(2.334 Rating) A one of a kind course with mammoth issues.
- NATURAL BEAUTY - Of the 5 courses I hit on my one-day Vegas work trip, this was without question, the most beautiful (Sunset, Red Ridge, Arroyo, Anthem). Peccole plays entirely down a narrow shallow valley private park and is landscaped to the nines. The professional landscape team aptly named, Par3, was actually working on the last section of the course while I was there. If I had to pick my 20 favorite looking holes on this trip (I played 69 holes), 16 from this course would be included.
- CHALLENGING - The course was way more exhilarating than I was expecting. In my opinion, it felt most ideal for MA2s due to the length and accuracy required. I actually finished 1 over as an MA2 level player. Listed as all par threes with two of them over 400 feet long. No open shots and only a few lightly wooded ones. I was constantly intrigued by the lines, which was something that was lacking at the four other Vegas courses I played.
- HOLE VARIETY - I found the variety to be slightly above average, but that may be because over 200 niners are included in my played totals. There is some samness in the landscape hole to hole, but these fun shot shaping lines all felt just a bit different for some reason. I liked the threat of a role away on a few holes, such as on holes (12) and (14). Holes seemed to break left and right an equal amount an there are a couple ace runs mixed with some tough 3s.
- BASIC AMENITIES - Nice sized concrete tees, Mach III baskets and mostly present nice tee signage with all the required information. There were also a couple of picnic tables near tee (1).

One mammoth elephant in the room.
- SAFETY HAZARDS - Wow this aspect is bad, and I am baffled as to how this course has survived at least 17 years. The course plays down a very popular walking path with a constant flow of dog walkers. Two holes have plays where the basket can't be seen, thus one will need to run ahead and run back quickly to safely throw or have a spotter. A local player I met on (1) noted, "just yell fore a couple times, and if they don't heed the warning, just go ahead and throw, otherwise you'll be waiting for ever." Yikes. In addition, fairways cross on half of the course, which is holes (4) thru (12). Tee (10) has basket (6) dead straight ahead and is now among my top 10 most easiest holes to black ace that I've ever thrown. I fully get why some have knocked off substantial rating score here and I personally shaved off a full half point. Perhaps I am not being harsh enough.
- TIME WAITING - Anyone who just read the con above should already know that I waited a lot. Somehow I still got the round in in under an hour.
- LOST DISC POTENTIAL - The odds of losing a disc forever is much higher here than the average course. There is no water, but throwing over any of the constantly present fairway lining fences, is almost surely going to result in a goner. I nearly lost one on (16) due to a ricochet, but it luckily clanked off of the top of the fence and back into play. I would not advise throwing any "can't lose" discs here. Keep-em low too.
- LAYOUT GAPS - After hole (14) there's roughly a 1,000-foot walk to (15), which requires walking along side a very busy 6-lane wide boulevard. Yes there's a sidewalk, but I felt silly walking around with my plastic grocery bag filled with discs. Also, a small gap after (15) and about another 700-foot walk back to the car after (18).
- MISSING SIGNS - Both (13) and (14) had missing signs. Hopefully just a temporary thing.
- BEGINNER FRIENDLY - I didn't think the course was new player friendly, but there were several chuckers throwing it anyways. So what do I know. As noted, high disc loss potential and 12 holes are over 300 feet long.
- PARKING - Street parking only.

I have never played a course anything remotely like this one. It's so fantastic on a couple aspects, but also so terrible on a couple others. The ratings for this course are all over the board, not surprisingly. It will really come down to how appalled one is by seeing blatant safety hazards, over and over again. Those that are blinded by these issues will love it, while those on the other side will hate it. I loved it and hated it. When ignoring the obvious issues, my favorite 5 holes I played in Vegas were all on this course. Overall, I decided to score it at the "typical" 2.5 level, although there is nothing typical about. For those that can stomach the hazardous environment and like wooded courses, I highly recommend checking it out.

The course is absolutely beautiful and very well kept.
It is a narrow little 18 hole course with a meandering concrete pedestrian pathway thru the middle of it.
All holes had concrete tee boxes, fairly decent signage, good baskets w/ various heights. One basket was so low that my low profile corgi dog could've tinkled in it.
I loved the manicured green park setting that evolved into a desert scape to finish the back 9. That was a pleasent surprise.
It was very nice to have a proper and "clean" restroom that is by the parking lot next to the tennis courts.
My cousin from Missouri and I hadn't linked up in a while and we were on vacation in LV so nothing could've ruined our DG fun. Sure we did question a few things about the course layout (See Cons) but nothing enough to spoil the day. Would I play there again...sure, absolutely.

My primary gripe is that there is a potential danger of being hit based soley on the doubling back from basket 9 and then shooting right back toward the direction that you just played. When you play this course please be sure that you check oncoming players and make yourselves known.

Sure the course is narrow, but so what? There are plenty of troublesome trees to stop or divert most any wardward disc....it's an equal playing field for everyone.

Final note of caution is the back 9 is lined on both sides with nice homes and there is a chance for a high off shot to breach a home owners backyard fence. I saw a pretty aggressive guard dog (Rott) that, if given the chance, would tear ya a new one as well as destroy his brand new toy AKA your lost disc!

A unique layout using a 150' wide drainage ditch that's been fully landscaped with a paved walking path down the middle.

** Photos on this site give you a good idea of the place, but many of the placements and layouts have changed since they were taken**


+ Good baskets, clear signage and grippy concrete tees. Well-kept and patrolled by security on bikes

+ Holes #1 and #2 ease you into the unique layout. Houses border one side with a street all along the right. The baskets sit on the slope (beware of rollaways), and you need to throw a deliberate line through the many small trees

+ Hole #3 is around the corner, set at 90 degree angle to the first 2 holes. This is a nice short uphill throw with a decent chance of a birdie/eagle 2. You're now entering the "alley" that dominates the course: you have about 150' between fenced OB houses lining both sides

+ With Hole #4 you're going to have to start watching out for the baskets used on the later holes, when the course is coming back in the opposite direction. Case in point: you're looking at basket #11 75' or so down the fairway

+ Holes #6 and #8 are among the few not-straight holes (not really doglegs, more gradual curves)

+ The basket on Hole #10 is pretty tight to the OB fenceline on the left, but if you keep your throw low enough, you can use the wall and fence to skip your disc forward. You just have to be confident that you keep it low

+ Holes #12 - #14 offer a nice run of birdie/eagle 2 opportunities. The shortest is #12: at under 150', it's a chipshot hyzer across the valley and into the side of a hill

+ Holes #15 - #18 change the environment. The landscaping has less green grass and more "desert" (crushed stone, sand, low bushes). More important, you're playing level with, or slightly above, the OB houses lining both sides - so you have even less room for error

- Only hole #17 stood out for poor layout. There's a beautiful wide and large concrete tee - that's aimed right at the OB wall of houses less than 150' away. The basket is visible well off to the right, and it was briefly tempting to throw directly at it off the side of the tee (which is actually the line described by the tee sign). But you'd be throwing through some pretty low ceilings and narrow gaps. I think the tee placement calls for a dogleg right - although the corner of the dogleg is maybe 60' in front of the tee. The good news is that if you punt it straight out there between 60' and 120', you'll have a clear line to the basket on your second shot, and a putt for 3

- The most notable overall negative at Peccole Ranch is the walk from #14 to #15 - it's about a quarter mile along the road that's up behind the 14th basket. The course layout is clever and the designers deserve a lot of credit for figuring out how to string it all together, but this transition is still a long walk that really takes your head out of the game

- The other negative is how easily pace of play can be interrupted: because of the walking path down the middle of every hole, and the section of holes (#4 - #12) that cross back on one another. Between the dog walkers and the oncoming disc golfers, you're bound to spend a lot of time waiting for a clear shot

~ The two pars indicated on the signs ("Pro" and "Amateur") are 19 strokes apart, and my score put me about halfway between. I'm an 800 rated player, and my 63 on this course gave me either a minus 10 or a plus 9! I can't imagine playing this entirely as Par 3's ("Pro"). The holes aren't really long, but you're throwing in a narrow alley with a low tree canopy, and you need a lot of arm speed and terrific aim to score. On the other hand, the "Amateur" includes five par 5's, which is way too generous for anyone but the newest newbies

~ You don't have to be a "Pro" to play well at Peccole Ranch though. If you can aim and throw 200'+ low, straight shots, and you can get up-and-down, you'll score here. If you play when there isn't much foot traffic, and you don't mind some extra walking, you'll enjoy this unique course layout

The park is a very pretty, green oasis in the desert with lots of cool trees. Some of the holes provide good, unique challenges. This would be a great place to practice short drives and upshot when not crowded.

This course easily surpasses Aquatic Park in Berkeley as the most dangerous that I have ever played. (Possibly world's most dangerous.)

Every single hole is dangerous to pedestrians, bikers, dogs, and/or apartment buildings. Many of the holes overlap other holes. The tee pads were not textured and are EXTREMELY slippery.
There are a couple places where golfers can get lost.

This course should NEVER, EVER been installed. It's sadly inevitable that someone is going to get hurt and the course will eventually be pulled.

The only honest suggestion I could make that could help this installation would be if the baskets were removed and replaced with mini-baskets, making it a mini-only course. This is a serious suggestion, to be clear.

The course at Peccole Ranch plays through a 150' wide drainage, walking green belt area which is bordered by people's backyard fences on both sides. This area has a walking path down the middle, is beautifully landscaped with desert plants and mature trees and slopes down to the middle in a "V". All of these factor into the course's uniqueness and challenge.
The course features old school style fiberglass tee signs giving you both Pro and Am pars and distances, hole # and the next tee. There is one of the generic course rules signs that designers tend to waste their $ on. The tee pads are nice sized concrete. I'm not too overly concerned if they're slippery when wet as it only rains in Las Vegas every other year or so. The baskets are Mach III with faded red numbers on top.
The course plays 8 holes out, then 9-12 back. Then cross through the tunnel to play 13 & 14. Then 15 is up to the right in another little section. Then you cross the street to play 16-18 in still another little, more desert type section of the housing development.
The challenge of the course lies in it's narrowness, it's always present trees, the abundance of landscaping and plants to play around and then, the frustration of having to wait for the walkers and dog walkers who seem to revel in taking their own sweet time and showing me that this was their park and I was an intruder there.
I found myself enjoying the challenge of trying to roll between the landscaping, both as a way to avoid possibly tossing a disc over one of the neighbor's fence and also just looking for interesting routes to take.

At 7 am, I encountered quite a few walkers, both with and without dogs, and found each and every one of them to be somewhere between unfriendly to fairly hostile. I tried to make a game out of it by greeting each one with a cheery "Good Morning, How you doing this morning?" And what I received back was a series of icy stares, cold mumbles or non-responses. I have a sneaking suspicion that these folks have probably dealt with enough obnoxious disc golfing teenagers that they've decided that they hate all disc golfers and that we don't belong there.

I also had a difficult time figuring out the navigation of the course after # 14. First, I started to walk through the set of three tunnels that cross under the busy street and almost got attacked by some homeless guy's dog (It was dark in the tunnel and the homeless guy was camped out in the tunnel). Took me awhile to figure out where # 15 and then 16-18 were located.

If I played this course on a regular basis, I just might have a difficult time always putting on a pleasant face with these crotchety old dog walking neighbors here at Peccole Ranch. One day, one of them might catch me after a badly missed putt and I just might have to tell them to go F*** themselves and then they would hate us disc golfers even more! Luckily for Disc Golf Relations.com, I probably won't ever be returning to Peccole Ranch DGC.

The green belt with trees created challenging holes in which to play.
Much better than open park courses which have little to no obsticales.

The course does play back on itself which makes you play across other players shots and has some areas with two or more baskets.

This is a beautiful little course. It is quite challenging. I think part of that is because I limited the number of discs I carried to just two, Buzz and Gator, because I was on business travel and didn't want to travel with more. I was able to par most (Am's 3-5, Pro all 3) which was good for my limited skill level of 1.6 years. Another positive was that this time of year the foliage was all in bloom. It was almost like playing in a botanical garden. I only ran into a few locals playing and they were very friendly and helped me find the holes and, since I was by myself, let me play ahead when I came up on them.

The signage is incomplete. It looks like someone started the project but never finished showing a little layout drawing but no basket. After the first round, navigation is a piece of cake. Tees for holes 3 - 8 are usually along the left most side heading out and 9 -12 the same coming back. The other con is the potential loss of discs. I played very conservatively knowing this going in but still almost lost one because of a gust of wind.

I found JMONEY's review on 9/7/2010 best for the advice on parking at the Peccole Ranch Home Owners Office and the course layout he described (hole 13 actually starts on the other side of the tunnel). Great course if you are here for a business trip or pleasure. Really easy to find (Google) and I was able to play in about an hour. As mentioned in the other reviews, hole 3 isn't in front of you after hole 2 but a sharp left corner dogleg. I was here in mid-May and the winds were pretty brisk at over 20 mph with gusts. At course level, this wasn't too much of a problem because the course is "below the wind" since the walls and houses block a lot of it. However, this is deceiving because the course actually forms a wind tunnel. If you get your throw too high it will find the wind and will either be knocked down or fly into someone's backyard (goodbye disc). If I'm ever back in the Las Vegas I would definitely try to come back.

Peccole Ranch is located in a more upscale housing development northwest of downtown Vegas. This 18 hole course was designed to play through 150 ft wide drainage ditches that run between neighborhoods. The entire course is scattered with a variety of trees and native foliage and is very well manicured from beginning to end, with holes 1-14 playing over grass in a park setting and holes 15-18 playing over a dryer more "desert like" terrain.

Due to the course's location, slopes on either side are in constant play and create the potential for rollaways when trying to putt or layup. At the same time, the slopes can be used to ones advantage when throwing rollers! Holes on the course range anywhere from 210-432 ft, but on average are closer to 330ft which makes par quite difficult due to its tricky layout. Most holes on the course force players to throw low tunnel shots, taking away large hyzer/anhyzer shots on nearly every hole due to the risk of throwing over the fence line. Throwing over the canopy IS possible if you have control of your tomahawks and thumbers but again, OB is quite easy if you are off. Peccole Ranch requires precision and power and is difficult to maintain the entire round which is why so many struggle to play well here. It is the ideal place to get away from the hot sun and work on tight lines and difficult approaches.

Favorite Hole(s): Holes #15-18 - Unique natural desert landscape with small greens making for a series of picturesque holes

Speed of Play

All eighteen holes have a pathway running right down the middle which creates the issue of pedestrians meandering through and stopping play more than most would like, especially during the warmer months. When the temperatures rise the locals are often out more frequently to exercise/walk the dog in the mornings and evenings making the course even more congested so be aware and expect to wait. Fortunately, residents, employees, and security seem to be quite friendly, and assuming you are polite and respectful and are not there to drink or smoke...you shouldn't have any issues getting a round in.

Also, the walk from hole #14 to #15 is a bit much. Walking a ¼ mile in the heat to finish the last four holes is brutal but worth the walk considering they are the best holes on the course.

Safety

Holes 4-12 run parallel to one another and with the area only being 150ft wide, it is easy to be throwing toward another group most of the time. If the course was busy, which it isn't most of the time, it would be quite easy to hit someone. Too many holes were installed in this area and due to the length, players are most likely throwing higher speed discs to make up distance making play very dangerous!

Another safety issue at Peccole Ranch are the tee pads. Although they are in excellent shape they are VERY dangerous when wet. They don't grip but are rather slick when wet, making it easy to slip and/or fall.

Least Favorite Hole(s): Holes #4-12 due to congestion and safety

After reading all the reviews on here I was glad I played this course regardless of its low rating. It is so unique and unlike any of the 200+ courses I have played that it was well worth my time. Parking was fairly easy assuming you park at the office near the tennis courts and head down under the tunnel taking you toward the first tee across the street. Once hole one is located, the rest of the course is pretty easy to locate as long as you know that there is a long walkout after hole 14 (about ¼ mile to the right). To be honest, it is worth the walk as the last few holes on the course are easily the most unique and memorable! If you come to Peccole Ranch with realistic expectations and the idea that this course is more of a novelty, then you will have a great time! You are not coming here to throw high speed drivers or to shoot "lights out", but rather to work on accuracy and control both off the tee and fairway. If your time is limited and you only have time to play one or two courses while in Vegas this may not be the place as Sunset and Mountain Crest seem to be preferred by most but it is worth a round if you have the time.

There are several good thins about this course that redeem some of the cons. The pads are all in great shape as are the targets. The signage is well done so it makes finding the target from the tee.

The area is really nice and everyone we met was cordial. When one of our party launched his disc into someone's back yard a neighbor kid volunteered to retrieve it for us.

There are a lot of cons to this course.

The area is not conducive to disc golf in any way. It is way too narrow and the people have high fences to discourage people from climbing them to retrieve discs.

Not that you get that much opportunity to throw them so high, there is a great deal of trees all over, so most of the holes are tunnel shots. For someone who throws a flick which relies on elevation to get distance it was a nightmare for me. Most of my shots were smacked down by trees or dove into the ground.

Many of the holes are gravel, so in addition to nailing a plethora of trees, you also chew up your discs on the ground. I highly recommend only playing this course with discs you care nothing for, because even if you don't lose them, they are going to get the shit kicked out of them.

You have to park by hole 13 and start from there as there isn't any parking by hole 1. The layout does attempt to compensate for the narrowness of the course, but let's face it, a course just simply doesn't belong there.

The walking path is always in use, so you find yourself waiting 5 or so minutes while people meander down the path while being completely oblivious to the notion that people may be throwing the course. In addition it is obviously a popular dog-walking area, which means that i spite of them placing convenient dog-poop-bag/disposal pods all over, there is still crap all over.

It's a nice thought, but unless you are either super novice and can only throw it 50 ft anyway, or super pro and can snake your shot through an amazon rain forest, then you're going to get discouraged on this course.

In my opinion, it's worth playing, once, with crappy discs.

The course plays through a narrow greenbelt among neighborhoods. It's a flood control basin, so you get minor elevation on the sides and a handful of baskets are placed on these slopes with rollaway potential. There are enough trees that this is the most technical course in Vegas, you have to contend with low ceilings and moderately tight gaps throughout. You do need some level of shot variety to score well here.

The course is impeccably groomed, with short grass and nice landscaping, I thought the last few holes through the xeriscaped area were a neat change. There are concrete tees and decent signs that have distance and hole layout and a pointer in the direction of the next tee.

Holes 4-12 are atrocious from a layout perspective. The holes cross one another and often throw directly at or over other tees and baskets. On top of that you have a couple blind shots where another hole is right in the landing zone with no visibility off the tee. Walking paths run throughout the course, and they were pretty busy even on a cloudy cool day. The course is squeezed into a narrow space, and the low ceilings make it even more likely that people will take risky routes and bring neighbors' backyards into play. The concrete tees are ridiculously slippery when wet, I know it's the desert but it's not that hard to put some texture on the pads.

There are a couple really long walks, including a couple that made no sense. You sometimes have to backtrack the entire length of the hole and then some to get to the next tee. After hole 14 you have to leave the park, walk along a road for what seemed like 1/4 mile then reenter a different part of the greenbelt. The design leaves a lot of the holes feeling really repetitive with way too many 300-350' shots with low ceilings and no real line to the hole.

Beginners will find the course approachable, though the chance of losing discs over the neighborhood fences might deter less accurate throwers. More experienced players will find some challenges, but no real variety and a lot of unnecessary safety issues. If you can play early in the day before the course and walking path are in use this is an ok place to play, otherwise it would be really frustrating to have to wait on a lot of holes for pedestrians to clear.

Peccole Ranch is located in a very nice residential community. The course mostly plays through a drainage ditch that is about 150' wide with houses on both sides, which takes away big hyzers or anhyzers on several holes.

The concrete teepads are not huge, but they are level and big enough to allow a 3 or 4 step run-up on your drives.

The baskets are in good shape.

The tee signs are nice, but on a course like this, more details should be provided if possible to aid with navigation.

There are a good number of trees that offer a good break from the sun. The trees also force you to consider roller or overhand/thumber shots that most players don't have the ability to throw.

There are a few contenders, but I believe #12 is the signature hole here. 350' from a "well protected" teepad.

Although I am sure the designers did the best the could with the space available, the lack of flow and the long, often unmarked walks in between 12-13, 14-15 and 15-16 are the biggest con here.

Holes 4--8 and 9--12 share the same space. Please pay close attention to other golfers and park users, especially on these holes.

The lack of clear fair/airways mixed with numerous guardian trees will become quickly frustrating to beginners and rec level players.

Wet conditions caused by sprinklers made the teepads very dangerous. Although the sprinklers are vital to keeping the fairways alive, you will need to dry off your shoes to avoid slipping.

The only space to "legally" park (In the Peccole Ranch Homeowners Office/rec area lot at the corner of Apple Dr. and Red Hills Rd.) is not close to the first teepad.

A community service/security office stopped me to hand out a course map and list of rules for the course. She was very nice.

This course would have been extremely frustrating to navigate without the maps and details from other reviews posted here on DGCR. Thanks timg and everyone else who made it possible for me to find all 18 holes here at Peccole Ranch!

There are more trees here than any other course in Vegas. This means a few things. For one, shade! It's not nearly as brutal on a hot summer day, and you'll spend half your time under the cover of the trees here. More importantly, it means a lot of tunnel shots. You will be forced to throw as far as possible while still keeping your disc low and flat; this is not a skill that the other courses in the area (or enough courses in general) teach.

The preponderance of tunnel shots will also mean you'll need to consider some of your lesser used tools: overhand shots and rollers. Rollers aren't easy on many of the holes because the shape of ground is in a "V" (the course is in a drainage area). I used a couple thumbers throughout, although this is never your only option.

Every tee pad is concrete and adequately long. The tee signs are nothing special but give the distance and the shape of the fairway.

The grass is pretty lush due to the drainage nature of the whole area (other than the last several holes, which are in a nice desert landscape area), and the hole place is pretty pleasant.

Given how many trees were in the fairway, and given how narrow the fairways are, I'm very surprised that the holes are as long as they are. I felt like a lot of the holes were very difficult par 3's or pretty easy par 4's. This isn't a horrible thing for a few holes, but I would like to see some more holes in the 225-250 foot range. It wouldn't be tough to construct some holes with multiple lines: a risky ace run/birdie line along with a safer par line that won't allow for an easy birdie. Instead I felt like very good drives on most holes weren't rewarded with a birdie (and they weren't legitimate par 4's, either).

The course loops back on itself, so if you encounter other players, you'll be throwing toward them. This would never be a safe place to have 10 groups playing, but I only ran into one other group and a handful of pedestrians. If it's not busy on a beautiful Labor Day afternoon, it probably never is.

Navigation isn't too bad for the first 12 holes (turn the corner to the left on the 3rd hole and then go through the tunnel near hole 3 after you've completed hole 12). I would never have been able to navigate after hole 14 without another reviewer's directions. To clarify, walk up to the sidewalk along Mt. Charleston Blvd, turn right (east) and walk a quarter mile until you see another inlet between houses on the right. There were no signs pointing the way, so if you don't read this, you'll never find the last several holes.

Pay attention the tee signs. A couple times the hole in front of you is the wrong one (after nearly "acing" the basket in front of me on #3, I discovered that was actually the basket for #12). On that note, walk ahead to make sure no one is near the basket on #3 before teeing off. It's a cool shot around the corner but potentially unsafe.

Lastly, it's easy to lose discs here. The fairways are narrow, the OB is someone's back yard, and many of the houses are in gated communities (so if you throw into someone's yard, you can't even go to their front door to ask for it back)

The course is technically reserved for residents, but if aren't causing any trouble, I can't imagine you'll have much trouble. I parked in the lot of the community headquarters at I the corner of Apple Dr. and Red Hills Rd. A couple community security officers were nearby and didn't seem too worried by my presence.

Be respectful to this area. It's nothing like the other courses in the area. My score was bad, but my inaccurate drives got what they deserved. I like this place, and I'll be back.

Beautifully landscaped terrain with great tee pads & signage. Tons of mature & adolescent trees with very aesthetically pleasing boulders scattered in the fairways. Difficult, yes, but also very rewarding & satisfying. My favorite holes are 4, 10-12, & 15-18. #4 is a blind dogleg left, while the tee shots on #10-12 are cool & memorable. #18 is a long & difficult finishing hole. Being a predominately RHBH thrower, this course really trained me to get the most distance out of my low hovering tee shots. Same with my flicks. Visualization is key here. A few tee shots had enough reward to risk that I just let it rip & trusted my hyser...truly fun stuff! Never came too close to losing a disc, although I did bang a fence or two.

Sprinklers run from 6am till 7:30am, so tee pads are quite slippery in the mornings. Some tee shots evoked "you've got to be kidding me!".

As far as the "privateness" of the course goes, I never felt unwanted on the premises. At least 15-20 residential walkers (most with very cute dogs) were generally friendly. A few even stopped to see if I'd nail a tree or send one over the wall! A security guy actually rode past me on his bike along the path and smiled & waved at me. I think as long as you're courteous & not doing anything illegal, this course is publicly playable. This course is a must play for any DGer who enjoys a unique challenge.
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Uniqueness: A (so many of these types of land exist, but so few are DG courses, especially this well taken care of)
Difficulty: A+ (some super-tricky tee shots; par is good on any given hole; the course should get even tougher through the years)
Fun Factor: B (fun, yet frustrating at times)
Aesthetics: A (manicured; couldn't be much prettier for what it is; love those boulders!)
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Overall: A-

-Beautiful park
-Nice baskets and tees
-Challenging
-Plenty of trash cans
-Friendly locals

-Layout can be confusing to first time players
-Some LONG walks between holes
-Some serious crossplay and safety issues
-Redundant hole design

I'm very conflicted about this course. I had a great time playing it, but if I were local, I don't think I would go often. I think I threw 14 forehand rollers from the tee out of 18. I need some roller practice, so this worked out for me, but would get old quickly. I don't think being private is too much of an issue. I'm pretty sure everyone I ran into out on the course was not technically supposed to be there.

even on an average round you will use all the shots in your bag. forehand rollers, backhand rollers, flicks,turnovers,hyzers,stradle puts and one knee throws are common place. green grass. In a nice part of town. Cooler in the summer, cause of the shade.and its not very crowded.

sprinklers are on sometimes when your trying to play.

This is the best course in vegas.Its very fun,but bring your 'A' game cause its tight.Its like a living thing growing and changing with time.Its a humbling course at times,letting a player know how good thier accuracy really is.Ive played tighter courses,but this one has a few holes that will make you really use your brain,and at times, lose your mind!!!!! oh and it is a private course, so if that makes you feel uncomfortable then i recomend red ridge or mt. crest.

- Great Use of Open Space. You certainly can't be mad at a housing development setting aside a portion of the land to create a greenway, walkway, park area for the residents to use... and then adding an 18 Hole disc golf course to it - even if you're not supposed to be there!
- Know How to Throw Low? If you don't know how to throw low, Peccole will teach you. With the risk of throwing into backyards, you can't help but learn. I didn't have any trouble, but my friend who doesn't play very much golf could have. Neither of us ever went OB, but I could easily see lesser experienced players, or ballsy experienced players trying to go big, visiting the neighbors.
- The Most Beautiful Concrete Tees Imaginable... Decent signage too.

- You're Not Supposed to be There. This course is labeled as extremely private. There is a sign at Hole 1 that says so. I stopped reading the sign after the first 3 words because I knew what direction the sign was going and I didn't want to knowingly "break" the rules (at least I could have pretended to not know for sure if I was questioned). Because of this...
- I Felt Uncomfortable. Knowing that I wasn't supposed to be there, and that I was playing extremely close to a lot of backyards, made me feel uncomfortable. It was really hard to concentrate on shots knowing that I was not supposed to be there.
- Fairways??? There was a considerable lack of FAIRways to work with. Linking a bunch of 300+' shots with a 10' ceiling isn't the best course design... especially when considering that the alternate AIRway option of throwing over the trees brings backyard/houses/windows/etc... into play. Throwing spike hyzers over a few houses is an option, but there's no need to piss off the neighbors... especially if you're not supposed to be there.
- Long Walks. There were some long walks out there, including a ¼ mile plus walk down a sidewalk between Holes 14 and 15. Several other Holes required you to retrace your footsteps, walking back, past the tee you just played from, to get to the next tee which plays the opposite direction.
- Redundant. How many low ceilinged 325'holes can be designed? A lot... I can't remember the last time I threw so many sidearm rollers.

- Overall... I was disappointed in my experience at Peccole Ranch. Aside from feeling more than uncomfortable, the lack of fairways and Hole variety made the course lackluster. I can understand the high rating it has received because of the trees, grass, length, etc... but the course itself has major flaws.
- Finding 15. After Hole 14, walk up to the sidewalk and turn right... walk down the sidewalk for ¼ mile or more until the next inlet between the houses puts you back on the greenway. I was walking down the sidewalk thinking "there's no way it's this far" and was just about to turn around when I found the inlet.
- Chicago Brewery. I've been to more than 70 microbreweries during my travels and the Chicago Brewery, which is approximately 3 minutes away from the course, is Fantastic! Of the 10 beers I sampled, 9 were better than 90% of the other beers I've had of that same style. And, their food was great too. Highly recommend their Hot Pastrami sandwich with Cole Slaw.
- My Las Vegas Rankings. I played 6 of the 7 courses in Vegas during a recent business trip. My rankings are: Sunset, Mountain Crest, Red Ridge, Pecole Ranch, Freedom, (Anthem - based on ratings), Carson Davis.
- My Score: +1

Amazing use of the available space
Technical...use every shot you have
Lush grass and beautiful setting.

sometimes there are no clear lines for shots.

Finding the final 4 holes was tricky

Very rarely has a course surprised me like this one. Yes it is tight, but never came close to going into a back yard. Every shot you have to think about, not really a short course since there is never a chance to just bomb away like you would on a wide open course.

There is plenty of space for them to make a longer course or even extra holes. Clearing up some lines would make this a top 10 course...in my humble opinion.

Well maintained grounds, Concrete tee pads, New Mach III baskets, Tee signs with pin locations and distance, Very clean, Benches and trash cans throughout, Water fountain, Dog friendly, No underbrush, Not crowded, Friendly locals and best of all Free!

No parking available nearby, Narrow fairways, Walking path runs down the middle, Navigation, Private?

I found the Peccole Ranch Home Owners Office to be the closest and safest place to park without being towed. It is located next to the elementary school on Red Hill Dr. just after the round-about.
From the parking lot of that building there is a path between the tennis courts and the office, follow the path past the volleyball court through the tunnel and towards the sidewalk you will see tee #1 and the strict code of conduct expected.
Holes 1-3 play between the street and some backyards. After hole #3 stay left, don't go through the tunnel!
Holes 4-8 wind through a narrow (30yd.) wide landscaped area carpeted with grass, shaded by both large and small trees, bushes and boulders. On either side there are town homes and backyards and of course the walking path down the middle.
Holes 9-11 backtrack up to the tunnel.
Holes 12-14 play on the other side of the tunnel through the same type of landscape and ends near Charleston Blvd. After #14 walk about 150 yd. to your right and enter the next block of houses.
Hole 15 Plays in a xeriscape landscape type of setting with dirt, pebbles, gravel and little shade.
Holes 16-18 play across the street through the arches in the same type of setting bordered with pools and backyards. You will end up near the office building that you parked at just walk about 100 yds. towards the round-about.

I found the course to be challenging and fun that forces you to literally thread the needle with your throws. The average hole lengths were 270-340 with the trees taking away the top part of your throwing window and risking your drives to land in a backyard, the only sane option is through the trees.

one of my favorite cources i have ever played its a fun midrange/putter course but u have to be super accurate to play here there is some awsome shots and this couse u can work on rollers 2 with cement teepads and maps on every hole

we hasd to park at home depot then walk all the way down from 14 to hole 1 because every where else u risk getting towed there are alot of people walking and it is private but people dont mind who live there

here or sunset are proably the 2 best cources i have heard of in the area so if u are in the area deffintley play here

Very fun! Beautiful, well maintained, challenging, lots of trees, narrow fairways and lots of OB.

The course double back on it's self in the narrow space they have. Be careful if others are playing the course. Long walks to some holes and if you don't know where you are going you can't find holes 15-18. (When you finish the 14th take the side walk to the right and take a long walk. You'll see another park area on your right.)

You can go to the housing association office and get a map. I really liked this course.