Golf

Angel Park Golf Club - Palm Details

• Opened:
  1989.
• Course designed by:
  Arnold Palmer.
• Course Management:
  OB Sports Golf Management.
• General Manager / Director of Golf:
  Greg Brockelman.
• Head golf professional:
  Peter Niblock.
• Course Record:
  Peter Jacobsen, 58.
• Tee Time Policy:
  Reservations are accepted up to 120 days in advance. Rates vary from $65-$160 depending on season. Green Fee includes golf cart. Range balls may be complimentary for non-residents or $3 for small bag or $10 for a large bag.
  
  Dress code: Golf course strictly enforces proper attire including collared shirts and shorts or slacks. Clothing that is not appropriate includes: denim shorts, denim jeans, t-shirts, swimming attire, gym shorts, halter-tops, tank tops or cut-offs. Shoes with spikes must have non-metal spikes while on the course. Any participant who does not comply with the dress code policy will need to change into the proper attire or not be able to participate in the day's play.
• Course Map:
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Angel Park Golf Club - Palm Review

Two plush Arnold Palmer-designed courses, a lighted 12-hole (par-3) Cloud Nine Short Course and a lighted all-grass putting course make Angel Park the most diversified golf facility in the city. All four courses feature mature grass and are always meticulously groomed. For added entertainment or a quick bite, a Mediterranean-style clubhouse with a generous patio looks out on waterfalls and ponds that surround The World's Original Putting Course and help cool the air on those warm summer nights. Besides great golf, the club and staff create a friendly atmosphere to help make Angel Park a great spot for a post-round meal or casual date.

The par-70 Palm Course (opened in 1989) plays 6,525 yards from the back tees with a rating/slope of 70.9/129. The shorter of the two full-size courses, it nevertheless demands solid shotmaking as it requires more forced carries off its well-manicured tee boxes, and its par 3's are longer than those on the Mountain Course. Three par 3's measure 200 yards or more. The shortest is the 175-yard eighth hole, where water fronts the green and a large bunker guards its back. The longest par 3 looks like a desert Stonehenge; the 220-yard 12th hole plays over desert to a green fronted by both sand and grass bunkers and flanked by two massive boulders, one on a front bunker's back edge and another behind the green. The three par 5's all play less than 550 yards. The 525-yard No. 6 is rated the toughest hole on the course. A drive straight toward the green on this split-fairway, double dogleg must carry desert to reach a fairway bracketed by arroyos and bunkers left and right. A tee shot to the alternate left fairway is a safer initial route, but then the second shot must carry the arroyo that runs all along the left side from tee to green. A huge bunker short left of the green further challenges the layup second shot, and another large bunker sits behind the green. The 10 par 4's offer a full range. Six play less than 385 yards; four measure more than 400. The 459-yard 10th is one of the course's toughest holes, with its green virtually surrounded by bunkers.

Angel Park also offers an award-winning youth program -- it was VegasGolfer magazine's 2002 readers' pick for the best in the city. Junior camps are offered in summer.

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