Paiute Golf Resort, Wolf Course

Guest (cart included), played on Saturday, March 2019 at 12:47 PM

Day 10 - 100 days, 100 courses (Saturday, March 23, 2019)

Last week, I was speaking with Kevin Hyland of TeeOff by the PGA Tour, and he informed me that Paiute was the best course that I would play on during my tour. Now that is a bold statement given some of the courses that are on the list: TPC Sawgrass, Coyote Springs, Maderas, I could go on and on, but there are a lot of nice courses on the list.

Paiute is in the desert north of Las Vegas. You drive and drive and see nothing resembling a golf course.

About a mile out you start to see glimpses of fairways carved into the rocks and scrubs and then you finally see the clubhouse above. When you walk into the clubhouse, you see out the back glass wall something special.

No matter what direction you look there are mountains that are awe-inspiring. The course is carved out of this desert valley. There is fairway, then maybe 10 - 40 feet of rough and then rocky desert. If your ball leaves the rough, it's gone! Golf balls and desert rocks look a lot alike.

And what is it with Pete Dye and island greens. I am beginning to believe that he got paid by golf ball manufacturers (I'm looking at you Callaway) to build these things just so we all would use more balls. (Yes, Don, I lost 2 Tin Cup style).

However, the most intimidating thing about Paiute Golf Resort was the wind.

We teed off on number 1 directly into the wind and quickly learned to adjust to the wind coming right at you. However, when there was a 30 MPH crosswind like we had on the island green, it was hard to adjust for the wind.

All in all, it was a very fun and challenging day.

$101 (cart included), played on Sunday, October 2015 at 7:25 PM

The course was in beautiful condition. The layout was challenging enough and hilly enough on the edges where if you miss the fairway you would have a lot of side hill lies. However there was enough room off the tee box in the rough where you can usually find your ball. Every hole was separate from the others. The holes were all challenging but fair. No hole was too easy or too hard. We will definitely play there again. Bottom line though is that the conditions were fantastic. Nice dark green grass and well manicured bunkers.

$66 (cart included), played on Saturday, April 2012 at 2pm

the course is fantastic and the staff even better!

$76 (cart included), played on Tuesday, November 2011 at 10am

Fantastic condition. Greens super fast (11+) but rolled perfectly. Really great experience. Desert view not necessarily great but interesting layout. Clubhouse has decent food, slightly pricey food though. Absolutely worth price. many vegas courses are seriously overpriced but this one is fantastic and well worth playing over and over again.

Guest (cart included), played on Monday, May 2011 at 6am

Great course

$101 (cart included), played on Thursday, March 2011 at noon

Course is a bit of drive, but very nice to play and price is not bad for the area. Can get windy, but the wide fairways allow lots of room to keep it in play. Staff were very friendly and the pro shop prices/snack bar prices were better than any others I've seen in Las Vegas. Listen to the starter for advice on the direction balls will break on the greens, they are always right!

$76 (cart included), played on Monday, May 2010 at 10am

I played in very windy conditions and a couple of balls rolled just through a dogleg fairway and were very differcult to find. In fact, I was unable to locate one ball even thought both my playing partner and myself actually saw it barely roll into the dessert area. I suggest the course consider cutting this area to under a foot tall for the ability to locate wayward tee shots.

$36 (cart included), played on Tuesday, August 2009 at noon

$126 (cart included), played on Saturday, February 2009 at 10am

Good conditions and a nice $149 price for all you can golf plus lunch. No houses. Solid test of golf without a lot of tricks.