Played this in the Amateur Players Tour event on 3/17 & 3/18 the previous reviewer mentioned. The golf course is pretty challenging with desert scrub to contend with on most holes that catch wayward shots. Expect some time spent rooting around in the scrub bushes and red sand looking for a golf ball or two if your group sprays it at all. On the back nine, your ball can just go off the side of a cliff, so forget it. You're dropping. Spectacular looking views and holes in the middle of the back nine.

Course condition was overall pretty good. Some issues with the recent heavy rains caused the greens to be softer than they probably normally are. And it created a few iffy spots in the fairways. So, we were playing lift clean and place. But the lies were pretty good even without that.

Apparently this course recently raised it's green fees. Previously it was on Golf Magazine's ranking of the top 100 affordable courses in the US. But with max fees now in the $180 range, I would imagine it will be removed from that list. Nevertheless, Golf Mag and Golf Week have it in the Top 60 public US courses and it holds its own there. Given that most top 50 US courses are in the $250-$300+ range, that's still not a terrible value for the quality. Perhaps just not the bargain it once was with $125 max fees.

Combined with some of the other great courses in St. George and Mesquite, it's worth a 'do it at least once' trip.