few people out on the course most of the morning. We did catch a group on 8 and 9 but they let us pass at the turn and it was smooth sailing from there. We also got a lunch voucher for after the round so that worked out great.

Again, the only unfortunate thing was that the weather was quite cold, but not the Arctic temps we were expecting the night before. Still, my idea of playing this course is most definitely in shorts and sweating a lot, so I still will need to come back and do it right later in the year. Hope I can find that great deal again, but I’m guessing during high season that might be a bit more difficult.

Bali Hai Golf Club Las Vegas Nevada
Bali Hai Golf Club Las Vegas Nevada
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Golf Course Review Angel Park Golf Club MOUNTAIN Las Vegas Nevada

Angel Park Golf Club (Mountain)

Golf Course Review Angel Park Golf Club MOUNTAIN Las Vegas Nevada

Reviewed by: rob1563, Las Vegas

Golf Playing Conditions 7.24 GREAT
Golf Playing Conditions 7.24 GREAT

Played on Friday, 2/8, at 9:30 with John_T. Course had a frost delay but any back-up was cleared up by the time we teed off and we didn’t see any delays. Joined a single on #2 and picked up another single on #5, as we chased a lackadaisical twosome around. Finished in just under 4 hours, actually waiting on every tee on the back.

Course conditions were very similar to Palm. Tee boxes need a little work, but nothing that affects play. Fairways were in great shape, firm with some run out. All green with no dirt areas. Rough was just long enough to define the fairway and not very penal. Bunkers had some work done in the last month or 2 and showed great improvement. Better than Vegas average sand. Greens were not as good as Palm’s greens yesterday. Very firm, but a shade slower and very bumpy. A couple of greens were showing thin areas.

Mountain is my home course, it’s a good test and has very tricky to read greens. Always fun.

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GK Guru Round Up: Royal Links Golf Club Las Vegas Nevada

Royal Links Golf Club

Golf Course Review Royal Links Golf Club Las Vegas Nevada

Reviewed by: rob1563, Las Vegas

Golf Course Conditions 7.97 GREAT
Golf Course Conditions 7.97 GREAT

Finished the 2 days of doubleheader golf by joining Matt, JohnnyGK, and Ed at Royal Links for a noonish round. Thank you Matt for the invite.

Similar conditions to when I played it December. Fairways are dormant and painted green, but no effect on play. Rough is also dormant and you get a nice contrast to aim. Bunkers, there’s a 105 of them, all brutal, I hate them all, especially the front right one on the Postage Stamp 8th hole. But seriously, good bunkers, just realize it’s better to eat a shot and hit out sideways than to challenge them if you’re more than halfway to the front edge. Greens were smooth and medium speed, which we could not adjust.

To add to Matt’s advise of a bringing a GPS or laser, make sure you look at an overview of the course before you play. There’s an absolute blind green (#2), and a handful of blind shots, especially in the first 6 holes. Make sure you read the hole plaques for some history.

EDIT: it shows I rated 7.3 (vs 7.6 in December), it’s definitely closer to 8 than 7.

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Golf Course Review The Club at Sunrise Las Vegas Nevada

The Club at Sunrise

Golf Course Review The Club at Sunrise Las Vegas Nevada

Reviewed by: noeldaof, Antelope Valley
Fist time playing here on 01/27/19.

Playing Conditions 6.90 GOOD
Playing Conditions 6.90 GOOD

Beautiful day for golf- sunny skies, no wind and temps were at mid to high 60s. We couldn’t ask for a better day on a midwinter outing.

The course is located in the east most part of Las Vegas, just on the other side of Royal Links Golf Club. Not exactly Summerlin like of a town but they have golf courses here. They’ve built this course alongside a wash or river, but I doubt the water is clean. There were no trees in play and a little lake on the front nine. The staff here were all very nice and accommodating, kind and helpful.

What they’ve done to the course’s grass: it was sprayed with some type of color green that made it looked good against some dormant grass areas that surrounds the fairways, greens and teeing grounds. The rich deep green color looks good in contrast, but the green coloring will rub onto the ball.

The Review

As far as the course played, the fairways had lots of roll as it was or we think it was almost dried out. The divots from our irons on fairways were a telltale as the pieces crumbles to dust with our shots!

The greens were hard and not as easy to hold on longer approaches, but okay with the high soft shots.

Teeing grounds were good though some spots were hard to place a tee on. Could it have been too dry? We didn’t know.

The bunkers were hard pan underneath a quarter inch sand layer with the same color. The sand quality varies from fine sand in one bunker and more grainy type on another. Needless to say the consistency isn’t there so after two sand shots from green-side bunkers and one fairway bunker, I really made an effort not to get into anymore of them.

No beverage cart here that day, but the bar’s tab for a six-pack of beers to take on the course was only $25. We thought that was a good deal in Vegas. Also, GolfNow charged each of us $45.49 a player. A good rate, by the way, it’s also easy to score well here as long as you are careful not to dunk shots in the river or wash and if I did, I wouldn’t retrieve it.

All in all it was an okay experience.

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Golf Course Review Paiute Golf Resort Las Vegas SUN MOUNTAIN Las Vegas Nevada

Paiute Golf Resort Las Vegas (Sun Mountain)

Golf Course Review Paiute Golf Resort Las Vegas SUN MOUNTAIN Las Vegas Nevada

Reviewed by: Mrkich, Los Angeles
Played 1/26 with USCDodger and a couple friends. We teed off at 12 and finished about 4:30.

Golf Playing Conditions 8.25 GREAT
Golf Playing Conditions 8.25 GREAT

Overall the conditions were fantastic.

It’s hard to find a spot where I complain about anything in particular. The tee boxes were level and lush throughout the round, the fairways were on the softer side than I expected and were excellent to play from. The rough was consistent and wasn’t overly penal when you landed in it. Was still easy enough to advance the ball with your club of choice. The bunkers had very nice sand to hit from and was really surprised at this because of the windy conditions of the course. Nice bunkers and high wind don’t usually go together. The greens were harder than I expected given the fairways. Even on fully struck wedges it could be hard to get the ball to stop quickly.

The wind was howling all day around 15-25 mph. With 3/4 par 5’s and many of the par 4’s into the wind it made for a lot of long irons and hybrid into greens.

Even with the heavy wind it was a really enjoyable and fun round. The scenery and desert-scape is top notch and the lack of houses and civilization make the day and whole experience even better. This course is often written off as the lesser of the three on property but was still a well thought out design with plenty of decision making and intrigue throughout the round.

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WINNER The Club at Sunrise #WorthTheGreenFee 2018 – Southern Nevada

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The Club at Sunrise Awarded Worth the Green Fee 2018 for Nevada

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The Club at Sunrise

rob1563
Posted: 09/08/18 4:55p
Member Since: Jul 3, 2010
From: Las Vegas

Playing Conditions 6.90 GOOD
Playing Conditions 6.90 GOOD

Played on Friday, 9/7, with John_T. We were looking for a round while most courses are closed for re-seeding and found plenty open times at Sunrise.

Conditions were excellent tee to green. Relatively flat and damage free tee boxes. Rough was varied from about 1 inch to over 3 in some areas. Bunkers had some of the best sand in the valley and easy to hit out. Fairways were lush, with some wet, soggy areas. The greens! Oh my gawd, the greens. Simply phenomenal. Absolutely no sign of aerating 2 weeks ago. Smooth as glass, very little amount of ball marks, and running medium speed but sped up as the day warmed. Just incredible conditions for the end of summer in Vegas.

Only complaint: they started us on 10, behind a Men’s group scramble when the front 9 looked empty. We caught them in a few holes and slowed to a 2:15ish time. Men’s group only played 9 and we played the front in a casual 1:30.

Here’s the incredible part: we paid $29 local rate, which included $10 credit in the Winterwood Grille. I only wish it wasn’t such a difficult drive for me from the far Northwest. Sunrise is being added to the rotation.

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Golf Course Review TPC Las Vegas Las Vegas Nevada

TPC Las Vegas

Golf Course Review TPC Las Vegas Nevada

Reviewed by: phunteratc, Henderson, NV
Played TPC Las Vegas today 1/4/19.

Golf Playing Conditions 9.48 IMMACULATE
Golf Playing Conditions 9.48 IMMACULATE

Was greeted in the parking lot by friendly attendants and they set my bag up on my cart as they directed me into the pro shop. We had a 9:50 tee time and were on the tee box at 9:45 ready to go. The practice facilities here are very nice with a great driving range, large putting green, and a chipping area with a bunker. One bag of practice balls was included.

The tee boxes were in great shape, level and sodded well.

The fairways were in excellent shape, green and lush. Divots were well maintained and attended to.

The rough was short about an inch and a half. It was not much of a issue to get out of. But overall healthy and well maintained.

The greens were amazing. I love the greens here, they roll so true and are consistent throughout the course. They were on the quick side but not to fast.

The bunkers are plentiful here, but are amazing. The sand is consistent throughout the course. Many Vegas courses have bunkers that get baked out by the sun and are hard and firm. Not here they keep the sand full and soft. I was in them more then I should have been but it was not discouraging.

The staff was friendly and helpful.

It was a great day and the course was fantastic. I recommend a visit when in town.