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GOLF 2012 – LAS VEGAS

Golf Madness Area golfers know March isn’t just for basketball

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watch basketball. And (Las Vegas) just got the Continued from K2 Pac-12 Tournament. The whole month is a good Conference, which month.� includes the University We sampled three Las of Idaho, has played its Vegas courses with green men’s and women’s fees ranging between tournaments at the $28-$99, thanks in part Orleans Arena the last to a group rate at a two years, usually couple, and found each starting a couple days one a pleasure for after the WCC event. distinct reasons. Come The Pac-12 Conference CHRISTOPHER ANDERSON chrisa@spokesman.com men’s tournament will be with us on our 54-hole Golfers strategize at 3rd hole at Rhodes Ranch. held at the MGM Grand tour.

Garden Arena the next three years, which will bring more basketball fans to town with time to explore the golf scene.

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GOLF 2012 – LAS VEGAS

CHRISTOPHER ANDERSON chrisa@spokesman.com

Golfers hit onto the 16th hole at Rhodes Ranch on the west side of Las Vegas. The par 4 hole tees off from the extreme left of photo and is all carry to the green.

Challenging, but playable Rhodes Ranch has golfers coming back for more

By Jim Meehan

shots.

“Playable, that’s the main thing we jimm@spokesman.com, (208) 765-7131 hear from people,” Ranch Rhodes pro Shane Sanchez said. “Everybody loves This well-manicured, Ted Robinson-designed 18-hole layout has the design, it’s consistently in good shape and you’re going to see some a little bit of everything.

Located perhaps 10-15 minutes from pretty holes, but it’s not going to beat the Las Vegas Strip, Rhodes Ranch has you up.”

Winding through an 1,800-home a resort feel with generous fairways bordered by side hills that often steer development, Rhodes Ranch easily could have fallen into a cookie-cutter wayward tee shots back toward the design with each hole looking like the short grass. Undulating greens and last. That didn’t happen, however, as well-positioned bunkers, the course offers a mixture of characteristics of a Robinson design, risk-reward holes, from drivable and water that comes into play on par-4s (No. 11) to reachable-in-two seven holes require thoughtful par-5s that punish faulty shots. placement of drives and approach

The par-3s leave a lasting impression, particularly No. 3, which can be played from 107 to 227 yards to a diagonally-shaped green guarded by a pond and a cleverly placed bunker on the right edge. There’s a small bail-out area left of the green.

Measuring 167 yards from the white tees, finding the putting surface is a relief and making par is a chore. We had a couple 3s in our group and we practically jogged to the next hole.

It’s an intimidating view from the tips with the first challenge clearing the hazard and the next trying to hold the ball on the putting surface after hitting a low iron or hybrid.

Rhodes Ranch 20 Rhodes Ranch Parkway Las Vegas, NV 89148 Phone: (702) 740-4114 Website: rhodesranchgolf.com

No. 7 can stretch to 202 yards. The greens on the back-nine par-3s are framed by water and both are in the neighborhood of 200 yards from the back tees.

“We definitely have the best set of par-3s in town,” Sanchez said. “No. 3 is 234 from the tips to the center. If that pin is back right, it’s close to 250 See RHODES, K5

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Continued from K4 By the numbers yards.”

Black tees No. 3 is generally considered Yardage: 6,909 Rhodes Ranch’s signature hole, Rating/Slope: 73.0/122 but the scenic 18th deserves consideration. It’s 441 yards from Blue tees the back tees and 376 from the Yardage: 6,405 white. Water slices through the Rating/Slope: 70.8/116 fairway and collects long drives White tees and errant approaches. The pin Yardage: 6,009 was tucked in the back left Rating/Slope: 68.5/115 corner when we played, adding to the degree of difficulty.

Gold tees “It’s a really good finishing Yardage: 5,238 hole for the average golfer,” Rating/Slope: 69.9/117 Sanchez said. “They’re probably looking at a middle to low iron to an uphill green. It’s not easy.”

The front-side greens had a About the only change since Rhodes Ranch opened 15 years bout with disease last summer, ago is turf reduction. The course, but they’ve rebounded nicely.

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“It’s in pretty amazing condition when you think about the number of rounds, carts and divots,” Sanchez said.

The pro offered a few closing tips.

“We ask that people make sure to play the appropriate tees so they enjoy it because it can beat you up from the back tees,” he said. “On the greens, things have a tendency to break to the city.

You’re kind of in a bowl in Las Vegas so the subtle breaks have a tendency to break toward The Strip.”

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Air Force Thunderbirds trail smoke as they bank over the Nellis Air Force Base golf course.

A sight to see . . . and golf Sunrise Vista dressed to the Nines

By Jim Meehan jimm@spokesman.com, (208) 765-7131

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he views at Sunrise Vista are simply unmatched.

Belt a drive here and you just might forget to watch the flight of the ball if your eye catches the Thunderbirds in formation in the distance, an A-10 roaring down a nearby runway or an F-16 banking against a cloudless sky.

CHRISTOPHER ANDERSON chrisa@spokesman.com

“I find myself watching them all the time,” says golf pro Steve Griffiths of the F16s.

“You can pretty much see almost all of the aircraft the Air Force has,” said Steve Griffith, director of golf at the 27-hole military course at Nellis Air Force Base.

“They hold different exercises throughout

A golfer on the tee box of the first hole of the Falcon nine stops to watch as Air Force Thunde e

the year. There’s always planes taking off and landing almost every day.”

It’s a visual treat that caused photographer/plane buff Christopher Anderson and I to stop, listen and marvel as roughly 75 aircraft took flight during our round from runways perhaps 1,500 yards away.

“We hear nothing but good things from people who play here,” Griffith said. “They love the planes and they love the atmosphere because you get pretty close.

And they enjoy the course layout. There’s

some good par-4s, par-3s. We have some good holes that are really challenging.”

The course is “semi-open” to the public, Griffith said, “but it’s not a place where you can drive up and have public access.”

Griffith suggests contacting the pro shop and putting your name on a list. The process of becoming an authorized guest generally takes about a week.

Green fees are more than reasonable at $28; $40 with an electric cart. Sunrise Vista sees about 38,000 rounds a year.

There are three nines: Eagle, Falcon and

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Blue tees, yardage: 6,913 Rating/Slope: 71.4/117 White tees, yardage: 6,446 Rating/Slope: 69.4/113 Gold tees yardage: 5,686 Rating/Slope: 67.0/108 Red tees yardage: 5,558 Rating/Slope: 71/5/117 EAGLE/FALCON

Blue tees, yardage: 7,051 Rating/Slope: 71.7/115 White tees, yardage: 6,558 Rating/Slope: 69.7/112 Gold tees yardage: 5,611 Rating/Slope: 66.3/105 Red tees yardage: 5,476 Rating/Slope: 72.5/117 FALCON/RAPTOR

Blue tees, yardage: 7,038 Rating/Slope: 72.2/120 White tees, yardage: 6,528 Rating/Slope: 70.1/116 Gold tees yardage: 5,909 Rating/Slope: 67.3/110 Red tees yardage: 5,774 Rating/Slope: 70.3/113

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erbird F16s – like the mounted statue in the foreground – scream at treetop level over the Nellis Air Force Base golf course.

Raptor. Eagle and Falcon are traditional layouts – relatively flat, several dog-legs, plentiful trees and a couple of water features. Raptor is more links style with fewer trees and more mounding to shape the fairways and greens.

“It changes things up a little bit for those who play here,” Griffith said.

At 3,588 yards from the blues, Falcon is the longest of the three nines. From the tips the shortest par-3 is 202 yards, the shortest par-4 is 404 and the shortest par-5 is 540.

There are a number of memorable holes.

Eagle No. 8 is only 135 yards from the back tees but obstacles include a rock wall and front and back bunkers that consume shots of inexact yardage. Falcon No. 3 is another scenic par-3, measuring 152 yards from the gold to 202 from the blue. A sizable water hazard awaits shots that go left and those on line require distance control to negotiate a severely sloping green.

The par-5 7th at Raptor has a little of everything. At 600 yards, it’s the longest See SUNRISE, K9

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An Air Force F16 gives golfers a little show as they head down the golf path at the Sunrise Vista courses.

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AREA GOLF DIRECTORY seniors. 18-hole cart fee: $27; seniors). 18-hole cart fee: $29; 9-hole: $17. Single person 18-hole 9-hole: $14.50. Tee times: cart fee: $17; 9-hole $10. Tee weekends/ weekdays, call one times: Friday-Sunday and week in advance. holidays, call prior Tuesday; www.deerparkgolf.com.

Mon-Thurs, prior Thursday.

•Downriver GC (509) 327-5269. www.cdapublicgolf.com.

18-hole greens fees: weekends •Coeur d'Alene Resort (208) $29, weekdays 667-4653. 18-hole greens fees: (Monday-Thursday) $27, (with weekdays/weekends, April: $150 discount card the weekends are for day guests, twilight rate April $23, weekdays $20). 9-hole: daily $75, (after 2:00), weekends $29 ($19 after 3.p.m), May/October: $175, twilight $90, weekdays $20 (with discount June/September: $195, twilight card weekends $20 after 3 p.m., $110; July/August: $220, twilight weekdays $15). 18-hole cart fee: $135. Fees include cart, range $28; 9-hole: $14. Tee times: balls and forecaddie, sports weekends, call previous Friday massage and complimentary bag starting at 2 p.m.; weekdays, call tag. Best values: Golf packages two days in advance by 2 p.m. available, include lodging and www.spokaneparks.org.

•Esmeralda GC (509) 487-6291. golf. Spring starting at $99 per person based on double 18-hole greens fees: weekends $29, weekdays $27 (with occupancy. Specials will be announced throughout the year. discount card $20 during weekdays, $18 for seniors, $23 on Tee times: no deadline if staying at hotel. 30 days advance weekends). 9-hole: otherwise. . www.cdaresort.com. weekends/weekdays (only •Colfax G&CC (509) 397-2122. available after 3 p.m.), $20 (with Summer rates: 18-hole greens discount card $16). 18-hole cart fees weekend/weekdays, $21.50. fee: $28; 9-hole: $14. Tee times: 9-hole: weekends/weekdays, $14. weekends, call previous Friday 18-hole cart fee: $20; 9-hole: $13. starting at 2 p.m.; weekdays, call Winter rates: 18-hole greens fees: two days in advance by 2 p.m.. $16, 9-hole: $10. Tee times: www.spokaneparks.org. weekends, call one day in •The Fairways GC (509) advance; weekdays, no deadlines. 747-8418. 18-hole: Tuesday-Friday •Dominion Meadows GC greens fees $22; Monday $17 (high school students $12, senior (formerly Colville Elks CG) (509) citizens $18, everyday); weekends 684-5508. 18-hole greens fees: $27. 9-hole: weekends/weekdays weekends/weekdays $27/25; $17. Everyday after 4 p.m. $17.

Senior 18-hole: $23/$21. College Tee times: weekends/weekday $23/21, Junior $18 (no weekend tee time opening varies, call rates), 9-hole fee: clubhouse for availability. weekends/weekdays $21/ $19; www.golfthefairways.com.

Senior 9-hole: $18/ $16. College •Hangman Valley GC (509) $18/$16, Junior $13/ $10. 18-hole 448-1212. 18-hole greens fees: cart fee: $24; 9-hole: $12. Tee weekdays (Monday-Thursday), times: Call one day in advance. $27, weekend $29; rate for www.dominionmeadows pre-book $32; county discount golf.com. card $22 M-Th, weekends $24; •Deer Park G&CC (509) 9-hole: weekdays $21. Seniors 276-5912. 18-hole greens fees: weekends $29 ($20 for sunset rate with discount card M-Th $18.50. Juniors – 9 or 18-hole $15, rate after 3 p.m., with $10 cart fee); weekdays (Monday-Friday) 10.50 with junior discount card.

18-hole cart fee: $28; 9-hole: $14. $26 ($21 for seniors). 9-hole: Tee times: weekends, call the weekends after 3 p.m., $17.50 previous Saturday by 7 a.m.; ($16 for seniors); weekdays weekdays, call on Tuesday at 7 (Monday-Friday) $17.50 ($16 for

The following is a directory of area golf courses, with prices and times subject to change.

•Antler Springs GC (509) 292-GOLF. 18-hole greens fees: Weekends: $37 with cart, $25 without; 9 holes with cart $27, $15 without. Weekdays: $25 cart, $20 without. Seniors and juniors (ages 11-17) receive $5 discount any day.

Wednesdays 2-for-1. Tee times: no deadlines, but recommended for Wednesdays, weekends.

•Avondale GC (208) 772-5963.

18-hole greens fees: weekends/weekdays, $53, except Mondays at $32. After 2:30 p.m., $35. 9-hole weekends/weekdays, $28. 18-hole cart fee: $28; 9-hole: $14. Tee times: no deadlines. www.avondalegolfcourse.com.

•Bryden Canyon GC (208) 746-0863. 18-hole greens fees: weekends $26; weekdays, $22.

9-hole: daily, $17. 18-hole cart fee: $14 per seat; 9-hole: $9 per seat.

Tee times: no deadlines. www.brydencanyongolf.net.

•Chewelah G&CC (509) 935-6807. Until May 15: 27 holes (includes cart), $50 on weekends, $45 M-Th.; 18 holes $40/$35. May 16-Sept. 5: 27 holes $60/$55; 18 holes $50/$45. Sept. 6-season close: 27 holes $50/$45; 18 holes $40/$35. Seniors $5 discount M-Th.; juniors $5 discount on 9 holes, $10 on 18 or 27 holes M-Th. Walking rates all season: 9 holes $20/$17, 18 holes $35/$30, 27 holes $40/$35. www.chewelahgolf.com.

•Circling Raven GC (800) 523-2464. 18-hole greens fees (with golf cart and use of practice range): Through May 12: Monday-Thursday: $65, Friday-Sunday: $75; May 13-Oct. 2: Monday-Thursday: $80, Friday-Sunday: $95. Oct. 3-end of season: Monday-Thursday: $65, Friday-Sunday $75. Tee times: 30 days in advance. www.circlingraven.com.

•Coeur d'Alene GC (208) 765-0218. 18-hole greens fees: weekends/weekdays, $29, $24 for seniors. 9-hole: weekends/weekdays, $17, $15 for

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•Harrington G&CC (509) 253-4308. 18-hole greens fees: Wednesday-Sunday $18, $16 for seniors; Monday-Tuesday $10 (except holidays). 9-hole: weekends/ weekdays $13, $11 for seniors. 18-hole cart fee: $23; 9-hole: $13. Tee times: no deadlines.

•Highlands GC (208) 773-3673.

18-hole greens fees: weekends/weekdays $35; seniors weekdays/weekends after 2 p.m. $28; juniors, weekdays $15 and weekends $22 until 2 p.m. then back to $15; 9-hole: $22 weekdays/weekends after 2 p.m.; 18-hole cart fee: $28; 9-hole: $14.

Tee times: weekends, call up to one week in advance; weekdays, up to one week in advance.

Twilight time is after 3 p.m. and is $25 with cart, $20 without. www.thehighlandsgc.com.

• Idaho Club (208) 265-2345.

18-hole greens fees: $125 includes golf cart. Twilight rate (after 2 p.m.) $80. Tee times required.

•Indian Canyon GC (509) 747-5353. 18-hole greens fees:

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Teeing off on the Eagle nine of Sunrise Vista golf course at Nellis Air Force Base.

“You never get tired of hearing the planes or seeing the jets and different aircraft.”

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right featuring a lake along the right side and bunkers framing the green. hole on the course by 30 “It’s a pretty yards. Players must deal straight-forward golf with several course,” Griffith said. well-positioned bunkers “One of the biggest selling on drives and second points is the planes. You shots, not to mention water that comes into play never get tired of hearing Steve Griffith, on the right as the fairway the planes or seeing the director of golf at the 27-hole jets and different aircraft. turns gently back to the military course at Nellis Air Force left. The side closes with I find myself watching Base No. 9, a 390-yard, dog-leg them all the time.”

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The Spokesman-Review

2012 GOLF – LAS VEGAS

CHRISTOPHER ANDERSON chrisa@spokesman.com

Mark Casey of Spokane arrives at the signature 15th hole at the Paiute Wolf course. The island green is sloped with bunkers front and back.

Course with teeth Paiute Wolf puts golfers to the test with length, risks

By Jim Meehan

Tribe. There’s also Snow Mountain, which opened in 1995, followed by Sun jimm@spokesman.com, (208) 765-7131 Mountain in 1996. All three courses, located about 25 minutes northwest of It can be the big, bad Wolf, if you so the Las Vegas Strip, come with scenic choose.

There isn’t a longer course in Nevada 360-degree views of the natural, rolling than Wolf, which measures a whopping landscape against a mountain-range 7,604 yards from the tips. Wolf is one of backdrop.

“Sun Mountain is considered the three Pete Dye-designed courses on the property owned by the Las Vegas Paiute most picturesque. It’s a kinder, gentler

Dye,” said Christie Shaw, director of marketing. “Snow Mountain has seven water features and we think 16, 17 and 18 are some of the best finishing holes in Las Vegas. All three courses have really different designs.”

Wolf, which opened in 2001, is considered the signature course with its endless bunkers (I stopped counting at 15 traps on the par-5 third), elevation

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changes and sheer length.

“That (7,604 yards) is why a lot of folks want to try it,” Shaw said.

We played Wolf on a breezy, sunny afternoon from the yellow tees and it had ample distance at 6,483 yards, including four par-4s 410 yards or longer.

Three of those long par-4s create See WOLF, K11

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Paiute Wolf, by the numbers Tournament tees: 7,604 yards; Slope/Rating: 75.5/145 Black tees: 7,009 yards; Slope/Rating:72.6/131 Yellow tees: 6,483 yards; Slope/Rating:70.7/126 White tees: 5,910 yards; Men’s Slope/Rating: 67.8/122; Women’s Slope/Rating: 73.2/129 Red tees: 5,130 yards; Slope/Rating: 68.4/118

CHRISTOPHER ANDERSON chrisa@spokesman.com

The Paiute Wolf clubhouse has sweeping views of the surrounding mountains and several of the holes.

WOLF

Continued from K10 great closing stretches to both nines. On the front, it begins with the par-5 sixth that has a bunker running 450 yards along the left side before slicing across the front of a shallow, slightly elevated green.

No. 7 is 410 yards, but plays much longer because it’s uphill.

Drives to the right will likely find one of five bunkers. Keep it in play off the tee and the next shot is equally challenging: typically a middle iron to an elevated green.

No. 8 is an interesting 170 yards (206 from the back tees). Miss right and you won’t see your playing partners for a while. Your ball will settle in a waste bunker some 40

feet below the green. Good luck getting that up-and-down. The diagonally shaped green can send shots that are slightly right and slightly short to a sandy resting spot.

Put a 3 on the scorecard at No. 8 and your reward is … the uphill, dogleg-right 431-yard 9th. For once, there are no bunkers to worry about on your tee shot – just a grass bunker along the right side.

Bunkers protect a two-tiered green.

The back nine is equally challenging. The first water feature shows up at No. 12, framing the par-3's right side. The par-4 14th dog-legs hard right and your first decision is determining how much distance you want to try to shave off by challenging a waste area

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No. 15, a 138-yard par-3 with an island green, is often the most memorable for first-timers, Shaw said. “If somebody makes a hole-in-one we hear about it for days.”

No. 18 is a classic, 428-yard finishing hole. Water hugs the right side before giving way to a green guarded by several bunkers.

Asked what visitors tell her after they’ve played Wolf, Shaw said, “With a smile, ‘That was hard.’ ” Asked her approach when she plays Wolf, Shaw responded, “If I’m feeling competitive I’ll push it, but I like the fact that because of the tee-box options I can decide what I’m up for. I don’t try to beat the course; I try to play with it.”

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AREA GOLF DIRECTORY

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twilight $32, Faculty/staff $32, student $29, junior $19, senior 60+ $32. Monday-Thursday for Continued from K8 non-residents: Peak $49, twilight weekends $29, weekdays $27 $32. Friday-Sunday for residents: (with discount card $20 during Peak (cart included) $59, twilight weekdays, $18 for seniors, $23 on $39, faculty/staff* $39, student* weekends). 9-hole: $39, junior* $29, Senior $39. weekends/weekdays (only Friday-Sunday for non-residents: available after 3 p.m.), $20 (with Peak (cart included) $69, twilight discount card $16). 18-hole cart $39. (* indicates space-available fee: $28; 9-hole: $14. Tee times: basis). Starting May 1: weekends, call previous Friday Monday-Thursday- Resident rate starting at 2 p.m.; weekdays, call for peak $45, twilight $39, senior two days in advance by 2 p.m.. $39, faculty $39, student $26, www.spokaneparks.org. junior $19. Non-resident •Liberty Lake GC (509) Monday-Thursday: Peak $59, 255-6233. 18-hole greens fees: twilight $39. Fri-Sun resident: weekday (Monday-Thursday) Peak $69, twilight $49, senior $28.24, $15.69 for juniors. With $49, faculty $49, student $39, $30 discount card the rate is junior $29. Non-resident Fri-Sun: $21.97, $19.35 for seniors and Peak $89, twilight-$65. Cart fees: $10.98 for juniors. Weekend all rates include a cart. $30.33 and $25.10 with discount www.palouseridge.com. card. Seniors after 3 p.m. is •Pine Acres (509) 466-9984. $19.35. 9-hole: weekday $21.97 18-hole greens fees: and $17.78 with discount card. weekends/weekdays $12; 18-hole cart fee: $28; 9-hole: $14. seniors/juniors (weekdays only) Tee times: weekends, call on $11. 9-hole: weekends/weekdays Saturday one week in advance; $8; seniors/juniors (weekdays weekdays, call the previous only) $7. Pull carts $1. Tee times: Tuesday morning. none. Range bucket prices: 135 •The Links GC , Post Falls (208) balls for $10, 90 balls for $7.50, 60 777-7611. 18-hole greens fees: balls for $6.50. Club Rentals: Friday, Saturday, Sunday $36; $0.50 a club.

Monday, Wednesday, Thursday •Pomeroy GC (509) 843-1197. $31; 9-hole Friday, Saturday, 18-hole greens fees: Sunday $24; Monday, weekends/weekdays $18. 9-hole: Wednesday, Thursday $19; $12. 18-hole cart fee: $20, 9-hole: Tight-Wad-Tuesday: 18-hole: $21; $10. Off-course cart fee: $3. Tee 9-hole: $14. Seniors 60+: $26 for times: none.

18 holes, $14 for 9 holes. Juniors: •Ponderosa Springs (208) $19 for 18 holes, $14 for 9 holes.

664-1101. 9-hole: 18-hole cart fee: $30; 9-hole: $15. weekends/weekdays $12, $6 to Tee times: no deadlines. play again. Weekdays: seniors (55 •MeadowWood GC (509) and over) $10, juniors (17 and 255-9539. 18-hole greens fees: under) $10. Ten-play passes: $90. weekday (Monday-Thursday) Pull carts only: $2. Club rentals: $3 $28.24, $15.69 for juniors. With for a bag. Tee times: none. No $30 discount card the rate is dress code. $21.97, $19.35 for seniors and •Prairie Falls GC , Post Falls $10.98 for juniors. Weekend (208) 457-0210. 18-hole greens $30.33 and $25.10 with discount fees: weekdays $25; weekends card. Seniors after 3 p.m. is $30. 18-hole cart fee: $30; 9-hole: $19.35. 9-hole: weekday $21.97 $15. Tee times: one week in and $17.78 with discount card. advance.

18-hole cart fee: $14 per person; www.prairiefallsgolf.com.

9-hole: $7 per person. Tee times: •Priest Lake GC (208) 443-2525. weekends, call on Saturday one 18-hole greens fees: week in advance; weekdays, call weekends/weekdays high season the previous Tuesday morning.

(June 18-Sept. 11) $55; 9-hole: www.meadowwoodgolf.com. weekends and high season $29; off-season $29 for 18, $15 for 9.

G Mirror Lake Municipal Golf 18-cart fee: $15 per seat, 9-cart Course, Bonners Ferry, Idaho fee: $12 per seat. Tee times: no (208) 267-5314. 9-hole greens fees: $16, weekends and holidays deadline, but availability varies. www.priestlakegolfcourse.com. $18, juniors $9. 18-hole: $23, •Quail Ridge GC (509) 758-8501. weekends and holidays $25, 18-hole greens fees: weekdays juniors $13. Cart trail fee: $5.

(Monday-Thursday) $25; •Painted Hills GC (509) weekends $28. 9-hole greens 928-4653. 18-hole greens fees: weekends (Fri-Sat-Sun) $24, $22 fees: weekends/weekdays $17.

18-hole cart fee: $28, $14 per seat; for seniors, $18 for juniors; weekdays $22, seniors $18, juniors 9-hole: $16, $8 per seat. Tee times: $13; 9-hole: weekends $18, $16 for one week in advance. seniors, $12 for juniors; weekdays •The Creek at Qualchan GC (509) 448-9317. 18-hole greens $16, seniors $14, juniors $10; fees: weekends $29, weekdays 18-hole cart fee: $12 per person; $27 (with discount card $20 9-hole: $6 per person; $10 for during weekdays, $18 for seniors, weekdays and $13 weekends twilight (twilight rate begins two $23 on weekends). 9-hole: weekends/weekdays (only and a half hours before sunset; available after 3 p.m.), $20 (with Tee times: Call one week in advance. www.spokanegolf.com. discount card $16). 18-hole cart fee: $28; 9-hole: $14. Tee times: • Palouse Ridge GC (509) weekends, call previous Friday 335-4342. 18-hole greens fees starting at 2 p.m.; weekdays, call Monday-Thursday for residents two days in advance by 2 p.m. (live within 40-mile radius): www.spokaneparks.org.

February 19-April 30 peak $39,

•Ranch Club Golf Course (208)

448-1731. 18-hole greens fees: weekends/weekdays $21. 9-hole: weekends/weekdays $16. 18-hole cart fee: $20; 9-hole: $15. Golf all day (April, May, October, November): $15. Tee times: on weekends reservations are needed a couple of days in advance.

•Ritzville GC (509) 659-9868.

18-hole greens fees: weekends $22; weekdays $20; senior (Monday-Thursday) $17. 9-hole: weekends $16; weekdays $14, senior (Monday-Thursday) $12.

High School students and below can play unlimited rounds for $5 (Monday-Thursday). Trail fee: $5.

Tee times: no deadlines. Subject to change because of city council.

•Sandpoint Elks GC (208) 263-4321. 18-hole greens fees: weekends/weekdays $22. 9-hole: weekends/weekdays $16. 18-hole cart fee: $22; 9-hole: $16. Tee times: none.

•Shoshone G&TC (208) 784-0161. 18-hole greens fees: weekends/weekdays $26, senior

$22, junior $18 (under 18 years).

9-hole: weekends/weekdays $16, senior $14, junior $9. Monday except holidays, all day $20.

18-hole cart fee: $26; 9-hole: $13.

Tee times: no deadlines.

•St. John G&CC (509) 648-3259. All-day greens fees: weekends/weekdays $15. 9-hole: weekdays $10.

• St. Maries GC (208) 245-3842.

18-hole greens fees: weekends $24; weekdays $20 (weekdays juniors, $8). 9-hole: weekends $15; weekdays $13 (juniors, $8).

18-hole cart fee: $26; 9-hole: $13.

Tee times: no deadline.

•Stoneridge GC (208) 437-GOLF. 18-hole greens fees: May-Sept weekdays $32; weekends $35; weekdays twilight $22, weekends twilight $25; April and October $26 any time, twilight $18; Cart-$18 per seat.

Large bag range balls-$6. Tee times: call 14 days in advance. www.stoneridgeidaho.com.

•Sun Dance GC (509) 466-4040. 18-hole greens fees: weekends/weekdays $24,

discounted $20; juniors $13.50; seniors $20, discounted $17.50.

9-hole: weekends/weekdays, all 18-hole rates apply until 3 p.m; $17.50 (seniors $17.50; juniors $13.50). 18-hole cart fee: $28; 9-hole: $14. Twilight: $20. Tee times: call one week in advance. www.sundancegc.com.

•Tekoa GC (509) 284-5607.

9-hole greens fees: weekdays $12. weekends/holidays $15. 9-hole: $9. Tee times: none.

•Twin Lakes Village GC (208) 687-1311. 18-hole greens fees: all week $35; seniors (Monday-Friday) $25. 9-hole: Monday-Friday and weekends after 3 p.m. and before 8 a.m. $22; Monday-Friday 18-hole for juniors is $18, under 9 is $12; twilight rate $28 after 3 p.m.

18-hole cart fee: $14 per seat; 9-hole: $7 per seat. Tee times: call one week in advance. www.golftwinlakes.com.

•University of Idaho GC (208) 885-6171. 18-hole greens fees: Weekends $28. Weekdays $25, students $16, seniors $22, juniors

$15. 9-hole weekends: $17 after 2 p.m.; 9-hole weekdays: students $16, juniors $15, seniors $16.

June-September twilight (weekdays after 5 p.m.) $16.

18-hole cart fee: $13 per seat; 9-hole: $8 per seat. Tee times: accepted one week in advance. www.webs.uidaho.edu/golf.

•Trailhead GC (formerly Valley View GC) (509) 928-3484.

9-hole: $13.64 every day, $9.95 juniors/seniors; second 9: $6.82 adults, $5.69 juniors/seniors; Pull cart $3.80. Club rental $9.24.

Power cart: 9-hole: $13.04, 18-hole: $22.83. Sundays after 3 p.m. 9-hole $6.82.

•Wandermere GC (509) 466-8023. 18-hole greens fees: weekends $29; weekdays $25, seniors $21, junior $18 flat rate (regardless of 9-hole or 18-hole, after 3 p.m. on weekends).

9-hole: weekdays $19, seniors $16.

18-hole cart fee: $28; 9-hole: $14.

Tee times: weekends, call one week in advance; weekdays, call one day in advance. www.wandermere.com.

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