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COURSE SPOTLIGHT
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Go The Extra Mile

It is more than worth it!

STORY BY BILL BOWMAN | PHOTOGRAPHY PROVIDED BY COYOTE SPRINGS GOLF CLUB

oyote Springs is ror-images of each other. planning—is back on the drawing board giving more optimism for “It’s just a fantastic golf course and a great value,” Larcom says. “Peo-
battling the odds They play on either side Larcom and the staff. ple really need to check it out. It’s certainly well worth the drive.”
Cwhen it comes to of a huge pond with the “Having homes will be a fantastic benefit to the golf course,” he says.
golf courses. After all, where 9th playing as a dog-leg “The big thing for me, as a golf pro, will be the ability to run things like
else can you put a course in left at 410 yards while the leagues and twilight-type stuff.”
the middle of the desert—all 18th is a dog-leg right at Overall, Coyote Springs’ outlook is as bright as the sand in the
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the time being. Located an needed), as well as with
hour north of Las Vegas, approach shots.
the course was expected to One of the newest
be the centerpiece of a mas- additions to the course
ter-planned community. Yet, is Mitch’s Bar & Grill.
despite no housing, there are Named after an aban-
still 18 fabulous reasons to doned Yellow Heeler that
make the trip right now. found his way to Coyote
“We have 25,000 happy faces come through here annually,” says Karl Springs in 2008, the restaurant is open for breakfast and lunch.
Larcom, director of golf. “We have a great product that keeps them “Mitch passed away last August,” Larcom says. “It was a really, really
coming back.” sad day for all of us. When he showed up, he was all skin and bones.
The 18-hole layout winds beautifully around the property and right Someone had abandoned him. We nursed him back to health and he
now, with no housing, it’s as tranquil an 18 holes as players will find was a fixture here. There wasn’t a customer in the lot who didn’t want
anywhere. It’s just you, the golf course, and nature. to greet him. In fact, he had about twice as many Facebook fans as our
But just because the course is in the desert, that doesn’t mean it will own site. He was over 5,000.”
play like a desert course. This one is as lush as they come. Plus, there This new restaurant addition lets players make a day out of their
are water features on 11 of the holes, adding the deep blue of ponds excursion. What’s great about that is if players book online and have
and streams to the bright green of the fairways and greens. a tee time before 10 a.m. (with breakfast beforehand and a lunch stop
“I know the owners are very, very committed to maintaining the afterward), they can then play a round in the afternoon —that second
reputation and conditions of the course,” Larcom says. “The golf course round of golf on the house.
can only get better as it grows. I only see good things for this course in “We definitely get a lot of players who want to make a day out of it
the years to come.” and this makes it a great value,” Larcom says.
Two of the highlights are the 9th and 18th holes. Both are mir- And now housing—with a little luck, some hard work, and great

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