One More Mulligan

I just got finished playing the 9 hole Founders course at the Black Mountain Country Club in Henderson, NV. The round was really cheap, $30 for 18 holes, but I was only able to play nine. The heat was bearable but I was just not used to being out in it for as long as I was. A bank sign read 109 degrees Farenheight when I passed on the highway and that was at 1 o’clock.

It was a links course surrounded by houses that made acurate tee shots very important. I could not stay in form from my previous round and hit the fairways. I only had 3 acceptable shots with my driver with 1 hitting the fairway. Overall since I was playing by myself I rushed as usual and couldn’t take my time and play multiple balls or take pictures due to the oppressive sun.

I am playing Silverstone Golf Club at 7:30am tomorrow so I should be able to play without a problem. I am going to get there early to take advantage of the unlimited range balls that come with the green fees. I’ll update you again tomorrow.

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I have been playing golf for the past year and can say that I love the 3 main local courses that I play. That being said I really have enjoyed playing some new courses in New Jersey with my college buddy Chuck. They have offered a new look at my game by offering different challenges and allowing me to see how I react to new situations on the course. When I play my “Fav 3″ I find that I use the same clubs on each hole, I know where the dangers are and have played just about every shot that each hole provides. Seeing how your game and scoring pace reacts to unknown challenges seems to be the best way to gauge how well you are playing.

That got me to thinking about taking a little trip to play golf in a different area of the country. I have an upcoming non-golf related trip to Las Vegas but why not bring my clubs and see if I can get one or two rounds in. The Las Vegas golf scene offers some amazing courses and from the research I have done most courses offer two levels of twilight rates with the first one beginning around 11 a.m. This is probably because no one wants to be caught dead playing in the middle of the afternoon during a Las Vegas summer. I think that I will be playing early in the morning even if it costs a ton.

The first course that I’ve been looking at is the Royal Links Golf Club. It is modeled after the courses in Ireland complete with deep pot bunkers and large greens. It looks like a challenging course with the middle tees being rated 71.2/131. A morning tee time is about $100 dollars which I think is pretty reasonable given the how the course looks on the site.

Las Vegas National, due to it’s proximity to the strip, looks to be my second choice. It looks pretty challenging at 69.7/126 but won’t be impossible. I think that I might make a 3 p.m. tee time and take advantage of the $30 twilight rate. Not sure, I’ll have to check the average temperatures before I make my final bookings.

I’ll keep you all posted on my final plans and do my best to take some photos of whatever courses I end up choosing.

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