Wolf at Las Vegas Paiute Golf Resort

Las Vegas Paiute Golf Resort is a premier destination if you love immaculate conditions, challenging layouts, and breathtaking scenery. Though only the second LV course I’ve played, it’s hard to imagine public golf gets any better than this!

I played the Wolf course, deemed by many to be the toughest of the three courses here. Certainly the back nine will test your whole game, but especially your short game just like many other Pete Dye masterpieces. Undulating fairways and rough mean you often have an uneven lie on approach. Mounds and bunkers around the greens demand precision and accuracy. The greens are a welcome respite with little tiering or undulation and only gradual breaks. Getting and staying on them is the real challenge with the contours that surround them and I often found myself painfully short-sided that denied me any chance of par. My only real complaint on the layout is there are several holes that look very similar from the tee. Few play the same from tee-to-green but thinking back through the round only a few hours removed, there’s a bit a of a blur on which hole was which. I was told by my local playing partners that the other courses here suffer from the same identity crisis.

No matter what course you play the overwhelming greatest attribute of Paiute is the conditioning, which is second to none. Golf Advisor should add a sixth star just for this course. I’ve played several $100+ courses including TPC Sawgrass and this one beats them all for lush, even grass from tee to green that is an absolute joy to play on. Despite the heavy traffic, the greens mostly rolled smoothly and predictably and are among the fastest I’ve ever played. Bunkers are pristine and groomed. With a few more ball marks repaired and divots filled...this place is ready for a PGA Tour event, like, tomorrow.

Away from the course itself, Paiute matches it with stellar off-course amenities as well as on course. Full practice facilities with a grass range, separate putting and chiping/pitching green (complete with a practice bunker), free range balls, ball washers at every tee, fast electric carts with GPS, USB charge points, bottles of water in the attached coolers, and auto-stop feature means your cart will never roll away on you. Then there’s the great clubhouse and awesome food (although not during my visit, there apparently was a propane shortage and many of the items on the menu were unavailable).

Popularity comes with a cost: pace. 4:40 by my count, which wouldn’t be terrible for a Sunday in peak season but for a 11:30 am tee time on a Monday in bumper season..that seems a bit much. Still, I saw a marshall twice during my round and the GPS screen tells you if you’re falling behind. The course does an admirable job of facilitating faster play with liberal cart rules and access points, yardage markers everywhere (and the aforementioned GPS), and a thorough preview by your starter. But this is still a Pete Dye course, and this is still Las Vegas, so don’t expect to blaze through in 3 hours.

The staff is very professional and yes, there’s a cart girl though we didn’t encounter her until the back nine. There’s a valet bag drop and they wipe down your clubs after your round. You definitely get your money’s worth when it comes to the all-around experience.

Speaking of money’s worth, Paiute ain’t cheap (Wolf course is the most expensive and tops out around $200). That said, if you’re familiar with Las Vegas, you’re probably used to the cost of things and for what you get this resort is actually a very good value. Three full courses with such good conditions and if you get a GolfNow deal you can easily find tee times for under $100.

This was by far my most pleasant Pete Dye experience and all the credit goes to the management here. Great job by them to make “Dye-abolical” golf experience a truly fun one.

Payed this course 3 years ago; very nice design and playable course. Course speed was ok. Very nice clubhouse with good food.

Course is amazing plain and simple granted a few small things knock it in my eyes. Played as myself today had a group of 4 in front of me and no one at all was behind me, at all. Hit your tee shot long and straight anything that kicks into the brush or rocks is a goner, snakes and other desert critters are there. Winds play a factor as well, but today there winds were dead to min. Never saw a course marshall, saw the cart girl once. Playing the back half took just about 3 hours, we had 2 groups of 4, 3 and the 4 some who tee'd off when i did Alot of small rolling hill on the Wolf course make challenge for every shot. Excellent food and service at the turn, as well as staff when your done with the game at cart turn in. Granted asked if i needed my bags brought to bag drop i said no thanks, and never saw any staff again at cart turn in. Small things would help like seeing a course marshall a few times, beer cans tossed in the fairways and the group in front of me decided to have one guy piggy back ride the back of a golf cart.

I play the wolf course today for the first time. it was in really good shape and a fair layout. i played from the back tees which was extremely trough with 40 mph wind. i highly recommend playing this course for the hard test that it is.

Have played Snow and /Sun mountain course at Paiute and was looking forward to playing the wolf. This course turned out to be my favorite of the three. Nice big golf course with room off the tee and junto play. Conditions were outstanding. The fairways did not have a mark on them. Caught a great day with low wind, it was hot but no wind. Do your self a favor and play any Paiute course but the Wolf is my favorite. It is just a little bit bigger and more exciting than the other two.

Went with a buddy while on vacation in Vegas. The course was in great shape and we caught a great day for July in the desert. It's worth the extra drive to get there, take Uber if you can it's about $50 cheaper each way than cab if you're coming from the strip. The grill was good too, had the club sandwich, and the staff was helpful and friendly. Next time I'm in Vegas I will go back to try the other courses.

This was my first time playing at Las Vegas Paiute. The course was was everything I could have hoped for!

The course was in fantastic shape and has a great practice facility. The fairways, tees, greens, rough, bunkers (all were in fantastic shape and condition). I don't know how the course and conditions could have been better.

All the staff was great from the pro-shop staff to the starter to the bag drop people . Everyone provided a warm welcome and was very friendly. The starter told me the best piece of advice for playing the Wolf course. He said, "the greens do not break as much as you think." That was fantastic advice because he was 100% correct. The greens rolled straight and true.

It was a little windy the afternoon (thank goodness. The temperature was 102). The wind made the course play more challenging because tee shots that were slightly offline were blown into the desert.

If I am ever back here in Las Vegas again with time for golf, this will DEFINATELY be a course I return to and play again. One of the highlights was hole #15 a par 3 island green. Awesome to have an island green in the middle of the desert.

Amazing Course in GREAT condition.

It was hot but here was a breeze. the course is in great shape and the pace of play is great.

Definitely coming back here.

Course was in great shape.3rd time playing Paiute courses and always enjoy it there

Wolf was everything I could have hoped for! The course was in fantastic shape and had a massive practice facility. The staff was awesome ranging from the pro-shop staff to the starter. Everyone provided a warm welcome. It was windy the afternoon that I played and made the course play tough because tee shots that were slightly offline were blown into the desert. The tee markers were howling wolf heads, such a cool feature to add to the course!

I can usually hold my own on Sun or Snow but holy cow this was brutal. Well brutal in a beautiful way that only golf can deliver. Course was in fantastic shape.

Beaten up by the course, but loving it.

This course had the best/greenest fairways, best greens and well maintained sand traps of any courses I have played this year. Certainly worth the scenery alone—course was real bonus.

Excellent course, with a great layout. The course is in great condition. The greens were not as fast as anticipate. But enjoyable to play. I got a great price on golfnow.com. It is definitely worth playing.

Course played the wolf. Excellent course. Starter excellent.bag drop good. Pro shop staff average. Concierge lady very poor. Changing rooms shocking. Only one shower in disabled toilet. This is shocking. No towels all golf staff after half six. No concierge either.

Gent at bar was very nice

Play the course it is excellent but be ready for the rest being not as good.

Biggest problem that I had was finding it. Google maps and car navigation had me on a wild goose chase finding it. For a first time here, staff really didn't provide a lot of information. The course itself was fantastic and very memorable. Really great shape. Since there is absolutely no drinking water on the course you have to make sure to take advantage of the drink cart. When I came off the course, snack bar was already closed.

The rough was deep and knarly. Greens were patchy and a little bumpy, otherwise it was great. Lots of fun and had a good layout. Staff very nice

Pauite Wolf is a great test

Staff is great

Golfnow hot deal makes it even better

Course - fairways , bunkers and tees were great

Greens were slow and bumpy that is why I rated 4 overall for course conditions

Pace of play was slow 4;55

Reason is not the fault of Pauite although the marshalls could be tougher on slow groups

The 2 groups in front of us were awful , reason being they played the yellow tees 6400 yards and none of them could hit a ball 200 yards.

Most of the time they hit ground balls into the desert

People - move up!!!