A Jem of Robert Trent Jones! Very forgiving fairways, but some tough bunker placements and par 3’s that require long carry or dump off areas that will leave you with a tough chip to make par. Course is preparing for overseeding, so fairways not pristine but still very much playable. Greens were pristine and had some tough breaks. Rough thick, but not too deep. Will definitely play again if I get the opportunity.

As a higher handicapped player (21), I loved this course. From the middle tees, each hole offers playable shots without having to overthink anything. Course was in great shape, carts have gps and speakers, practice facility is huge and on grass with callaway balls, and staff was great. The par long 3 16th (200 yards) is probably the signature hole, overlooking the strip as you have to hit a solid shot to over the desert terrain to avoid losing your ball.

Conditions: aeration taking place on half the greens, but other than that course is in good shape. Fairways are firm, but green. Rough probably about 3 inches thick. Sand traps are loosening up, but still slightly packed down/hard. The non aerated greens were in good shape and medium speed.

Pace of play: finished a twilight round in a little over 4 hours. No back ups.

Layout: good for my high handicap. Hard to completely lose a ball unless you fly it over a fence. Couple challenging holes including a long par 3 and some holes with water in play that you have to decide to fly or lay up. Couple holes protected by deep green side bunkers as well.

Course is in rough shape. Hard to make out what is a fairway or not. Snack bar closed. Lots of marks in greens. Signature par 3 no longer is over water. Pace of play was good, started as a single and caught up to 3some ahead of me. Joined them and still had no no delays. Right on the 4 hour mark for time.

First “luxury” experience in Vegas was great! Excellent pace of play, green fairways, gps on carts, rakes at bunkers again, very forgiving course when you hit it on target. If you miss right or left, chances are you are donating your ball to the desert environment. Par 3 2nd hole definitely the signature hole, with an island green over a small cut out canyon. All grass huge practice facility. Greens were firm.