Golf

Red Rock Country Club - The Arroyo Details

• Opened:
  2003.
• Course designed by:
  Arnold Palmer.
• Course Management:
  Red Rock Country Club LP.
• General Manager / Director of Golf:
  Thom Blinkinsop.
• Head golf professional:
  Andy Elliott, PGA.
• Course Record:
  N/A.
• Tee Time Policy:
  Reservations may be made up to 90 days in advance, 24 hours a day, by calling the golf shop or going online. Prices vary from $99 -$189, depending on season. Green Fee includes golf cart and range balls.
  
  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:
  Click here.

Red Rock Country Club - The Arroyo Review

The par-72 Arroyo course at the posh Red Rock Country Club is a semi-private course open to the public, and there's never been a better time to play it; the layout is slated to become private when memberships sell out. At 6,883 yards, Arroyo is slightly shorter and built on more level terrain than Red Rock's already private Mountain course, but it includes several more water features and bunkers (75 in all) so that it plays just as tough or tougher. Like its brother, Arroyo offers spectacular mountain and city views, five tee boxes and a complete variety of tournament-quality holes -- all designed by the King, Arnold Palmer.

Arroyo's wide, exclusively isolated fairways meander along the Spring Mountain and Red Rock Canyon Ranges. Palmer's earthy, classical hole designs rise and fall and bend in surprising yet subtle ways with the terrain, giving the lush layout consistently striking eye appeal while also demanding solid shotmaking. Lush is the word: Arroyo is superbly conditioned with true-rolling bentgrass greens and (very) forgiving Bermuda fairways, all of which are made more dramatic by the many bright white sand bunkers.

One of the front side's prettiest and toughest holes is the par-3, 215-yard seventh. Against a city-view backdrop, the elevated tee box offers a complete view of the deep but narrow putting surface guarded by huge bunkers left and front, and a large pond right. The 533-yard, par-5 16th is another treacherous beauty. The drive from the elevated tee must carry 200 yards over a lake and beach bunker, then split fairway bunkers. Front greenside bunkers dare big hitters to try to reach in two.

The 18th hole is a memorable closer. The tee shot on the 401-yard, dogleg-right par 4 must skirt a pond and also avoid a beach bunker. On the approach, greenside bunkers left come into play depending on how far the drive shies from the first hazards, while a greenside swale front right gobbles up bailouts. Players will be grateful for a par. Then it's time to check out the new 5,000-square-foot clubhouse. There, a lovely broad viewing deck and first-class service provide country club-quality food, while the unforgettable round at Red Rock will offer endless food for discussion.

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