Played on Friday, 7/2, with a 10:30ish tee time with the crew from Cocky & Lucky Social and Golf Club.. Full disclosure: I have a real love/hate relationship with this course, I want to hate it, but t... Continue »

Played on Friday, 7/2, with a 10:30ish tee time with the crew from Cocky & Lucky Social and Golf Club.. Full disclosure: I have a real love/hate relationship with this course, I want to hate it, but then I play and end up loving it. My 1st time at this course was a bad experience (years ago) and it has changed for the better. Range is great. All grass and is included with a small basket (about 30 balls). They also have Trackman for extra if you want to see the numbers. Staff is awesome here. I was the 3rd to arrive and our carts were at the range. The attendant carried my clubs to the range while I was checking in and grabbing a Bloody Mary (it was ok, no olives though). On the 2nd tee, a marshal pulled up with some cold towels for those of us that forgot our cool towels. While we didn't have the Instagram famous drink cart girl, the drink cart was around twice per 9 and the marshals were out keeping everything in line. I passed on hitting Blaze 19, which has incredible pizza and some nice taps. For a Friday late morning, we finished in under 4 hours, allowing a single to play through around 14. Pace was incredible. For the start of summer, the course is in incredible shape. Minus some thin spots in downhill areas, the course is in prime shape. A few canted tee boxes, but all lush and easy to tee. Fairways were lush, but the raised greens caused some thin areas which were really soaked today. Rough is a bit rough. Bunkers are really good, with some heavy sand but better than most Vegas courses. About 1-2 inches along the fairways. Around the greens, it was kinda crab grass like which caused some issues. I have no problems with it, hit the fairway and green and there's no issue. Greens rolled about a medium speed, but there were some bumps on a few putts. There may be some Kikuya mixed in. I do love Chimera and outside my first round there, I have had a great time there. Great food. Incredible staff. I wish they flip the 9s back as 7-9 is such a better finish on this Ted Robinson Jr design (and 10 is such a better opener with the Pegasus at the back of the boxes). My main issue is price, as they are way above most local places of the same caliber. We paid $39 after 10am, which is about right, but $75+ for prime spots is a bit high. If it wasn't such a drive, I was play here more often.