What do you think of when you think, Las Vegas Golf Travel? Well, we have found a new place to go for a vacation during the winter. A place where it is warm, can wager a few pesos, and most importantly can compete in a golf tournament on excellent courses.

Notice the dates of the tournament.

It is always held around Valentine’s Day and there are themed dinners for two evenings and an awards luncheon at the end of the tournament.

The entry fee includes a practice round and two rounds of competition with carts, the dinners, boxed lunches during the competition and thousands of dollars in credits for golf products and equipment as prizes given to the top ten places in each division.

That is for both of you!

“We want couples to have a great time, and also see how they do in competition,” said Rapson, who proved to play better than her handicap and helped carry us to an eighth place finish in our division.

I didn’t help much. Must be the winter rust. Maybe just a lack of talent.

The couples are divided into groups by combined handicap of the two players. “We had men and women who were scratch handicaps up to quite a high number,” said Mark Lynch, Tournament Director for the Mesquite Couples and the Mesquite Amateur, a five-day event held every May, who went on to say that the average handicap for men was 13 and the average for women was 23.

“We played in the Mesquite Amateur last May and heard from some who played about what a wonderful event the Couples tournament had been, so we decided to play.

My husband and I love Mesquite. It is a small town with beautiful courses and the elevation changes are so pretty to see,” she added.

This small size did not keep the townsfolk from building beautiful golf courses.

“There are six courses in town and we use three courses in St. George, Utah as part of the Golf Mesquite package,” said Marty Rapson who diplomatically said that she didn’t have a favorite.

“They are all a little different, and all fun to play,” she added. The only course in town not on the Golf Mesquite package is Wolf Creek, a new design carved out of the sandstone in the highest part of the fast-growing Town of Mesquite.

Golf Travel Utah

While on our Las Vegas golf adventure, we managed to get to Utah for a practice round.

Mesquite is one mile from the Arizona border and twenty miles from Utah.

St. George is only 45 miles from Mesquite on the Interstate and you travel through the Virgin River Gorge that took eight years to blast out to complete the highway.

The views are spectacular.

We played Coral Canyon www.coralcanyon.com and it was true high desert golf.

The rock formations, shades of color as the sun hit the mountainside, and the pretty layout makes this a must play.

We flew into Las Vegas directly from Providence on Southwest Airlines.

We visited and toured the Hoover Dam and were still in Mesquite four hours after landing.

We will go back, maybe even some day to play in the Mesquite Amateur.

The relaxed pace and well-run tournament makes for a delightful vacation.

Mesquite and Las Vegas Golf Travel Information

You can find out more about the tournaments at www.CasaBlancaResort.com or www.golfmesquitenevada.com, or calling 1-800-459-7529.

For the Mesquite amateur visit www.mesquiteamateur.com or call 1-888-711-4653 ext. 5-1.