I had asked for time off from work and loosely planned a Vegas trip in conjunction with the original dates for the GK Laughlin weekend, so when that got pushed back to my daughter's birthday weekend, ... Continue »

I had asked for time off from work and loosely planned a Vegas trip in conjunction with the original dates for the GK Laughlin weekend, so when that got pushed back to my daughter's birthday weekend, I decided to stick with my plan and head to Vegas for a few days of golf. Started today with a 10:30 TeeOff.com "Deal" time at Legacy for $34. Check in was smooth, paired with a local couple and we started a few minutes early. We weren't slow, but the groups in front of us must've been fast, because by about the third or fourth hole they were nowhere to be seen. We caught up a couple times where they were in sight, but only had to wait on them a couple times. No one pushing us from behind, so nice overall POP right around 4.5 hours. Picture perfect cloudless warm winter day with only a slight wind.

Conditions are very wintery. I knew going in that the course wasn't in overseeded, pristine condition, but the practice putting green made me a little concerned when it evoked memories of the U.S. Open at Chambers Bay... very thin, dried out and bumpy. Thankfully the greens on the course weren't like that. They were good not great, mostly smooth, about medium speed and more firm than soft. I hit lots of greens but made very few ball marks. A few of them seemed watered during the day or somehow seemed to retain more water than the others. Fairways are very dry, dormant bermuda with a colorant to give them a green hue. They are pretty thin and then there are little green tufts of grass that pop up occasionally as well. Visually, it's not very pretty but plays okay. The rough is longer dormant bermuda, maybe about 2-3 inches deep but not very thick in most spots. I wasn't in any bunkers but my playing partner was in many and said they are much improved from the past. He felt they recently added sand to all of them. Blue tee boxes were fine, sometimes a little beat up and also a little tilted, but decent enough.

This was my first time here. Decent layout reminiscent of many mid-tier residential Vegas courses like Aliante, Canyon Gate, Siena, maybe a little Revere. The houses here are really stacked on top of the course. (My playing partners must've hit 6-8 houses.) I really liked how several fairways had step-like features where the fairway elevation would change 4-5 feet with sudden little slopes. The par-4 11th is an extremely difficult short par 4 where after a forced carry off the tee, you hit to a very shallow depth, tabletop green with a big swale in front and off the back. Especially with the very thin, dormant conditions, it requires an exacting approach shot or else it won't hold the green. Rack rates I saw were well over $100 and absurd for the current conditions. For the $34 I paid, I was satisfied and glad to finally check this one off the list.