After Cascata in the morning yesterday, I played my second round here as it's just down the road a couple miles and they had a great GN hot deal for $30 at 12:40. Of course, after an amazing luxury ex... Continue »

After Cascata in the morning yesterday, I played my second round here as it's just down the road a couple miles and they had a great GN hot deal for $30 at 12:40. Of course, after an amazing luxury experience at Cascata, pretty much any course will pale in comparison. However, the experience at Boulder Creek was a positive one. Not too busy on a Sunday afternoon, so I ended up playing all three nines. Played Desert Hawk first. There was a fivesome gumming up the works, so I joined with a threesome behind them about halfway through. Coyote Run was second and I played behind a twosome. However, they were moving very quickly and I never had to wait super long. Then, they let me go ahead and play Eldorado and I had it all to myself. In total, all 27 holes only took 3:40, so it worked out great and I was on the road back home at a reasonable hour. The three nines are in varying stages of maintenance right now and will be for the next month or so. Desert Hawk will be the last to close, so it is still in solid shape. Tees, fairways, rough and greens mostly decent with some weak spots here and there. Coyote Run is closing this week for overseeding, so the fairways and tee boxes are completely brown and dormant. Lots of roll-out and tight lies to hit from, but playable enough. Everything on and around the greens was in good shape, so that helped with playability. Eldorado hadn't officially reopened yet from its overseed, but they graciously let me play it. From tee to green, it's in the best shape right now with the fresh layer of excellent lush grass. The greens had been aerated, though, but weren't too bad. Not too bumpy and rolling at about the same speeds as the other nines, so barely a nuisance. I was in a few bunkers on the day and the ones I found had pretty good sand, consistent between all the courses. Boulder Creek is an enjoyable course with three nines that are all pretty similar and nice designs. No elevation changes as it sits down in a flat part of the valley, but unobscured 360-degree views on many holes were nice. There are some little wash/sand ravines that cut across many fairways, so be sure to check the GPS to avoid those as you can't always see everything with the naked eye. Otherwise, the course is pretty easy to figure out what to do on each hole outside of a couple tricky holes. The 9th hole on Desert Hawk is considered one of the toughest in the Vegas area and I can understand why. That's a beast of a par-4, especially when the wind is blowing. For the price I paid and getting to play all 27, it was a heck of a deal. Right next to a little airport, so it's kind of cool watching small planes, helicopters and, yes, a lot of skydivers landing right there.