Golf Trip to the High Desert in Late Feb; Your thoughts

[RONDAL]

I'm from Canada and am sick of the cold. It's been 3.5 months since my last round of golf and me and a buddy are sick and tired of it.
We're planning a guys trip down to the desert, centering on Mesquite Nevada. The plan is to fly to Vegas with 4 of us, rent a car, drive to Mesquite, and use it as home base to access both the Mesquite area courses, but also up into St Georges and Hurricane, Utah, as it is only about a 45min drive from Mesquite.

We are hoping to make this trip in late February, though I just had the realization that the high desert isn't exactly hot all winter long, and can get snow in some places.

I've looked at the average temp forecasts on the local almanac's online and it says it ranges between 4*C and 20*C for that time of year, but I'm wondering if that is going to be too cold to golf. I do realize while places might hit a high of some amount, they can be hidden in the shade for most of the day making is damn cold when you want to be golfing.

Can anyone on here comment on what course conditions are like for that kind of time period? Part of the reason for the trip is to escape the cold, and while I'm not looking for shorts and sandals weather, I would like to play in pants and a golf shirt and leave the jacket and long sleeves in the bag.


As we are looking at a 3 day affair of golf and 2 days in vegas we plan to do 4 rounds.
1. Sky Mountain
2. Coral Canyon
3. The Palms or Oasis
4. Wolf Creek

Any thoughts on the course selection or substitutions you would make? I realize wolf creek is a little pricey but it's actually on par with what we pay to golf in the Rockies up here in Canada, so it's not that much of a stretch. And I am told it is worth it.


Thanks, I look forward to any comments.


AA

[RONDAL]

no one has played this area in the spring or can comment on the courses in the are?

[Addicted2Golf]

I think you'll be just fine in late February. I played in St. George this last weekend and it was beautiful. The starter at the course apolgized for the "cold" temperatures, but it was nice enough to wear a light long sleeve shirt under a golf shirt, and leave the jacket in the car. Course conditions are great during the winter down there.

As far as course selection, I can't comment on the Mesquite courses, but the 2 Utah courses you've chosen are great. There are also some other great St. George courses that I could recommend if you're interested.

[RONDAL]

Glad to hear about the weather

I'd love to hear about the other course

Thx