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Golf Course Review Bear’s Best Las Vegas in Las Vegas Nevada

Bear’s Best Las Vegas

Golf Course Review Bear’s Best Las Vegas in Las Vegas Nevada

Reviewed by: noeldaof, Antelope Valley

Golf Playing Conditions 8.25 GREAT
Golf Playing Conditions 8.25 GREAT

Saturday June 20, was a nice clear day here with a soft breeze for our play day- 12:12 tee time fits our schedule. It was supposed to have reached 103 degrees but seemingly that was not felt. Cooler, I would say, more like low 90s or even high 80s all day so that was good for us.

It’s a pleasure to be back here again. The prior review was encouraging and did not disappoint- it’s probably in a better condition now than then. It is just fabulous and I don’t have much different things to say other than the greens have healed from its recent aeration. It rolled nicely and true, but not fast at all, maybe 9 on a Stimp meter if I had to guess. If you play here today, I’m sure you will enjoy the course very much.
The staff and the beverage cart were all helpful, friendly and informative. The practice balls at the driving range were all brand new shiny and bright white. This place have exuded top quality and service in a public access golf course.

Hoping to be back again sooner than later. I like this course even more this time than the last time I was here. Notably holes #1, 10, and 18 comes to mind right away for its looks and the way it plays, but then there are many holes that is so cool to play… and yes, fair like how the previous review mentioned.

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Mojave Resort Golf Club Laughlin Nevada GK Plays

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2019 Best Playing Conditions for Southern Nevada – Cascata

BPC-Cascata GC - Best Playing Conditions - Southern Nevada 2019
Best Playing Conditions Award 2019 by GreensKeeper.org
Best Playing Conditions Award 2019 by GreensKeeper.org

This year GreensKeeper.org awards Cascata Best Playing Conditions 2019 for the Southern Nevada.

Not to be confused with “Worth the Green Fee,” “Best Playing Conditions” is awarded to golf courses open to the public listed on Greenskeeper.org that stand out above the rest with our site users at providing consistently the best greens, fairways, rough, tee boxes and bunkers around.

The job of the superintendent is the life blood of the golf course and most important contributing factor to enjoying a golf experience.  A golf course is a living, breathing organism whose health is constantly in flux.  It takes enormous dedication, resources and expertise by a superintendent and their staff to provide excellent turf conditions. 

The rating system used on Greenskeeper.org is in part created by superintendents.  GreensKeeper.org’s trademark and creed, “Know Before You Go”®, centers on communicating these current playing conditions. 

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Golf Course reviews and ratings submitted by our 78,000+ Greenskeeper.org community are tabulated over 12 months. Winners are determined for each area.

We divide awards into 11 sections —  Inland Empire, Los Angeles County, Orange County, Palm Springs Area, San Diego County, Santa Barbara County, Ventura County, Southern California, Central California, Northern California and Southern Nevada.

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Recent #GolfCourseReview

John_T
Posted: 08/27/19 6:34p
Member Since: Jul 5, 2011
From: Las Vegas
Cascata was fantastic!

Golf Playing Conditions 9.78 IMMACULATE
Golf Playing Conditions 9.78 IMMACULATE

I was fortunate to play this course on 8/23. I have heard about the course and how great it was. My expectations were high and I did my best to try and temper them. I was afraid the hype would taint my opinion and that the course would not live up to expectation.

Finally arriving at the gate to the course, the exclusiveness of the course was apparent. Access granted at the private gate and we drove to the clubhouse. Car was valeted and clubs disappeared to be loaded on our cart. A host escorted us to the locker room which passed a stream that runs from the top of a mountain behind the driving range and right through the middle of the clubhouse. Pretty Cool! Arriving in the locker room, my name was printed on my personal storage space was a nice touch.

After changing shoes we headed off to the restaurant and enjoyed the eggs Benedict. Good recommendation.

Now let me talk about the trip to the golf cart. This was so cool. Carts were downstairs, inside the clubhouse. Bags were loaded, staff was there to help, and our caddie was there waiting. Once we got settled, we drove to the range. The coolest part of this was the automatic doors that opened to expose such a great view of the putting green, range with the waterfall backdrop, and the mountain scene behind that.

After meeting the caddie and warming up, we headed to the course. This was a fun course with elevated tee boxes, uphill and downhill holes since the course is on a mountain. I’ve never had a caddie before and don’t much like the idea of another set of eyes on my game, but Quincy was a big help. It was good to have his input on where to hit, but just as good for his keen ability to help find my ball when I didn’t stay on the fairway. The greens were challenging and on a few holes, there was no way I would even get close to the cup since reading them was so difficult. If I could execute Quincy’s direction, I’d be good, but knowing and doing don’t always match up.

This was a great experience. Was is able to knock my favorite course from the top spot…No. But it is a solid number 2, and if you were to throw in all of the extras in the experience, it would take top spot. Such a fun day.

GreensKeeper.org Awards Best Playing Conditions 2019
GreensKeeper.org Awards Best Playing Conditions 2019
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Golf Course Review Revere Golf Club LEXINGTON Henderson Nevada

The Revere Golf Club (Lexington)

Golf Course Review Revere Golf Club LEXINGTON Henderson Nevada

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Reviewed by: LarryTee, Las Vegas

Playing Conditions 7.05 GREAT
Playing Conditions 7.05 GREAT

Played Revere-Lexington in Henderson for my first round of 2020 on Tuesday, January 7th. The course is about 25 minutes from my home (in Summerlin) and about 15 minutes from the Las Vegas Strip. I usually play Siena and Angel Park, which are both close to home (see my previous reviews) and hadn’t played Revere for a number of years.

We actually were booked to play Concord, the other course at Revere, but a morning shotgun tournament was running behind and we would have had to wait for groups to come through the first hole. So the starter let us know that Lexington was wide open and that we could tee off there whenever we were ready. So after hitting a few balls on the nice grass range we teed off on #1 at Lexington.

Lexington is the tougher of the two courses but was a lot of fun. Many of the holes feature elevated tees with big drops to the fairways below, which helped add a few extra yards to my usually short drives. There were quite a few forced carries over canyons and arroyos and while a little visually intimidating, most could be be handled with decent drives and approach shots.

The course was in terrific shape. There are multiple tee boxes for each tee position, which are rotated and allows the grass on each to heal. Fairways were lush with very few thin areas. The primary rough grass did provide challenges but offered a better chance to get your ball back into position than the adjacent desert and waste areas. Fairway bunkers had the typical desert-like dirt, while green side bunkers had softer sand. Greens were quick and rolled smoothly. And it seems golfers there (or the maintenance crew) do repair ball marks.

With the tourney on Concord, there weren’t many groups on Lexington, which made for a quick round for our high handicapper foursome. We finished in four hours, which included a 15-minute break after nine.

Service was excellent. The staff was very pleasant, including the marshals on the course who kept things moving. We were on pace, so we just got a smile and a wave… We saw the cart attendant twice on each nine and when we were done, the staff out front wiped down our clubs and offered to bring them to the bag drop. The clubhouse looked really nice but I had to head home for dinner and didn’t try the restaurant.

I’m looking forward to adding both Revere courses to my golf rotation.

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Golf Course Review Bali Hai Golf Club Las Vegas Nevada

Bali Hai Golf Club Las Vegas Nevada Hole 14

Bali Hai Golf Club

Golf Course Review Bali Hai Golf Club Las Vegas Nevada

Reviewed by: mpisarski01, Costa Mesa

Golf Playing Conditions 8.28 GREAT
Golf Playing Conditions 8.28 GREAT

Joined Rob, John and my Father on 6/28 for a fun round out at Bali Hai. Having played here a few times before I knew what I was getting into when we got to the course. The staff is super friendly from the moment you arrive. Check-in was simple and our bags were on carts by the time we left the pro shop. Every thing about this course has a laid back vibe, from the Tiki decor and the country and island music playing by the snack shake to the crush shell mounds separating the holes.

Review

As for course conditions I thought it was better than expected for end of June. The tee’s were goods and had great coverage with the exception of two or three that needed to be moved. Fairways lush and mostly green providing great roll and fluffy enough lies to hit your approach shots. Rough was good and wasn’t overly penal. Greens were medium/fast and held most well well hit shots. The one thing to note is the greens here are tough and the pin locations were tough all day. It is always best to shoot for middle of the green here as there are many false edges.

Final Word

Overall this course is a blast to play even with the planes constantly flying over it is still worth it IMO. I recommend you go out and play.

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

Paiute Golf Resort Las Vegas (Snow Mountain)

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

ALERT: Aeration
Will be aerating the greens of Snow Mountain 4/1 – 4/5, Sun Mountain 4/8 – 4/12 and Wolf 4/22 – 4/26.
* Although Greenskeeper.org researches all alerts before posting, we ask that you please contact the golf course for confirmation.

Reviewed by: Stone8, Corona

Golf Playing Conditions 9.53 IMMACULATE
Golf Playing Conditions 9.53 IMMACULATE

Day two of after bowling golf started out at Paiute Snow Mountain. We arrived to a very strong Southerly wind that was like playing in the Inland Empire in November.

These courses are so beautiful even with the terrible wind conditions. Tee boxes were flat, groomed and easy to find a nice spot to hit from. Fairways were tight and green everywhere, some minor lazy divot damage.  Rough was a bit penal with 1 to 3 inches in most spots without bare spots to be found in between the desert-scape brown sandy stuff with the prickly trees all over the place. Lots of water comes into play on a few holes, especially the signature par 3 which none of us hit but I escaped with a lucky park due to a nice lag from the fringe.

Greens are recovered from the punching in early April so the ball rolled great from all parts of the greens.

As we ended one of my buddies said, Hey we gotta stop to buy some balls before we go to TPC, as he left a dozen behind at Snow Mountain.

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

Paiute Golf Resort Las Vegas (Snow Mountain)

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

ALERT: Aeration
Will be aerating the greens of Snow Mountain 4/1 – 4/5, Sun Mountain 4/8 – 4/12 and Wolf 4/22 – 4/26.
* Although Greenskeeper.org researches all alerts before posting, we ask that you please contact the golf course for confirmation.

Reviewed by: phunteratc, Henderson, NV
We played an early morning round on the snow course. The forecast was for mid 50’s with winds nearing 20 MPH. It was brisk with a cold wind chill. The winds were still high from the day before but were supposed to calm down as the day went on. Wind at this resort is not uncommon.

We teed off right at 8am and found the course to be in premium high season condition. Looking out over the property from the beautiful clubhouse all you could see was pristine green fairways and greens. Immaculate is the term that comes to mind, looking as if not a blade of grass or grain of sand was out of place.

The staff was very friendly and helpful. From the bag drop attendants to the pro-shop to the starter, all were friendly and professional.

The Review

Golf Playing Conditions 9.26 IMMACULATE
Golf Playing Conditions 9.26 IMMACULATE

The tee boxes were lush and reminded me of the boxes you see on television on the weekends. The course out in front of us was so beautiful that you had that giddy feeling of playing a top flight track. Very level, no divot damage.

The fairways were lush and absolutely no bare spots anywhere.

The rough was about 1 and a half inches tall, and not much of a penalty. They were perfect for keeping your ball from rolling into the desert. Very playable.

The bunkers were excellent with plenty of soft sand.

The greens were very fast and firm. Although they would hold your approach shots, they were showing the effects of the high winds. The greens are big but for the most part fairly level with subtle breaks.

The beverage cart was out and around often.

Final Thoughts

Another great day on a great course. This was my morning round on the very farthest north Las Vegas course, and I had an afternoon meetup with JohnnyGK at reflection bay on the very southeast end of the Las Vegas valley. So I was nervous about pace of play and being able to make it to my afternoon round. I was pleased that we were able to finish in 3 hours and 40 minutes. Plenty of time for me to make my 45 minute drive and still grab some lunch.

This course is top notch Las Vegas desert golf. There are 3 courses here at this resort and the snow course is my favorite of the 3. But from an eyeball test, they all looked like they were in pristine condition. As far as public courses go, this is as good as it gets in Las Vegas. In my opinion the best local courses.

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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.