Playing Golf at Twilight Hours? - Advice needed!

It gets dark at 6:30 right now. I doubt you'll get in 18 teeing off at 3, more like 12-14

The thing about "comfortably" getting a round in is all dependent on if your group are the type of guys who spend a total of 20 minutes putting each green. At my home course it plays 7200 and I get out of school at 2:00 and I walk 18 with 3 of my buddies, we're usually done around 6. But, we hit our shots think while getting there, take 1 practice swing, line up and put it on the green, then take one glance at our lines on the green and hit the thing. Just depends on how you play the game.

my friends and i aren't hacks but not scratch golfers either. we all shoot in the mid to high 80s (semi-hack then...) with one dude shooting in the low 80s consistently. we are never the cause of slow play at a course and are normally the ones waiting on the group in front to keep up. on average it takes about 3.5-4 hours to play a round with my buds. i was just worried about the sun setting around 7 as that is exactly the 4 hour mark.

we are playing these courses. please comment if you have any experience with them or have any suggestions. thanks!

In Mesquite:

Oasis Palmer, Falcon Ridge and Conestoga

In Vegas:

Either Angel Park or TPC Vegas

The problem is, is that EVERYONE comes out to play at twilight, especially at angel park, so there's no way you'll get in 18. Typical round in Vegas is about 5 hours, so you're looking at maybe 12 holes or less... Mesquite is a different story however, it's deserted out there, you can breeze though (Falcon ridge is nice!) One thing you might want to check into is the players cards that courses sell, they usually cost around 100 bucks, but you can get the resident rate and play earlier in the morning...just a thought

If you're in Mesquite, you have to splurge one time to play Wolf Creek! See what their twilite rates are and make it happen. Punch sunset sunrise into google and you can find when it's twilite anywhere in the U.S. Oh, and by the way, Blue Jays suck Sorry, coming from a fellow Canadian who's a Yankee fan

Headed there this weekend from Vancouver and booked 3 rounds in the Vegas area. Twilight round Sunday at Angel Park was 49 bucks. 2pm tee time hope we'll get it in after what was said!!
Monday we've got two rounds booked at The Revere. 2 courses offering 2 fo 1 price apparently due to some fairway over/under seeding issues on one of the courses apparently 75 percent back.. Greens and tees are fine. Anyways 179 for the two so well under your budget
have a look!

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my friends and i aren't hacks but not scratch golfers either. we all shoot in the mid to high 80s (semi-hack then...) with one dude shooting in the low 80s consistently. we are never the cause of slow play at a course and are normally the ones waiting on the group in front to keep up. on average it takes about 3.5-4 hours to play a round with my buds. i was just worried about the sun setting around 7 as that is exactly the 4 hour mark.

we are playing these courses. please comment if you have any experience with them or have any suggestions. thanks!

In Mesquite:

Oasis Palmer, Falcon Ridge and Conestoga

In Vegas:

Either Angel Park or TPC Vegas
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Played Angel Park (Mountain) this past Sunday. Greens were very fast with crazy pin placements, if you play Mountain the best advice is read more break. Haven't played any of the other courses yet.

I've played TPC Las Vegas and wasn't impressed. The layout was just so-so and the condition of the course was much worse than I would expect, especially considering the price.

I also don't think you're going to finish. Later in the day, rounds usually get longer, not shorter. So I'd expect your round would take at least 5 hours.

If you're trying to keep costs down, I would suggest playing a different course earlier in the day.

thanks for all the replies. it seems that playing at 3pm is pushing it. i will take all the advice here and play an earlier round at a cheaper course. most likely at angel park after reading that TPC Vegas wasn't as good as expected.

thanks again for the responses. i would have been really upset paying $125 to play TPC Vegas and only get 14 holes in.

If you're in Mesquite, you have to splurge one time to play Wolf Creek! See what their twilite rates are and make it happen. Punch sunset sunrise into google and you can find when it's twilite anywhere in the U.S. Oh, and by the way, Blue Jays suck Sorry, coming from a fellow Canadian who's a Yankee fan

My buddies and I have looked into wolf creek many times. it is $175 to play using their "hot times specials". the pictures look amazing but i can't justify paying that much. i hear that falcon ridge is similar so playing that at 2 pm the day we arrive for $60 i think?

i understand your lack of faith in the jays this year. for the first 1/3 of the season last year we were first in the AL east. now with halladay gone we are going to end up last like the Leafs. aren't toronto teams great? don't get me started about the raptors. man.....

i do have a philly halladay jersey now so at least i can watch him win!

You should think about making a day of it, and play 36, replays at Angel Park are super cheap if memory serves me correct.

Wow, the green fee has gone up around 50% since I played there 2 years ago.

If you're in Mesquite, you have to splurge one time to play Wolf Creek! See what their twilite rates are and make it happen. Punch sunset sunrise into google and you can find when it's twilite anywhere in the U.S. Oh, and by the way, Blue Jays suck Sorry, coming from a fellow Canadian who's a Yankee fan

The problem with Wolf Creek is that they would never finish if they tee off at 3. With long drives between holes and from tee to fairway, at best they would get 12-14 holes in.

I would second Dryl's recommendations of the Anthem courses. My in-laws use to live in that community and I played both tracks. Both are better than Angel Park IMO.

Timeanddate.com says sunset around 7PM next week. Could be possible, however you will be at the mercy of the pace set by those ahead of you.

Wolf Crek is worth it even for 14 or so holes.

[quote name='dryl' date='25 March 2010 - 04:49 PM' timestamp='1269550181' post='2340615']
Headed there this weekend from Vancouver and booked 3 rounds in the Vegas area. Twilight round Sunday at Angel Park was 49 bucks. 2pm tee time hope we'll get it in after what was said!!
Monday we've got two rounds booked at The Revere. 2 courses offering 2 fo 1 price apparently due to some fairway over/under seeding issues on one of the courses apparently 75 percent back.. Greens and tees are fine. Anyways 179 for the two so well under your budget
have a look!
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we are staying in mesquite for 3 days and flying out from vegas saturday night (4 day trip). that means we only get 1 round to play in vegas so we decided at angel park for $49 like you. we were looking at the revere course too but we saw that over seeding issue. i don't think it will be that big of a deal for you guys though.

also consider desert pines. i know its expensive but i saw a time at golfnow for $99 at 7:30 am on sat. its an upscale course like bal hali for a decent price. we aren't playing it because that time doesn't work for us but you should consider it.

have fun on your golf trip dryl!

Let me just say that while falcon ridge is a really good course, there is NOTHING like wolf creek out there, it's amazing! Condition isn't always the greatest and it's one of the hardest courses around, but it's really fun to just play and enjoy the course and all it's drastic elevation changes..

TPC Las Vegas was good imo when i was down there, I joined up with 3 others and our round was 4 and a half hours, and then after 3 PM juniors can walk the course for 10 dollars so i did that, only played 9 because it was more hiking then golfing but i would definitely reccomend it

If you shoot in the upper 80's do yourself a favor and avoid Wolf Creek! I shoot in the low 70's and that course can be tough depending on the conditions. In the afternoon it often blows pretty good out there. My parents live on the new Canastoga course and its really nice, Troon managed and in pretty good shape for being opened for less then a year. I would advise Falcon Ridge, nice layout and fun to play.

--jason

Thank you all for the replies. Going in less than 48 hours - can't wait!

We decided on these courses:

Mesquite:

Falcon Ridge and Conestoga

Vegas:

Primm Valley and Angel Park

We got a steal for Primm Valley, $55 at noon. Apparently it's one of the nicest courses out there and was designed by Tom Fazio.

Best advice I can give...for Twilight rounds bring a sleeve of yellow balls. You will get in a couple extra holes with the day-glow yellow balls.

I just saw Srixon has their pro level balls in the bright yellow, so the Top Flites and Pinnacles are no longer the only choices.

This is a MUST if you are looking to maximize your playing time.

Primm is great, typically $$$ but looks like you got a nice deal. Conistoga is nice, I'll be heading out in a few weeks to play with my pops.

Enjoy,
--jason