If you want to roll hard and look like a million bucks, really WOW your buddies, and don't care about cost, check out;
1) Shadow Creek (You have to stay in a property to play here as well as pay the green fee. Always in the top 10 golf courses in America)
2) Cascata (You have to stay in a property again, this one has a 140 foot waterfall that ends up running through the clubhouse, you have to see it to believe it)
3) Bali Hai (Right on the strip, it makes you feel like you are near the beaches of Polynesia)
4) Rio Secco (TIger Woods practiced here when he had Butch Harmon on staff. Butch is still there and you might get to see Natalie Gulbis if you pick the right day
)5) Reflection Bay (Jack Nicklaus designed this beauty. On the man-made Lake Las Vegas, it is a beauty)
6) Bear's Best (Another Jack Nicklaus, this one incorporates a number of his best holes from the West Coast courses he has designed)
If you are anything like me, you are looking for the best courses for the best value. Here they are;
1) Boulder Creek (My favorite course in Vegas by FAR! 27 holes and 3 vastly different nines, if the wind blows, the most difficult course around)
2) The Revere (Lexington is my favorite, but the Concord is fun too. Revere has the best food for an after round lunch or dinner)
3) Sienna (Summerlin's hidden gem. The clubhouse takes you to Italy and the golf course is as fun as they get)
4) Primm Resorts (I prefer the Lakes for aesthetics and the Desert for a true golf test)
5) Tuscany (Another hidden gem......on the way to Lake Las Vegas)
I love playing golf in Vegas. I travel back a couple times a year to visit friends and feed the addiction in the winter months. I would never go and NOT play Boulder Creek, unless they told me I couldn't. If I could choose 3 to play and money were no object, it is Boulder, Shadow Creek, and Rio Secco (I had my first hole in one at Rio and it holds a special place in my heart for me).
You'll be in Vegas baby!
