Found a hot deal for under $100 for Friday and made the detour on my way to LV for the new year. I have always loved the layout of this course and conditions are normally very good year round. Friday ... Continue »

Found a hot deal for under $100 for Friday and made the detour on my way to LV for the new year. I have always loved the layout of this course and conditions are normally very good year round. Friday was no exception just amazing overseeded conditions. Check-in was easy and smooth with very friendly staff. Nice Practice facilities with a DR, Putting green, and Chipping green all overlooking the 1st and 10th tee boxes. Carts are nice with a good GPS, even though my first cart had issues I swapped it out on the 10th and it was fine. I was warned that POP was going to be an issue when checking in as they were short-staffed and had no Marshall in the morning. Unfortunately, a group of 16 decided to play as a 16 some of which backed the entire course up. We ended up playing is just over 4:30 so no real complaints.

As for the course conditions this is visually one of the best courses to look at when they overseed the fairways and let the rough go dormant, add in the views of the river to the west and desert Mesa's to the east its just a treat. Tee boxes were good and had good grass to play from, we were later in the day so the par 3's were a little chewed up. Fairways were cut short and provided a lot of rollout but were fantastic to hit from. Rough was dormant and would not stop your ball from the desert in any circumstance. Around the greens, they overseeded the rough and it was thick and penal. Greens were medium firm and held most shots, average speed and rolled true all day. I was in one sand trap and it wasn't the greatest but other traps looked fine.

Overall this is a must-play course and if you are planning a trip from Socal you can easily make a detour on the way to vegas (1.5 hours) to play here. Or you can stay in Laughlin and play Mojave resort which is also a fantastic track.