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Dye has assembled three masterpieces in the northwest desert outside
of Las Vegas at the Paiute
Golf Club. Opened in 1995, it's the first multi-course resort
build entirely on Native American soil. The heritage gives the land
a feeling of serenity and is one of the resort's priceless aspects.
The first course, Snow Mountain, opened along with the club in
1995 and the Sun Mountain followed a year later. The Wolf, often
regarded as Paiute's most difficult, opened in 2001.
While nowhere near the challenge of the Wolf, the Sun and Snow
Mountain designs are still no pushover. The driving areas are generous
and forgiving, where less-than-perfect tee shots can still be salvaged.
However water hazards come into play on several holes and greens
are small and well-bunkered.
At an elevation of more than 3,000 feet, wind can also be a factor,
making approach shots difficult to judge and the small greens more
firm, causing difficulty in landing approach shots.
Perhaps making up for the ease of the first two designs at Paiute,
the Wolf is a quintessential Dye challenge and is considered one
of the toughest layouts in the entire southwest. The slope from
the tournament tees is 149, and 138 from the blacks. The yardage
from the black tees is a hardly fathomable 7,604 yards.
The 17th and 18th certainly test endurance over everything, each
a par 4 playing more than 480 yards. Three other sets of tees (7,004
yard, 6,483 yards and 5,910 yards) round out the tee selection.
The brand new clubhouse features two-story high windows to showcase
the view of the golf course and mountains. Since its opening a decade
ago, The Las Vegas Paiute Resort has been known for excellent golf,
beautiful conditioning and the only place in Nevada where you can
play Pete Dye golf.
The resort is a 3,800-acre Native American resort located on the
Paiute reservation 20 minutes northwest of downtown Las Vegas
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