by Larry Rogers
I read your review and I think you are being quite generous. It is true that the clubhouse and layout of the course are commendable, however, I felt the care the course recieved was sorely lacking.
Sand traps not filled. It was so bad that my wedge got caught on a sandbag in the bottom of a bunker, not once, but on two separate holes (3rd and 18th if I remember correctly).
Dead spots in the fairway. Clumps of dead grass from previous mowings, which I assume was from letting the fairway grass grow to long. Or maybe just not caring enough to clean it up. Or both. The rough was truely "rough" and I could have appreciated this as an added challenge, however, given the overall lack of care the course had, it was painfully obvious that it was more an issue of lack of maintenance. The greens were ok, not great but at least not torn up. I did pay the Clark County resident price, so it wasn't a total rip-off, but compared to any of the courses ran by OB sports, Dragonridge, Revere, Rhode Ranch, Primm, Seina, the Boulder Creek courses, Pauite, TCP Canyons, and Badlands - this course was extremely overpriced. Even brand-new Tuscany had better fairways and upkeep - even before they finished the course!Frankly, I wouldn't pay 5 bucks to play it again in that condition.
Which is really ashame, considering the overall layout of the course. It could be well worth the 85 bucks if they took a modicum of pride in course upkeep.
Larry Rogers