Played Shadow Creek on 3/27. The limo picks you up at your hotel and takes you down an unmarked road to the golf course. Basically they created North Carolina in the desert with all the trees and wa... Continue »

Played Shadow Creek on 3/27. The limo picks you up at your hotel and takes you down an unmarked road to the golf course. Basically they created North Carolina in the desert with all the trees and water. When you arrive at the golf course it is not at all pretentious... all the help is very friendly, not stuffy, not phony-friendly, just good people. The clubhouse is sort of an Augusta replica - white with green shutters, etc. The food service is surprising considering this is one of the most expensive and exclusive courses available to the public on the planet. Sandwiches and salads are in the $8-12 range - just like home - and are predictably quite good. We were really surprised by how un-fancy, comfortable and down home the whole experience was.

Every group has a fourcaddy and ours was a very jovial and helpful caddy nicknamed Moose. The golf course was quite beautiful, challenging and perfectly maintained as you would expect. They created about as good of a golf course as you could imagine given the land they had to work with. Nevertheless, due to the nature of the terrain, it really didn't blow us away with holes that were extraordinarily memorable. For visitors wanting a less traditional, but more memorable golf course I would suggest Wolf Creek in Mesquite.

The service from start to finish was the best we have ever had. The maintenance was as good as we have ever seen. The course was excellent but not the best we have ever played. If $500, plus tips for caddy and driver are not too much of a stretch for you I recommend this experience. For most, I would probably suggest playing some of the other good courses in the area instead.