Laughlin Golf?

[mikedejong]

I am coming down to Phoenix October 7 through 12, and I know this is a bad time of year to play there with the overseeding. We were thinking about heading to Laughlin for a few days. My Father in Law has a couple free nights at a casino or resort there. Does anyone have any suggestions for golf in this area? I looked it up online and there appear to be a couple options: Laughlin Ranch, El Rio, Mojave Resort. We may try to get 2 or 3 rounds in, does anyone have any recommendations? Anything between Phoenix and Laughlin worth playing on the way up? We looked into Wickenburg, but it is closed for overseed unfortunately. Any suggestions are welcome, thanks!

[Bonneville85308]

I know nothing about their overseed schedule, and keep in mind it has been several years since I played it, but Laughlin Ranch was a good course not far from the casinos.

[mikedejong]

The Laughlin courses are actually included in the Arizona overseed schedule, and they all appear to be open at that time. Laughlin Ranch looks like the best one, we will play it for sure. I wonder if any of the others are worth playing.

[Bonneville85308]

El Rio and Los Lagos are housing development courses where most of the homes have not been built yet due to the late 2000s crash. I drove on the roads around/through them and didn't get the feeling that they were anything special. They may be worth a try but I'd probably look into Mojave Resort second after Laughlin Ranch, then the other courses.

[puttnforthe8]

Los Caballeros in Wickenburg opens on the 5th....very good course. but it will be just out...so not perfect.

[mikedejong]

So it looks like we are playing Laughlin Ranch one day and Mojave Resort the second. Looks like there are maybe two courses at Mojave (Huukan?), maybe we will do 36. We would still like to play once on the drive out. We would be coming all the way from Mesa, so we could swing through Wickenburg or maybe through Parker depending which way we go. Los Cab is a definite option, are there any other decent options if we wanted to break up the drive either on the way out or way home? Thanks a lot for the suggestions so far, looking forward to the trip!

[lvlites]

Emerald Canyon in Parker is an option. Play the Casino course, not Huukan, which is a renamed old course running through a housing area

[oldmotor]

Let us know how the courses are. I will be in Needles the following week and plan on playing Laughin Ranch or Mojave Resort. Hopefully I will be able to play both.

[mikedejong]

Let us know how the courses are. I will be in Needles the following week and plan on playing Laughin Ranch or Mojave Resort. Hopefully I will be able to play both.

Will do for sure. I think we are booked to play both of those courses Oct 9 and 10. I am looking forward to it, they look pretty good based on what I can see for photos online and stuff. I will report back.

[oldmotor]

Thanks.

[mikedejong]

Thanks.

Played 3 rounds at Laughlin Ranch and 1 at Mojave Resort. Both courses were really quite good. Obviously we liked Laughlin Ranch better as we kept going back. The greens at Mojave were a little slow coming out of overseed, but it was not too bad. LR was pure! Can’t go wrong with either. If you do play LR say you are staying in town at the Aquarius... one of the locals told us that and we got a preferred rate (70 bucks as opposed to 95). I would say play both if you can.

[oldmotor]

Thanks for the info. Driving down Sunday, if I leave early enough I may do twilight and then play the following Friday. I'll rember the discount route. Sounds like Laughlin Ranch. Thanks again.

[oldmotor]

Was only able to get one round in and ended up playing Laughlin Ranch. Really nice course, would defnitely go back.

[mikedejong]

Glad you enjoyed it. We like Laughlin Ranch so much we ended up playing it 3 times as opposed to trying some of the others. I would say that Mojave Resort course was pretty good too. Couple of good options out there.