OASIS GOLF CLUB CANYONS COURSE
Las Vegas Golf Course Review 12/28/05 - Photos updated May, 2006
The Oasis is a premier golf facility in Mesquite featuring two outstanding 18-hole championship courses - the
Arnold Palmer designed Palmer Course, and the David Druzisky designed Canyons Course. The property
includes a beautiful clubhouse with pro shop, locker rooms with showers, full service restaurant/lounge, plus
meeting rooms and banquet & outing facilities. A targeted grass range, large putting green and two short game areas with sand bunkers are adjacent.
Each course features outstanding conditioning from tee to green, and is well marked with sprinkler heads about
the course and yardage blocks at 100,150 and 00 yards measured to the center of the green. Color coded flags
indicate front, middle and back hole locations, which is important information to have on the large, sloping putting surfaces prominent on both layouts.
CANYONS COURSE
The Canyons Course opened in late 2005, with the former Vistas nine-hole layout comprising the front nine,
while the back is shaped from similar terrain - spectacularly sculpted from canyon walls that dominate the
northwest Mesquite landscape. There are 67 well conditioned sand bunkers located along the landing zones of
the fairways or situated greenside. Seven holes have water in play - with some of them quite menacing and
aesthetically spectacular. The middle holes of the new nine (the back side) are especially memorable, with
elevation changes and desert ravines creating some wonderful shot values. The front side also features elevated
tee areas and wonderful panoramic vistas. - which helped earn this nine holes its former name.
There are four sets of tees on the Canyons, playing to distances and slopes measuring 6408 yards/129 slope,
5838 yards/124 slope, 5231 yards/110 slope for men and 125 for women, and 4711 yards with a slope of 116
for ladies playing from the forward sets. Do not let these slope ratings and the overall distance of this layout fool
you. For the first time visitors not familiar with this layout, there are some serious pratfalls. Once the preferred landing zones are recognized, this course is extremely rewarding and fun to play!
Before the new nine was added to form the Canyons course, we found the former Vistas nine-hole layout to be
one of our favorites in the Mesquite area. With the new back nine, the Canyons maintains the spirit created in the
former Vistas. We highly recommend a round of golf here. As in all new courses, the back side needs to settle in a bit - but the layout is superior.
For more info, visit our page for the Canyons, with direct link to the Oasis website by clicking here. To book stay
and play packages on either or both Oasis courses and with participating Mesquite Casino/Hotel properties, visit Golf Mesquite by clicking on www.golfmesquitenevada.com
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