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Finding a course on a Friday that did not cost a ridiculous amount is challenging in Las Vegas. Chimera was among the cheaper options for me. It is a long way off the strip, so you are looking at two expensive Uber rides adding to the overall cost. They do have a decent restaurant/bar area where you can gamble/drink while you wait. Course is pretty nice. Not amazing, not awful.

This course was perfect for what we needed. My ten year-old and I were in Napa to satisfy his NASCAR fix, but Dad wanted to golf. We needed something that was quick and doable for my ten year-old and Vintner's Golf Club was perfect. Much better than a par 3 course with a great deal of variety. Lots of water which was fun and challenging for us. I had been concerned about the reviews talking about the goose droppings, but it was not bad at all. Would definitely encourage others to play. Definitely had a regulars only kind of vibe on a Saturday morning, but not so bad that it impacted our experience.

Pretty nice course; definitely on the more challenging side for me, a bogey golfer.
I golfed several nicer courses in the Palm Springs area on my trip; Indian Wells definitely could have been a bit nicer to make me feel special and welcome.
Starter was very clear - cart path in rough only. Later in my round as a single, I joined a threesome, including two course marshals using playing privileges. I followed their caravan on our first hole together and the governor on my cart kicked in, thinking I was in the fairway. The marshal stopped to help me by resetting the cart to be handicap accessible (which I did not ask for), which did help me get back to the cart path. A worker on an adjacent fairway started yelling at me, along the lines of "Do not listen to that guy, dude - get off the fairway." I am okay with buddies calling me dude, or if I had blatantly disregarded their cart rules, but neither of these was the case. Soured me on what should have been a pleasant experience.