At Iron Wolf, The Refuge's Neighborhood Club Now Peaks on Wednesday and Thursday Nights

In 2021, the golf club inside The Refuge at Lake Havasu was closed, with a sale pending and no clear owner ahead. The Today's News-Herald reported on the shutdown at the time. This fall the same property at 3275 N. Latrobe Drive reopened as Iron Wolf Golf & Country Club. After its fall overseeding it came back on Wednesday, October 7, with its Toptracer range, and Reflections Steakhouse reopened nine days later.

The calendar shows what kind of club it has become. Most of the posted programming lands on Wednesday and Thursday evenings. All of it is open to the public, and midweek is when an hour on the range costs the least. For anyone living along the north end of London Bridge Road, the club next door now works best on a weeknight after 5 p.m.

From a shuttered course to a club open six days a week

The course and restaurant changed hands more than once before the current name went up. The 2021 News-Herald account said Information Solutions had bought the club in 2017. In April 2022, The Refuge's property owners association newsletter was already calling the incoming operation the Iron Wolf Country Club at The Refuge. The front nine had its grand opening the next spring, after the old club was rebranded under new ownership.

The course is an 18-hole, par-70 course split into the Lakeview and Riverview nines, cut into the dunes and hillsides of the North Shore, and the club describes it as open to the public. What came after the reopening is what gives Iron Wolf its weeknight pull. The Toptracer range opened in 2025. In its October profile, "Into year five: Iron Wolf offers more than golf", the News-Herald reported that the range runs five days a week, the club employs about 150 people, and a new kitchen was under construction. Club hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Wednesday through Monday. Tuesday is the dark day.

The club has a membership program, the Society of Wolves, with a golf-focused charter level and a social level that covers specials, the Toptracer range, and concerts. President John Quinn told the News-Herald that the club will stay open to the public and that memberships simply add options. Living in The Refuge doesn't bring club access with it. The POA's quarterly newsletters treat Iron Wolf as a neighboring business and remind residents and guests that walking onto the course without paying for golf counts as trespassing.

The weekly calendar, night by night

The club's posted events repeat every week through the end of December. Wednesday and Thursday carry nearly all of them.

• Wednesday, 5 to 7 p.m.: Line dancing, with weekly dates through December 30.
• Wednesday, 5 to 8 p.m.: Interactive Pasta Dinner, also listed weekly through December 30.
• Wednesday, 5 to 9 p.m.: Date Night at Toptracer. A bay is $29.95 an hour for up to six people, and dinner is an extra $15: a Smashburger, a grilled chicken sandwich, or street tacos, served until 8 p.m.
• Thursday, 5 to 9 p.m.: Toptracer Pre-League Event Night. Doors open at 5, tee-off is at 5:30, and the night includes closest-to-the-pin and long-drive challenges, prizes, and food and drink specials.
• Thursday, 5 to 8 p.m.: Build Your Own Surf & Turf, with dates listed through December 31.

The bar fills in the rest of the week. Bogeys & Stogies is open to the public six days a week, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., and closed Tuesdays. Its daily happy hour runs 2 to 5 p.m. with $3 draft beer, half off select well and call drinks, and appetizer specials. According to the News-Herald, happy hour runs all day on Sundays and Mondays, and breakfast is new this season, served 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesday through Monday. Quinn told the paper what he thinks sets the bar apart: "You can go in and watch a game and have steak and lobster."

On publish day, Thursday, November 12, the Pre-League night and Surf & Turf are both on. The next Wednesday lineup falls on November 18.

Midweek is also the cheaper hour on the range

Toptracer bays rent by the hour and hold up to six people. According to the News-Herald, the rate depends on the day.

Rates are from the News-Herald's October report and the club's Toptracer page.

The Date Night bay price is essentially the regular Wednesday rate. What Wednesday adds is a $15 dinner served at the bay. A full bay of six on a Wednesday or Thursday works out to under $5 per person for the hour, and the same hour on a Saturday costs $10 more. Quinn told the News-Herald he sees the range as "one of the top family venues in town." For Date Night reservations, the club lists 928-764-1404, extension 123.

Friday and Saturday belong to Reflections

The weekend is quieter on the posted calendar because the club's dressiest room only opens then. Reflections Steakhouse reopened Friday, October 16, and serves Fridays and Saturdays from 5 to 8 p.m. Chef Gerardo Garrido cooks steak and seafood. The club recommends reservations, which you can make online through Toast or by calling (928) 764-1404, option 1. The dress code is resort attire: collared shirts and dressier shorts, slacks or nice jeans, and no T-shirts or sleeveless shirts.

The News-Herald reported that the restaurant came back with a new traditional steakhouse menu and views of the sunset and the Colorado River. It sits next to the sports lounge, and Quinn described how the two rooms differ:

"The ambiance is a little nicer, the music's different, the lighting's different. That's the biggest difference between the two."

Reflections also hosts wine dinners, which Quinn called a popular draw. The most recent one was October 15, the night before the reopening.

Live music fills a weekend each month. The monthly concert series came back on Friday, October 9, and Quinn said tribute and cover bands have done well. November's show was Zeppelin Revisited on November 6. Music ran 6 to 9 p.m., and tickets were $20 online or $25 at the door.

Thanksgiving at the club

Thursday, November 26, is a full day at Iron Wolf. The Turkey Shoot Golf Tournament starts with an 8 a.m. shotgun and runs until noon, and the winning team takes home a pie. The club's Thanksgiving feast is listed for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Lake Havasu Area Chamber of Commerce calendar. The fall overseeding should have the course at its best by then. "We had a great overseeding. The course is the most green it's ever been," Quinn told the News-Herald. "It's going to play fantastic."

The golf schedule could widen by then too. Quinn said in October that the course, which had been running six days a week, planned to start opening on Tuesdays in November for daily play. The online tee sheet linked from the club's course page shows which days are bookable.

What is planned beyond this season

Everything in this section is a proposal. According to the News-Herald's October report, Quinn said Iron Wolf is in the early planning stages of a hotel and an event center expected over the next couple of years. The center would seat 2,000 and overlook Lake Havasu. A veterans memorial planned beside it would honor veterans, first responders and every military branch, and Quinn said it would be one of the largest in Arizona. He also described an outdoor stage at the memorial that would connect to the event center's indoor stage, so concerts could be held next to the memorial.

For now the club is the course, the range, two restaurants, and a calendar that's busiest on Wednesday and Thursday nights from 5 p.m.

If you'd like to talk about how projects like Iron Wolf's fit into the north end of Lake Havasu City, the land-planning and development team at Desert Land Group has worked on The Refuge and the projects around it, and we're happy to share what we know. Get in Touch.