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Las Vegas Area Golf Course Reviews
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It doesn't take more than a couple holes to realize Tiger Woods' course record 64 at Rio Secco Golf Club is probably safe. This Las Vegas gem is one bruiser of a golf course, Brandon Tucker writes.
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Cascata, a $60 million playground originally designed for Las Vegas' high rollers, is considered by many to be Rees Jones' finest golf course. It's unlike any other course in the world, Mike Bailey writes. Creating Cascata was no easy task. Immaculate fairways, greens and water cut through rock on each hole, making for spectacular contrast.
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Many golf courses claim to be unique, and on some level, they all are, but there really is nothing like Desert Pines Golf Club. On what other golf course in Southern Nevada will you find thousands of Carolina pine trees? Where else can you find a two-tiered, climate-controlled practice center? And how many golf courses are just 10 minutes from the Las Vegas Strip and 15 minutes from the airport?
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Not only is Bali Hai Golf Club one of the Vegas area's best upscale courses, the location on the south end of the Strip in the shadows of Mandalay Bay and across the street from McCarran International Airport is unbeatable. It's the Strip's only golf course open to the public.
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When the Falls Golf Club, the third course in the spectacular Lake Las Vegas Resort, opened in 2002, the front nine merely served as a prelude to what awaited golfers when they hit the slopes of the more dramatic back nine. But that was six years ago. Since then, the course and its surrounding development have matured, and designer Tom Weiskopf has returned to add a few touches here and there.
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When golf course architect Bob Cupp went about the business of designing the 27 holes at Silverstone Golf Club in Las Vegas, he knew he had to include design features to test the better players in the game, and that meant plenty of bunkers, doglegs and water. It also meant length: Silverstone has the longest par 5 in Nevada.
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Plenty of modern golf courses in southern Nevada will dazzle with spectacular views, impeccable conditions and difficult holes, but few will give you a real sense of Las Vegas history. One exception is Las Vegas National, one of the few remnants of how life used to be in Sin City.
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If you like sand, you'll love the Arroyo Course at Red Rock Country Club. The Arnold Palmer signature golf course has close to 100 bunkers, but even more importantly, some 40 acres that used to be irrigated turf have been returned to the desert - ergo more sand ... and rocks and cacti.
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It doesn't take a great deal of imagination at Royal Links Golf Club to get a feel for the history of British Open golf. Many of its holes were inspired by British Open host courses, including the revered St. Andrews.
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At Rio Secco Golf Club, you have to not only find the greens, but the right portion of the greens. Get above the hole, and a two-putt in many cases is almost impossible. Put it in a really bad place, and a four-putt is a possibility, even for skilled players. "It's a tough challenge, but fair," Head Golf Professional Charles Packard said. "The biggest challenge comes on the greens."
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Reno Golf Course Reviews
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You thought the boys in Las Vegas held a stranglehold on showy, over-the-top golf courses? ArrowCreek Country Club is Reno's rebuttal. This wicked two-course complex in the place self-dubbed "The Biggest Little City in The World" is part of a largely underrated Sierra golf scene that includes Reno, Lake Tahoe and tons of wonderfully little towns along the mountain way.
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Mesquite Golf Course Reviews
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Wolf Creek Golf Club in Mesquite, Nev. is the kind of course you travel for, make a special side trip to play. It's that uniquely memorable. And plain cool. There is just something about teeing off from a sky high plateau and watching your ball soar through the air down to the fairway. Everyone loves to see their ball fly. You'll likely never see it fly quite like it does at Wolf Creek. It's enough to make the most jaded golfer giggle. At least inside.
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More Nevada Golf Course Reviews
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Genoa Lakes is both typical and unique. Its housing approach can be found on a 100 other courses easy. Yet its setting is still special enough that there are dashes of magic left. Like a deer cutting you off in traffic. Or the moos of the neighbor cows serving as background noise to a putt.
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Dayton Valley Golf Club in Dayton, Nev. is a great change-of-pace High Sierras golf course. Its look are very distinctive for the area and it is greener than you'd expect given how fiercely the sun seems to beat down in the valley. One of the mid-priced courses in the area, Dayton Valley provides old-school strategy rather than eye-popping wows.
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It sounds sacrilegious to put the modestly named Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course above Pebble Beach. You half expected a golf god to shoot down lightning bolts from the clear blue morning sky. Or at least find Pebble Beach owner Clint Eastwood in your face, sticking a finger in your chest, puffing, "Do you feel lucky, punk? Well, do ya?" It turns out those words get spoken often on this George Fazio design that's almost right behind the hulking casinos on Lake Tahoe Boulevard and yet still plays out as a nature wonderland seldom seen in today's house-happy golf world.
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Everyone at the Desert Course at Primm Valley wants to tell you how forgiving this Tom Fazio course is. Visions of wide fairways and balls easily located in sparse desert brush dance in your head. By the first tee, you’re convinced a leisurely round awaits (the staff here is very friendly and persuasive, after all). By the second tee, though, the game's up and it's quickly apparent this course has long, nasty, score mashing teeth.
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Primm Valley Golf Club is Vegas showmanship at its finest, carried out where you'd least expect. The pairing of high-end golf designer Tom Fazio and a Primm Valley casino complex that's more Tupelo, Miss., than Vegas might seem like a strange one, but there is little question Fazio is capable of wowing any client base. Still, with that said, while the Lakes is a good course by many standards, it’s not one of Fazio's better efforts.
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Wingfield Springs can make a claim at helping create the new and improved atmosphere in Sparks. Part of a master planned community, the nearly decade-old development is comprised of two dozen communities along with a host of commercial and recreational options. But the cornerstone of the development is The Resort at Red Hawk: 36 holes and upscale accommodations that steer clear of any "Vegas" characteristics.
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Interstate 15 is the main highway for countless folks coming to Las Vegas from Southern California for a quick weekend jaunt. The savvy set has figured out, though, that you don't need to go all the way to Sin City to get a quick fix of gambling and golf. Primm Valley Golf Club , just 45 minutes south of Las Vegas, boasts three casinos and 36 holes of Tom Fazio-designed golf. Between the Lakes Course and the newer Desert Course, guests get two very distinct tracks.
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