I’ve golfed Las Vegas several times and it is always a treat. This trip we played at Painted Desert. The course was very well taken care of, the fairways were narrow, and the price was right. Las Vegas golf can be expensive, but this was a good bargain. It wasn’t a long course, but fun with some challenging tee shots nonetheless. The greens weren’t the truest I’d seen, but they had some decent speed and you must approach them fairly high to keep the ball from running off the back.
The drive was a short 20 minutes off the strip and not too confusing. We pulled up and saw a surprising amount of people on the practice tee and putting greens for a supposed off season. Of course, we all know that spring and fall are perfect times to play golf in Las Vegas. We were paired with some nice playing partners although one was a definite betting man and really wanted to take someone’s money.
One of their signature holes was the very nice 187 yard par three #8 with water on the left, which makes it challenging as well as aesthetically pleasing. On the 277 yard par 4 #14, I drove the green, which is always fun…yeah, like I do that all the time…whatever
Anyway, I liked the course and I liked playing in Las Vegas as always. I wasn’t even hungover from the night before…