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3.4
1310 Reviews (1310)
5 Stars
438
4 Stars
504
3 Stars
183
2 Stars
103
1 Stars
82
Conditions
3.1
Value
3.4
Layout
4.0
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.5
63.7%
Recommend this course
1011 out of 1310 reviews
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2.9
47 Reviews (47)
5 Stars
6
4 Stars
12
3 Stars
8
2 Stars
13
1 Stars
8
Conditions
2.4
Value
2.9
Layout
3.8
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.2
StaffFriendliness
4.2
46.8%
Recommend this course
22 out of 47 reviews
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3.2
76 Reviews (76)
5 Stars
10
4 Stars
28
3 Stars
15
2 Stars
14
1 Stars
9
Conditions
2.8
Value
3.2
Layout
3.9
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.3
StaffFriendliness
4.4
56.6%
Recommend this course
43 out of 76 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
1310 Reviews (1310)

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 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Negative response

We played this course today and we’re paired up with a regular player at the course that had some influence with the employees. Everything was ok with the round until hole number 9 when the course starter was also paired with us. These two “gentlemen” apparently have no idea about golf etiquette as they consistently took shots out of turn and walked over our lines on the greens multiple times. Instead of calling them out and causing a scene, we decided to pack up and leave after 11 holes. I would’ve really liked to see the entire course, but when the fun of the round has expired, we decided to call it quits rather than spend the rest of the round in an uncomfortable situation. The course was nice but it is apparent that the regulars on the course do want want “new” players experiencing their turf.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Poor
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

good mogal green, difficult to read.

Every things is very good except too many unfilled dimwitted fairway.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 42
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Texas Advisor
Previously Played
Cold weather
Used cart

Do or Dye? A little bit of both!

Desert Pines is located center Las Vegas. Pete Dye is the credited designer and there are elements of his designs that are famous and are incorporated here.

The course is well known to locals. Green fees favor them over visitors, especially on weekends.

The practice facilities include a double-decker driving range and practice greens.

The course has some quirky holes; berms running through the middle of the fairways, large waste areas, green complexes close enough together that from the fairways give one wonder on which to play.

All that being said, I play this course annually. Staff is great. Pace of play is consistent. Course conditions for fairways and greens are good.

A quick transfer from the Strip, it is a good course to hone your game prior to tackling some of the big courses in town.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Unfortunate....

A "frost" delay for 20 min turned into 40 min, with my son and I following a group of three foursomes who decided to all play together. So a 20 minute wait on each box. Not fun, course nice but maintenance around greens and the greens needs to be improved.

Won't play there again.

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
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Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Too cramped and crowded

We teed off last group on Fri in Nov. We would have only made it thru 13 holes, except we turned around and played the front again, so we made 16 holes, barely! No ranger, cuz I think it was so packed there's nothing they could do anyway. Challenging layout. Very short, thankfully, cuz it's narrow as h×××! Fairways in great shape, but many greens scarred and rough. B- for slow play

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Nice Course

Played at Desert Pines on a nice day last week. The course was moderately easy and in relatively good condition overall. The greens were nice but the fairways had a lot of divot marks that weren't repaired. I'm guessing that the course gets a lot of play. There were some pitch marks on the greens that hadn't been repaired also. A nice course near downtown Las Vegas and a decent value at $79.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Greens condition good

Some greens had brown spots but not bad enough to impair ability to putt the ball. Did not even notice it on virtually all of them. Overall good conditions.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

good experience

course was in good shape, tricky sloped greens, booked on Golf Now, was a good deal

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 161
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
First Time Playing

GPS

It is to bad that gps isn’t included with your carts. I could not get my GolfNow app to recognize your course so it my round much harder.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 161
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
First Time Playing

Lost on course

Mad at GolfNow because the GPS would not work for our round. I could access the app for everything else except GPS. Whattup with that?

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 27
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice course

Layout and design was really nice. Greens weren't as conditioned as they should be but playable. Started as a single and joined up with 2 other singles by the 6th hole. After that it was wait every shot for the 4 some ahead of us. There was no indication that they would ever let us play through even though we would pull up to them on almost every tee.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice Dye layout with golfing board

This track has plenty to offer! From long par 5s to strategic short par 4s and plenty of water on many holes. The course is in great shape except for a few stops on a few of the greens. I used a golfboard in lieu of a cart and had a blast getting around the track. A very nice view of the surrounding mountains. The staff was friendly and made me feel welcome. Plenty of water on the course and a beverage cart. Only negative was it took 4:45 minutes to play mainly on the back which has some difficult holes.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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