Played in a tournament at Mountain Falls 3-22 thru 3-24, 2013. Course was great.
Mountain Falls is a housing development located in Pahrump NV. House construction stalled the last few years, but th... Continue »

Played in a tournament at Mountain Falls 3-22 thru 3-24, 2013. Course was great.
Mountain Falls is a housing development located in Pahrump NV. House construction stalled the last few years, but the course is still there and still kept up.
Course layout is a standard housing development layout snaking through housing lots. Since there are few houses, it plays wide open. Lots of gentle dog legs with lots of slightly elevated greens. The greens are generally large, but are tiered so that the effective green area near the hole location is quite small. This is the hardest part of playing this course -- getting your approach shot into the correct section of the green.
Despite the information from the clubhouse staff, I'd bet my Nevada cowboy boots that the greens are a rye mix with a significant amount of poa annua. Green speeds were slow -- seemed about 8 Stimp. Spring is late this year, so the greens have not really started to grow much.
But the greens were in great shape. Pretty firm so no ball marks and rolled true. Just slower than they look.
Tees are flat and very good. Quite large so no problem with divots. Fairways are wonderful -- no thin lies, and the ball sits up. Rough was relatively short and not penal. Lots of trees for a desert layout. Bunkers have good sand, not too firm so you can explode out and not too soft so no fried egg lies. However, because the wind blows, most of the bunkers have high lips to keep the sand from blowing out.
A few water hazards that are well placed and do come into play.
Practice facilities look like a private course. All grass driving range. Two large putting greens and two large chipping areas including practice bunkers.
Highly recommended -- one of those gem courses in the middle of nowhere with low green fees. Not really convenient to get to, but well worth playing if you're in the neighborhood.