Tee Time in Las Vegas
Las Vegas is no longer golf's best-kept secret. From exquisite championship courses designed by legends of the sport to lush fairways and breathtaking views - golf is just another reason that Las Vegas attracts 42 million visitors every year.
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Today, more than 60 golf courses are available for play in the Las Vegas area throughout the year thanks to the area's inviting climate. Las Vegas golf offers challenging yet beautifully sculptured courses developed by world-renowned golfers and designers including Jack Nicklaus, Tom Weiskopf, Billy Casper and Arnold Palmer.
Many of the world's most famous professional and amateur golfers, including Tiger Woods, former U.S. President Bill Clinton and NBA legend Michael Jordan, feel at home on the Las Vegas golf courses.
Las Vegas golf hosts many nationally and internationally televised golf tournaments including the PGA Tour's Invensys Classic at Las Vegas and Wendy's Three-Tour Challenge.
For golfers needing additional instruction, five golf schools are available in Las Vegas, including the Butch Harmon School of Golf, which bears the name of one of Golf Magazine's Top 100 golf instructors; Resort Golf Schools, named one of Golf Magazine's Top 25 Schools in the country; the Ken Venturi Golf Academies, John Jacobs Golf Schools and Giant Golf Academy.
Fast Facts 2004 * In 2003, Las Vegas' courses produced more than 600,000 resort rounds of golf.
* There are 64 public or semi-private Las Vegas golf courses and 14 private courses.
* There are eight courses available in the outlying areas of Las Vegas, including Mesquite, Laughlin and Primm.
* The Las Vegas Paiute Resort is the first master-planned multi-course resort built on Native American land in the United States.
* Professional golfer Tiger Woods earned his first PGA Tour victory in 1996 at the Las Vegas Invitational (now the Invensys Classic at Las Vegas) at the Tournament Players Club at Summerlin.
* Designers with two or more golf courses in Las Vegas include Billy Casper, Greg Nash, Arnold Palmer, Lee Schmidt, Brian Curley, Tom Fazio, Jack Nicklaus, Ted Robinson, Rees Jones, Pete Dye, Jay Morrish and Robert Trent Jones, Jr.
* Las Vegas golf has hosted stops on some of the world's major tours including the LPGA, Seniors Tour, PGA Tour and NCAA Championships.
* Badlands Las Vegas Golf Club: Designed by Johnny Miller and Chi Chi Rodriguez, Badlands was Las Vegas' first public 27-hole facility and was named as one of Nevada's Top 10 golf courses by Golf Digest Magazine.
* Bali Hai Golf Club: This Las Vegas golf course is located at the southern end of the Las Vegas Strip, Bali Hai delivers an island feel with towering palm trees and sparkling green fairways accented by white crushed granite.
* Bear's Best: Designed by golf legend Jack Nicklaus, Bear's Best offers 18 replicas of Nicklaus' finest holes currently found at courses from Montana to Mexico. Bear's Best Las Vegas golf course is home to a clubhouse that features Jack's Place, where photos, plaques and other memorabilia from Nicklaus' legendary career are displayed.
* Legacy Golf Club: The Arthur Hills-designed facility features tee boxes on the 10th hole that are in the shape of each suit in a deck of cards: spades, clubs, diamonds and hearts. Truly, a Las Vegas golf experience.
* Painted Desert: The city's first desert-style Las Vegas golf course featuring native desert vegetation.
* Reflection Bay Golf Club: Located 17 miles from the Strip at Lake Las Vegas, the Jack Nicklaus-designed 18-hole course hosts the annual Wendy's Three-Tour Challenge.
