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3.4
1312 Reviews (1312)
5 Stars
438
4 Stars
504
3 Stars
184
2 Stars
103
1 Stars
83
Conditions
3.1
Value
3.4
Layout
4.0
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.4
61.8%
Recommend this course
1011 out of 1312 reviews
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2.9
49 Reviews (49)
5 Stars
6
4 Stars
12
3 Stars
9
2 Stars
13
1 Stars
9
Conditions
2.4
Value
2.9
Layout
3.8
Pace
3.7
Amenities
3.1
StaffFriendliness
4.1
44.9%
Recommend this course
22 out of 49 reviews
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3.2
77 Reviews (77)
5 Stars
9
4 Stars
28
3 Stars
16
2 Stars
14
1 Stars
10
Conditions
2.8
Value
3.2
Layout
3.9
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.3
StaffFriendliness
4.3
54.5%
Recommend this course
42 out of 77 reviews
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Course Highlights
The Pete Dye-designed layout delivers a genuinely challenging and rewarding round with undulating fairways, strategic bunkers, and rolling bent-grass greens. Exceptionally friendly staff and affordable pricing make this Las Vegas desert course a standout value.

About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 71
Length 6222 yards
Slope 137
Rating 71.1

Desert Pines Golf Club is often referred to as "The Pinehurst" of Las Vegas. It offers a Carolina sandhills experience, yet is conveniently located just minutes from downtown or the Strip. This Dye design features thousands of mature pine trees lining the well-groomed fairways where white sand bunkers protect large, undulating, bent grass greens. Because of the large number of pine trees, often times this course is cooler than other courses in the heat of the summer. Although there are no forced carries, water comes into play on 9 of the 18 holes.

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Course Details

Year Built 1996
Fairways Bermuda (419 & Tiff II)/Rye Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Perry Dye (1996) Cynthia Dye McGarey (1996)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Proper golf attire.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Snacks, Restaurant, Beverage Carts

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities, Locker Rooms
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Reviews

3.4
1312 Reviews (1312)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 39
Brunch 20
Watching the Game 10
Course Challenges Include:
Narrow Fairways 85
Water Hazards 64
Bunkers 63
This course/club is great for:
Advanced Golfers 48
Locals 46
Seniors 27
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 90
Near Local Attractions 21
Worth the Drive 20

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Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Slow Slow slow

You need a sledge hammer to pound the ball so it will reach the hole.

Greens roll like bumpy fairways. It took almost 3 hours to pay 9 holes because everyone was looking for their ball jn the tall ryegrass they planted to buy forgot to mow.

Save your $150 and don't waste your time.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

SO POORLY MAINTAINED

So funny when we got there and were told the greens were just overseeded. Like we never knew what overseeded greens looked like. These are the worst greens I've played in years! The course lacked even the slightest attention to the care of greens. The ball jumped back and forth on greens that were shaggy (not just tall, really shaggy!) with bare spots every couple of inches. We paid for 18 and played 9 and just laughed about it. Trust me, there are many top-level courses in Vegas and a few mid-quality ones but this one is just a joke!

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 23
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Fairways were amazing!

Some of the best fairways I’ve ever seen; Lush, green and open. Comparable to Bali Hai for 1/2 to 1/3 the cost. You won’t be disappointed.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Enjoyable Course

First time playing here and was very satisfied with how the course was maintained, layout, and staff. Only downside but it's with all courses in Vegas, the price for non residents. They are almost double of what a resident would pay. Other than that, my buddies and I enjoyed ourselves. Also, one of my best rounds played here, shot an 81.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 155
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Golf while the family is sleeping

Great service even at the driving range. The personal managing the carts were friendly. The front desk to the bar, great service. The course was in excellent condition. A few go for it par 4’s and manageable par 3’s. This was a Pete Dye course design and very workable for the out of town price. We’ll worth the money. I will be playing this course again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 155
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played

I usually don’t leave reviews, good or bad, but this one takes the cake. We show up at 1:15 for our 2:00 tee time, right off the bat they’re telling us we’re the only group on the course today, nobody in front and nobody in back. We’d at least like to warm up, hit a few balls and a few putts. Sounds like no big deal so far, right? So after 9 as we’re rounding the turn the manager and two staff members are standing outside the proshop where we drive by to get to the 10th hole. I nod to him, he waves and says “how’s it going?” I wave back and reply “good, thanks”. I get on the 10th tee and the other two in my group that were behind me say the manager stopped them and said we have to be done and return the carts by 5:00, at that point the time is 3:40. I tried to go inside and talk to him but everything was locked, I couldn’t find any door that was open. As I’m walking back to the 10th tee I see one of the staff members and ask him about what they said to the others in my group. He said his manager said the course doesn’t take that long to play and the carts need to be back by 5:00. I told him I’ve never heard of such a thing, having the carts back by 5:00 would be a 3:00 hour round. He then tells me we started at 1:30 (which we didn’t) and says after 3 1/2 hours the manager says we have to return the carts. At this point I’m completely agitated, I tell him to tell his manager if he wants to take the carts back come take them himself, I go to the 10th tee, after we hit our drives and we’re in the fairway about to hit our approach shots, the staff member comes driving up the cart path. He starts off by talking to the other two in my group, I go over and say in my entire life I’ve never been told I have a 3 1/2 hour time limit to play a round and return the cart, and they’ll get their carts back when we finish. I didn’t want to hear anything else he had to say so I drove up to the green. The other two in my group entertained him for a minute but I kept yelling to them to come on so we get get done and get out of here. They say the staff member kept giving them bs and said we’re playing slower than him and his 75 year old grandpop. So now I’m super agitated and the others in my group are astonished he said that to them, we continue on and try to forget about them. As we’re teeing off on the 18th we see 2 of them driving up the cart path toward us but halfway to us they turned around and went back to the cart return. After we finished the 18th they were waiting for us asking if we wanted our clubs wiped down, smh,… We didn’t say anything to them, we just took our stuff and left. Not to mention the course was in horrific shape, half the greens had large dirt patches all over them. What a terrible day this was. Like I said, I don’t normally leave reviews, but I/we have never been treated like this by any staff on any golf course any of us have ever played. Do yourself a favor and play anywhere else.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 23
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

GREAT

Don't tear this course down. We heard it might not be there in 2yrs. It was great. Hope it stays.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 17
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 21
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Impressive Course Conditions in Triple Digit Weather

Nicely maintained course, especially in the sizzling summer heat. Ice chest of complimentary bottled waters kept my focus on the game instead of the heat. I think the heat scared most golfers away on this record heat day, but the pace of play was less than 3 hours. The course was challenging and narrow on some of the holes. I will be back to play the next time I am in town.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great place friendly faces beautiful fairways tough challenge.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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