![]() ![]() This unpredictability means that I have utmost respect (and sympathy) for greens crews around here. The weather is great here until friends come to visit for the weekend. Our November wedding was supposed to be outside and it snowed. In this time we've endured droughts and floods, summers where it doesn't rain and an August where it rained nonstop. I've lived in Austin for over 10 years now and I can't figure out the weather. I particularly like a lot of the off-the-beaten-path Hill Country courses like Delaware Springs and Lighthouse Country Club. So this is where the bulk of the state's golf resorts will be found, as well as a nice number of destination-worthy semi-private courses and even some notable municipal golf for visitors. They also feature plenty of attractions from theme parks to natural swimming holes ( toobing!) and Enchanted Rock. ![]() A small number of area courses actually feature 007 bentgrass greens.Īustin and San Antonio, whose city centers are separated by about 80 miles on I-35, are both on the edge of the Texas Hill Country and sport higher elevation and superior scenery to Dallas and Houston. This is in part thanks to the proliferation of coloring products and newer, cold-tolerant grass strains. There may not be any NFL or college football or March Madness to bet on while in town, but a worthy consolation is NBA and NHL playoffs, as well as MLB action, to satisfy any sportsbook itches.When considering a fall golf destination, a good rule of thumb is to look for destinations with the least amount of overseeding.Ĭentral Texas over the years has mostly ditched the cool-weather rye grass and instead opted for year-round bermuda or zoysia. Las Vegas Paiute Golf Resort's Golfapalooza package delivers some great value for those who want to play more than one round, and also Desert Pines and Painted Desert are among a handful of courses that offer "all-inclusive" golf day packages.Īccording to our reviewers, booking your golf trip in May will give you the best chance of getting your money's worth on the course. Otherwise, for bargains closer to the strip, try Painted Desert, Chimera or Angel Park. In the peak spring and fall seasons, good luck finding a morning tee time at an excellent golf course for under $150-175, unless you're willing to make the drive well beyond Las Vegas Boulevard to courses like Mountain Falls, Boulder Creek (Boulder City), Coyote Springs or Primm Valley Golf Club. That said, despite several courses closing over the years, the golf economy is still by many accounts a bit saturated, and remains a buyer's market. Green fees vary on what seems to be a week-to-week basis depending on how full hotels and what conventions are in town, the condition of the courses and the weather. Vegas is always a tough market to beat the house. It's likely a result of courses being long enough into the over-seed season that conditions are good, and yet green fees are likely a little lower than the peak fall and winter months. This makes sense to me, because this is around the time courses are either over-seeding, or drying their fairways out in preparation for over-seeding, or have simply browned out from a summer of desert heat.īut what is quite surprising is that December has some really strong scores. which dips to below 3.8 (remember, these are all top-rated courses in the sample). September is the worst month for overall score. Temperatures are generally ideal, and rates are a little lower than the peak March-April season (which as you can see, is the busiest according to the sum of reviews). The best overall month for Vegas golf, according to our reviews, is May, when conditions, value and overall all peak out close to 4.5/5.0. ![]() The sample size includes 2,400 reviews of 10 top-rated Las Vegas-area courses on Golf Advisor dating back to September, 2012). I took a sample of 10 of our site's most consistent, top-rated courses in and around Las Vegas - but with a variety of price points and styles - to determine if there was a particular month when the averages, based on our 1-to-5 star scale, were best.Īs you can see, there is some pretty significant variance in the conditions, value and overall scores, based on the time of year (the number of reviews per month are in parentheses): When is the best time of year for a Las Vegas golf trip? ![]()
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