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I have always wanted to play Royal Links. The idea of a links style course in the middle of Las Vegas always interested me, even further, a replication of Open rotation courses was even more. My son and I had the chance to play on June 20th and a great GN tee time helped further the cause. We arrived and were promptly met by Harvey at the bag drop. Harvey was the man. It was about 116 degrees at the time but we are pretty die-hard golfers so we were very appreciative of Harvey’s attention to us. I mean he really didn’t have to be there as we surveyed the parking lot and observed maybe a total of 10 vehicles (including ours). Got to the pro shop and the staff were incredibly friendly. Once again, we were the only 2 teeing off at 1 PM the next golfer, about 3 PM (which was a single). We got off the first tee promptly at 1 PM. Obviously the course was wide open, so I can’t speak intelligently to any wait time incurred by slow play. I will have to play it again during a peak time to provide a review of that aspect. The course was beautifully maintained. Great lies in the fairways, fluffy sand in the bunkers (108 of them!). The course was challenging but fair. All skill level golfers will be challenged. The “road hole” was amazing, as well as “postage stamp” (my 2 favorite holes). Overall a great experience at a great course.