By BRYLEE WATKINS
The Progress
Independence Day has a special significance at the world-renown Coyote Springs golf course, just 20 minutes west of Moapa up State Highway 168. On July 4th, Coyote Springs celebrates with its “1776 special.”
Each year, on the Fourth of July, Coyote Springs offers a special discounted price to enjoy the golf course. Guests only have to pay $17.76 to golf. This price, of course, references the origin of the holiday, the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. For Coyote Springs it is an opportunity to commemorate the holiday and make the golf club more accessible to the general public.
Coyote Springs is considered to be a high-end, daily fee golf course. Normally, guests pay around $60 to $80 to golf on the course. Two days out of the year, the staff opens the golf course at an extremely low price to celebrate. The discount events take place annually on the Fourth of July and again on New Year’s Day. These events help to get the general public involved. And Coyote Springs enjoys the opportunity to include more of the community.
Coyote Springs Director of Golf Karl Larcom explained that, in previous years, the Independence Day event has welcomed about 120 golfers. But this year, with COVID-19, the staff is expecting about 80-90 golfers.
Larcom said that the course is still practicing social distancing. And the staff is continually sanitizing equipment before each use throughout the day.
Larcom said that he is looking forward to the upcoming holiday event. “We are always trying to think of ideas to get more people involved,” Larcom said. “The Fourth of July typically is a very family-oriented day so we thought that it would be a good opportunity for families to bring out their kids, at a very reasonable price, to play golf for the day. We allow juniors to play for just $10 so all in, Mom and Dad could bring out a couple of kids and play for about $60.”
He spoke of the excitement and fun of the Fourth of July event for the whole family. “It’s the perfect time for Mom or Dad to get out early in the morning, beat the heat, and then get back in time to barbeque with the family and watch the fireworks,” he said.
