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About

Holes 18
Type Resort
Style Traditional
Par 71
Length 6945 yards
Slope 135
Rating 73.3

Editor's Note: Course closed for business in 2024.

The Lakes Course is one of two championship courses designed by Tom Fazio at Primm Valley Golf Club. It was the club's original layout before it was joined by the Desert Course a year later. As its name would imply, the Lakes Course features an intricate system of lakes and rivers weaving through the layout and coming into play on 11 holes. The layout is challenging but playable with elevation changes and strategically placed bunkers that are balanced by large greens and wide, player-friendly fairways. One of the golf course's most memorable holes is the par-5 second. This challenging 530-yard hole plays around a massive lake but with an accurate second shot, it is reachable in two. There is also water the left of the green and a bunker in front.

Course Details

Year Built 1997
Golf Season Year round
Architect Tom Fazio (1997) Dennis Wise (1997)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
GPS Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

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

Food & Beverage

Snacks

Available Facilities

Clubhouse

Accolades

  • Golf Advisor: Top 25 Most Improved U.S. Golf Courses (2023 #14)
  • Golf Advisor: Top Courses in Nevada (2020 #14)
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4.3
604 Reviews (604)

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Reviews 6
Skill Beginner
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice day for the links.

Weather was perfect for the day. The course was in good condition and some of the greens had recently been worked on, leaving some minor battle scars. Overall, it was an enjoyable day on the links. Off course amenities were sad, the help left early and there were no snacks for a break at the end of the ninth hole. MLR

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

No loss ball

Lake course is highly recommended

Challenging fairways and greens

The fairway is well maintained

Reasonable green fee

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 72
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played

Lakes good

Course in a little rough shape. Green rolled nice. But a lot of patches. Still a nice round for a Saturday

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Unique

The condition of the golf course was good roughs a little shabby greens how did well but patchy overall good value for the money interesting layout good variety play the lakes, played the desert before usually in better shape because it gets more sun just like the lakes better

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Disappointed!!!

Played here every time since we started our yearly golf trip. Always enjoyed it. This year the course was in very bad shape. Many greens were in poor condition. Must have burned out a lot of greens because there were many areas that were under repair. Could have lived with this but on 4 of last seven greens we were met with sprinklers soaking the green with standing water and couldn't finish putting. Unacceptable for any course to do this to their customers.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Always a Great Place to Play

Love this course. The course is beautiful and has a great layout.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser

Most poorly run golf course I’ve ever played at

We had a tee time scheduled at 11:40 and 11:50am and we didn’t end up teeing off until 12:30/12:40ish. We arrived early and were informed that they were out of carts because there was 300+ on the tee sheet for the day. We had to walk all the way down to the driving range after the guy in the pro shop said its not that far…somewhat sarcastically. We then lugged our bags back to the first tee at our tee time and then had to wait another 30-40 minutes because they still didn’t have any carts. I asked why they were out and they said there was a huge tournament in the morning and they we playing really slow. I then asked why the Marshall wasn’t making them play along and they said there was no Marshall… haha what a joke. There was also no beverage carts on the course. You would think that on a day with 300+ golfers you would have a full staff ready to accommodate. Not at Primm yesterday. After growing impatient we decided to walk down to where the carts come back and discovered the staff was casually talking to some tournament guests and then letting them drive out to their cars to unload their bags…absolutely ZERO urgency to get us out…additionally by this time there were about 20-30 people waiting around by the first tee who were supposed to tee off after us. Absolute joke!!! Once we finally got out there things were ok but about half of the greens were completely under repair and in terrible condition. You would think after just reseeding the course would be in great condition. It was not. Extremely bad experience and will not be coming back anytime soon. We will be sure to let everyone else we know what a bad experience we had as well. Yep

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 6
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Looks like this was once a great venue.

The staff is very friendly and accommodating.

But the course has seen better days. Bunker maintenance lacking, lots of brown in the fairways and the greens were majorly patched and in overall poor condition.

I don't enjoy writing a more negative review as I'm local and I realize we're coming out of the summer here in the desert. However the courses I'm surrounded by have a September overused and they are stunning in comparison.

This course needs work.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 26
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Course was filled in with sod and difficult through the bumps.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 22
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 38
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Previously Played

Greens are horrid

T box and fairways were in fair shape. However the greens were missing grass and had huge dirt areas

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 22
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Southern charm in the Mojave Desert

Not seeing any recent reviews of this course, I felt obligated to play Primm for the first time since 2017, and am glad I did. The Lakes course is green, lush, in overall great condition. Every public course has some bad spots, but it was freshing to see crews working on those areas to repair and improve the course. The course has all you can handle; undulating fairways and greens, strategically placed traps and hazards, risk/reward shots, and many varieties of trees off the fairways give the course a Southeastern feel. Very basic GPS on the carts, so bring your own device if you have one.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 36
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Course conditions

Course was about to be reseeded??? Should have been told in advance was like playing a pasture!!

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 42
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

No Regrets

One of my all time favorites. Primm Lakes

What gets me is when a golfer is good enough to hit a great iron shot close to the pin and does NOT fix the divot. C'mon man !!

There are other people playing golf too

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Disappointing

Such a great layout. Shame the green s, lakes and surrounding areas haven’t been maintained. Several greens & fairways have bare spots that need to be patched. Appears they may be working to get it back in shape following COVID. Sure hope so!

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 20-24
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
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