Mojave Resort Golf Club - Hole #18

Getting To Know: Mojave Resort Golf Club

An Insightful Interview With Mike Magnera, General Manager

By Brian Weis

Whether you have played a course 20+ times a year or looking to play the course for the first time, insights from an insider can help enhance your golf experience. Below is an interview with Mike Magnera who shares some valuable tidbits about the course, memorable holes and must eats and treats at the 19th.

Give Our Readers An Overview of the Golf Course/Property
The Mojave Resort Golf Club is considered the premier layout in Laughlin, Nevada, and even the entire Tri-State area. Our 6,939-yard championship course has been honored with 4 stars from Golf Digest, and is conveniently located right next to the Avi Casino on the picturesque banks of the Colorado River. If you're coming from out of town we have Ping clubs available for rental.

Designed by experienced golf architects Lee Schmidt and Brian Curly, the lush Mojave layout is routed through the lowlands of the banks of the Colorado River. Wide fairways, wind-shaped sand dunes, beautiful natural landscaping and a richly green course set against desert mountains, the Mojave Resort Golf Club offers a challenging and rewarding playing experience for all skill levels.

Mojave Resort Golf Club is the ideal getaway for your golf group, charity or corporate event and great stay and play packages are always available.

The extensive practice area consists on a grass range with target flags, putting green and a short game section with sand bunker. Lessons from our PGA professional are available to help you enjoy your game more.

Our snack bar and lounge serves breakfast and lunch items along with all your favorite beverages, with seating indoors or on our outdoor patio that provides nice golf course and mountain views. Our pro shop features a large selection of the very latest fairway fashions, top of the line equipment and all at very competitive prices.

The Avi Casino sits just a good three wood from our clubhouse, there you can stay and dine in style as you enjoy the best casino action in Laughlin, Nevada.

If Someone Was Looking To Golf In The Area, Why Should They Play Your Course?
Unlike other desert courses in the area we are wall to wall grass and the course offers picturesque views on several holes. Wildlife gathers in pounds located on hole #16, #17 & #18.

What Tips or Local Knowledge Would You Provide To Help Them Score Better At Your Course?
Pay close attention to pin location as our undulated greens may leave you with difficult putts. Our front 9 plays a lot tougher than the back. Hole #'s 6-9 can play the toughest on the course so course management on those holes will help your overall score.

What Is The Signature, Most Talked About, or Most Photographed Hole?
Hole #18 is our signature hole, from the gold or black tees a small carry to the fairway is required over water. The fairway is 200 yard deep until your second shot requires another shot over water to a two tiered green. Bailout to the right of the green will give you enough room and opportunity to keep your golf ball from getting wet.

What Is Your Favorite Hole? Any Tips to Play It?
Hole #16 is a drive-able par 4. Playing 326 yards from the tips the green is accessible for the long hitters. You can lay up with a long iron, hybrid or fairway wood which leave you with a short wedge and an opportunity to make a birdie.

Must Have Dish or Drink after the round at the 19th Hole?
Our house made margarita is the perfect drink after your round.

Who Holds Course Record and What Was Their Score?
61, Hayes Dupree, with a 9 under 27 on our back nine.

Back Tee Stats
Par: 72
Yardage: 6939
Slope: 136
Rating: 73.6

More Information
Mojave Resort Golf Club
9905 Aha Macav Parkway
Laughlin, Nevada, 89029
702-535-4653

www.mojavegolf.com

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About: Brian Weis

Brian Weis is the mastermind behind GolfTrips.com, a vast network of golf travel and directory sites covering everything from the rolling fairways of Wisconsin to the sunbaked desert layouts of Arizona. If there’s a golf destination worth visiting, chances are, Brian has written about it, played it, or at the very least, found a way to justify a "business trip" there.

As a card-carrying member of the Golf Writers Association of America (GWAA), International Network of Golf (ING), Golf Travel Writers of America (GTWA), International Golf Travel Writers Association (IGTWA), and The Society of Hickory Golfers (SoHG), Brian has the credentials to prove that talking about golf is his full-time job. In 2016, his peers even handed him The Shaheen Cup, a prestigious award in golf travel writing—essentially the Masters green jacket for guys who don’t hit the range but still know where the best 19th holes are.

Brian’s love for golf goes way back. As a kid, he competed in junior and high school golf, only to realize that his dreams of a college golf scholarship had about the same odds as a 30-handicap making a hole-in-one. Instead, he took the more practical route—working on the West Bend Country Club grounds crew to fund his University of Wisconsin education. Little did he know that mowing greens and fixing divots would one day lead to a career writing about the best courses on the planet.

In 2004, Brian turned his golf passion into a business, launching GolfWisconsin.com. Three years later, he expanded his vision, and GolfTrips.com was born—a one-stop shop for golf travel junkies looking for their next tee time. Today, his empire spans all 50 states, and 20+ international destinations.

On the course, Brian is a weekend warrior who oscillates between a 5 and 9 handicap, depending on how much he's been traveling (or how generous he’s feeling with his scorecard). His signature move" A high, soft fade that his playing partners affectionately (or not-so-affectionately) call "The Weis Slice." But when he catches one clean, his 300+ yard drives remind everyone that while he may write about golf for a living, he can still send a ball into the next zip code with the best of them.

Whether he’s hunting down the best public courses, digging up hidden gems, or simply outdriving his buddies, Brian Weis is living proof that golf is more than a game—it’s a way of life.