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Desert Pines Golf Club in Las Vegas
Desert Pines Golf Club is described by many as "The Pinehurst"
of Las Vegas. This Dye designed course features thousands of
mature pine trees lining the fairways. White sand bunkers
protect large, undulating greens with water coming into...
Golf Exercise Tip – How To Warm Up
A useful golf exercise tip to take into consideration is the fact that warming up before your game of golf can dramatically help you improve the quality of your game. The warm up session does not need to be something elaborate or strenuous. You can...
Golf Fitness Evaluation Is The First Step Towards Improving Your Game
Golf fitness evaluation can be an invaluable tool in helping any golfer to assess where they currently stand and thus help them reach a decision of what they can do to improve. It is now an accepted fact amongst golf experts that an improvement in...
Here's To Better Golf Exercise
There is a lot of golf equipment to help you in your exercise
program. You've got weights, rubber tubing, and so on.
But what exactly is "proper" golf equipment, designed
specifically for exercise? This is the question that almost
every new...
Revering a Las Vegas Tee (Golf) Party
Revering a Las Vegas Tee (Golf) Party Read Jetsetters Magazine at www.jetsettersmagazine.com To read this entire feature FREE with photos cut and paste this link:...
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Good Golf at Las Vegas Badlands
Good Golf at Las Vegas Badlands
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According to folklore, it is thought that Johnny Miller turned to Chi Chi Rodriguez during the golf course's construction and asked, what should we name it? Chi Chi answered Baddddlanddds! Badlands Golf Club is adjacent to the brand-new Suncoast Hotel & Casino, traced-out over a similar stretch of dry unavailing acreage as the Angel Park - Mountain Course which borders the Suncoast on its opposite side. It too has many of the same characteristics of Angel Park courses such as putts which roll toward the Las Vegas Strip and all shots heading away from the strip will require one or two extra clubs to carry the distance. The unique 27-hole layout of Badlands meshes with the natural terrain of the mountains preserving the desert landscape, while unitizing beautiful washes, arroyos, gorges and canyons. The Badlands also offers panoramic views of the spectacular Vegas skyline.
Badlands, a Johnny Miller Design with special consulting from Chi Chi Rodriguez, is a 7,000+ yard layout which allows the golfer to chose different venues while enabling course management the ability to maneuver play for maximize speed. This article will be covering a round of golf, which went out on the Diablo Course, a target scheme, and came in on the more forgiving Outlaw Course. Both tracts are somewhat running parallel to one another, which are unlike the third nine-hole layout of the highly acclaimed Desperado Course that lies on the far Eastern parcel of the property.
Hole #10, a par 4, a straight and short 301 yards measure from the blue (middle) tees to an island-like green is the first hole of the Diablo Course. Its design manufactures difficulty from the surrounding dry ravine below it. Accuracy on your approach shot to the green is essential here!
The second hole played today is hole #11, a par 5, 482 yards that starts the golfer over another small
ravine to a wide-open fairway for easy passage to the green. This green is quite reachable in two for a long hitter.
Vegas Show TicketsHole #12, a long par 4, 441 yards hole and number one rated handicap on the Diablo Course weaves the golfer toward the Red Rock and Spring Mountains. As you travel westerly, away from the strip, a much longer second shot is upon you than the yardage markers may attest. Again, this is due to the combination of direction and uphill terrain.
Hole #13, a par 4, 371 yards test is not as long as the previous hole with a distance of 371 yards. It is the second most difficult hole on Diablo as it winds between several easily reachable sand traps protecting each side of its fairway. Once you are positioned correctly, the golfer is confronted with a short and graceful wedge to the angulating green.
Hole #15, a par 4, 374 tribulation is a beautiful mark perched some 50 feet above a fairway with a severe dogleg right to a green not visible from the tee boxes. A lay up shot using a long iron or fairway wood is appropriate for the downward amphitheater-like fairway nestled in the canyon walls. Not much rough between the far outer canyon wall and fairway exists. This means an arid golf shot may require a drop and penalty. This hole is very reachable in two if you stay out of trouble, although if you pull or overdrive your tee shot, this could be a costly mistake. The manicured fairway is well protected from the wind too. To reach the green in regulation, the golfer will be smart to bring the ball in from the right side, hitting over the less steep arroyo which borders the right side of the fairway all the way around to the back side of green.
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By Mel Barosay, Jetsetters Magazine Correspondent. Read Jetsetters Magazine at www.jetsettersmagazine.com
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