PLAYROUND COURSE GUIDE

How to Play Laughlin Ranch Golf Club

Course strategy, tee-specific yardages and a hole-by-hole game plan for Laughlin Ranch Golf Club in Bullhead City, AZ.

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Laughlin Ranch Golf Club golf course

Laughlin Ranch Golf Club

Bullhead City, AZ
Gold tees · 7,155 yards
COURSE OVERVIEW

About Laughlin Ranch Golf Club

Laughlin Ranch Golf Club is a championship desert layout designed by David Druzisky situated in the high desert foothills of Bullhead City, Arizona, overlooking the Colorado River and Black Mountains. The course features dramatic natural elevation changes, wide halfpipe fairways, split fairways, natural desert arroyos, and strategic bunkering alongside water features and undulating green complexes.

COURSE STRATEGY

How to play Laughlin Ranch Golf Club

Off the tee

Fairways are generally generous with bowl-shaped or halfpipe contours, but tee shots demand careful side selection to avoid desert arroyos, ponds, split fairway hazards, and deep fairway bunkering.

Elevation & terrain

Dramatic high-desert elevation shifts alter club selection substantially, as holes feature significant uphill ascents, downhill drop-offs, and elevated or tabletop green complexes.

Approach play

Approach shots frequently require carrying fronting creeks or ponds and landing on precise tiers of elevated, undulating greens that slope dramatically.

Around the greens

Greens are large and fast, protected by nearly 80 bunkers, tabletop edges, split-level tiers, and steep surrounding slopes that require soft touch and accurate distance control.

Best way to play it

Use fairway slopes and wider landing zones to stay out of desert washes, manage elevation changes with proper club selection, and play to the safe sides of greens to avoid difficult bunker recoveries in high desert wind.

Key takeaways

  • Designed by David Druzisky, featuring dramatic elevation changes through desert foothill terrain.
  • Wide halfpipe fairways provide forgiving landing areas but require precise placement to secure optimal approach angles.
  • Multiple split-fairway designs on Holes 15 and 16 offer distinct risk-reward off-the-tee decisions.
  • Large, undulating green complexes with distinct tiers and tabletop contours punish miscalculated approaches.
  • Wind conditions and water hazards on select holes make distance control and conservative target selection essential.
YOUR GAME PLAN

Hole-by-hole game plan

Hole
Par
Yards
HCP
Strategy
1
5
608
3
Steer tee shots away from the left fairway bunkers and execute a sensible layup on the second shot to set up an approach into the elevated green.
Your 240 yd driver · ~368 yards remaining by raw distance. Plan this primarily as a three-shot hole.
2
4
288
9
Although reachable off the tee for long hitters, targeting the left-center landing area short of the green bunker provides the best angle into the tabletop green.
Your 240 yd driver · ~48 yards remaining by raw distance. Favor position and approach angle over extra tee-shot distance.
3
3
190
17
Take extra club to clear the front bunkers and aim for the right side of the green, where slopes kick shots toward the middle of the putter surface.
4
4
478
5
Target the crest of the downhill fairway off the tee to open a clear sightline into a blind green that slopes upward from front to back.
Your 240 yd driver · ~238 yards remaining by raw distance.
5
4
442
7
Favor the right side of the fairway off the tee to clear the water hazard on the left and gain a clean angle into the green away from left-side bunkers.
Your 240 yd driver · ~202 yards remaining by raw distance.
6
4
415
1
Drive up the fairway between the wash and creek, then take enough club on the uphill approach to avoid the pond and bunker guarding the right.
Your 240 yd driver · ~175 yards remaining by raw distance.
7
3
183
15
Aim toward the right side of the putting surface to take advantage of natural contours that bounce tee shots into the center of the green.
8
5
505
11
Position the tee shot to the right of the fairway bunkers, then execute a controlled layup to set up an uncomplicated approach away from surrounding bunkers.
Your 240 yd driver · ~265 yards remaining by raw distance. Plan this primarily as a three-shot hole.
9
4
395
13
Aim down the left side of the fairway between the bunkers to leave a favorable angle into a green with a steep central ridge.
Your 240 yd driver · ~155 yards remaining by raw distance.
10
4
447
4
Tee off down the center of the fairway to avoid bunkering on both sides, then take extra club to reach the highly elevated green surface.
Your 240 yd driver · ~207 yards remaining by raw distance.
11
5
650
6
Trust the forgiving halfpipe fairway contours on tee and layup shots, taking extra club on each shot to negotiate the constant uphill grade.
Your 240 yd driver · ~410 yards remaining by raw distance. Plan this primarily as a three-shot hole.
12
4
363
16
Favor the right side of the fairway to take advantage of favorable slopes that channel the ball down the fairway toward the downhill approach.
Your 240 yd driver · ~123 yards remaining by raw distance.
13
3
176
14
Account for the downhill drop off the tee and target the correct section of the expansive two-tiered green while steering clear of right-side bunkers.
14
4
446
2
Control the tee shot down the hill and ensure approach shots carry the fronting creek bed to reach the proper level of the elevated right-side green.
Your 240 yd driver · ~206 yards remaining by raw distance.
15
4
411
10
Play down the safer right fairway to secure a clean approach angle while avoiding the desert island, and take enough club to avoid long bunker shots.
Your 240 yd driver · ~171 yards remaining by raw distance.
16
4
314
18
Choose between the safer left fairway for a longer approach or challenge the desert carry to the right fairway for a direct path to the green.
Your 240 yd driver · ~74 yards remaining by raw distance. Favor position and approach angle over extra tee-shot distance.
17
3
234
12
Keep the tee shot low into the wind and aim for the left side of the green to avoid the steep greenside bunkers on the right.
18
5
610
8
Drive down the sweeping downhill fairway, then favor the left side on the second shot to bypass the pond and right-side bunkers before playing uphill into the home green.
Your 240 yd driver · ~370 yards remaining by raw distance. Plan this primarily as a three-shot hole.

Course information and strategy are provided for planning purposes. Yardages, course setup, hazards and playing conditions can change. Always confirm current course information before your round.