Golf

Tuscany Golf Club Details

• Opened:
  2003.
• Course designed by:
  Ted Robinson.
• Course Management:
  Chad Gunier.
• General Manager / Director of Golf:
  Chad Gunier.
• Head golf professional:
  Chad Gunier.
• Course Record:
  61.
• Tee Time Policy:
  Reservations may be made 60 days in advance for individual starting times and up to 365 days in advance for groups exceeding 20 players. Average rates are between $100 and $150. 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:
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Tuscany Golf Club Review

Ted Robinson -- whose Sahalee Country Club course hosted the 1998 PGA Championship -- designed the new Tuscany Golf club in Henderson, Nev., and many local players immediately took a shine to it. Robinson banked the roughs inward to help bring wayward drives back into play, and Tuscany's 68 white sand bunkers and gently undulating Bermuda greens and fairways feature just the right amount of challenge.

Each nine of the par-72, 6,906-yard layout has a distinctly separate character. On the front side, most of the tees are elevated to allow players a complete view all the way to the green. The back nine includes a few elevated tees, but most of it plays on more level ground. Both nines require few forced carries, and water comes into play on just four holes. Recently, 2,000 palm trees have been added, and 28 acres of turf was replaced with desert landscaping, so though the course is only a year old, it's relatively new all over again.

The 563-yard, straightaway par-5 second hole is the course's longest, and the entire hole is visible from the tee box, as is much of the city beyond the green. A water tower in the distance provides a perfect target for placing the drive between a large bunker right and the left rough that is banked toward the fairway.

The back nine provides a perfect mix of variety, challenge and fun. There's a 299-yard (drivable) par 4 (No. 16); two par 4's more than 420 yards (14 and 18); two tough par 3's of 183 and 200 yards (13 and 15); two "birdieable" par 5's less than 540 yards; and a great finishing hole.

No. 18 -- a 440-yard, dogleg-right par 4 -- plays to a green surrounded by a bunker, trees and water. A waterfall and creek run just left of the putting surface, along with several palm trees. A broad bunker sits long, and the rest of the green is surrounded by water. A par will earn one bragging rights in the soon-to-be-opened clubhouse, with a 400-square-foot patio that looks out on the 18th hole, the mountains and the Las Vegas Strip.

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