If you are in the Virgin River area, that transition zone between the Mohave and Great Basin deserts, these two courses are a pretty good bargain in season.
Conestoga, a Gary Panks design in Mesquite, has a beautiful front nine. I thought the back side not so much, but they had a great special in November and December of 2011: $59 including lunch, cart, range balls. So that made it $50 or less for golf. Too close to the casinos, I wouldn't go out of my way for it, but a good price for a good course. They have good sand bunkers too! If you are going by Mesquite, Nv. and have the time, take a look.
Like the previous course, Sky Mountain (a Jeff Hardin design) in Hurricane, Ut. has a beautiful front side. I scored ok there too. Too many abodes on the back, it's not so pretty then. I played for $40 including cart in the fall of 2011. They called it "twilight" but it was only about noon. A nice value there.
A word about my local Coral Cliffs which is a very scenic nine: "TOUGH", with unplayable rough and very narrow fairways. Seriously, the fairways are as narrow as any I've seen. The greens roll pure. The bunkers are almost as bad as the ones at Utah's best.
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011
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