Brent B.
Yelp
4 stars for a golf course that lives up to the hype.
When it comes to golf, I'm a "weekend warrior" that generally plays public courses each weekend in the $50-$100 range. However, I was staying at the Wynn out in Vegas and couldn't pass up the opportunity to play at the Wynn's world famous golf course. It was actually pretty tough to get a tee time at the course (despite it looking rather empty from my window most days), but I was finally able to get booked for an 11:15am tee time one of my days out there with a buddy. How much did each of us pay? The answer was (Gulp) $800.
We arrived over at the clubhouse inside the Wynn with an attendance expecting us to arrive. He took our bags outside to the chart as we checked in and changed in the locker room. We then drove over to the "driving range", which, due to being located on the Strip, is actually hitting into a several story tall net about 50 yards away. I'm not usually a net fan, but this approach worked pretty well for warming up as the entire area felt like something out of a TV show. We then went over to the putting greens near the tee as our golfing partners and required caddy joined us to tee off.
In terms of the course itself, it is in fact in impeccable shape. This links style course makes it pretty tough to lose balls aside from water on about 3 holes. This isn't to say that a couple of us tried with a few slices and hooks, but we generally found our balls pretty quickly when this happened. However, what makes this course extremely difficult is the greens. While the greens were extremely fast (as expected on a PGA level course), the slopes on the greens were some of the most difficult I have ever played. While the caddy tried to provide input on putting, all of the different slopes made that pretty difficult to execute. In fact, one of the holes almost requires you to put up a hill and back down to have a chance. I'm a pretty decent putter, but these greens were so tough that I'd say I lost around 10 strokes on my round per these slopes.
Putting aside toughness, the course is indeed really fun to play. There are several holes with great views of the Sphere, as well as the 18th hole with its iconic waterfall. Along the way, there is free food and non-alcoholic drink, as well as a beer cart person who could bring us beers about as often as we liked.
Overall, the Wynn Golf Course pretty much provided us with the top-level experience one would expect for the price and location.