Golf in Vegas
 

I'm heading out to Vegas for a week or so, and would like to play some golf. but I keep hearing the courses are way overpriced, compared to most areas in the country (I live in Boston).

anybody have any recs for places close to the strip? I won't have a car.

has anybody played at the Callaway 9 hole course? this could be a good cheap option to go out and practice 80% of my game.

fyi, I'm at best a middling player. my best 18 hole score is 97, best 9 hole score is 45ish. like lots of people I hit great balls - some of the time.

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From what i recall, all the courses (18 holes) close to the strip are real expensive. Ive called several and they were 150-250 range. The courses about 15-30 minutes from the strip, ie., north las vegas are significantly cheaper. TPC at the canyons has a twilight that is reasonable, that badlands is a decent price, angel park is also pretty moderately priced. Those are really the only ones im familiar with.

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Ive called several and they were 150-250 range.

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yikes, yeah. that is basically as expensive as any course (public or private) in New England. in fact I'm not sure if any cost as much as $150.

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When are you going? I'm going to be there June 30- July 5th and would like to play.

There are some places that are reasonable and if you are willing to play at twilight, you can get decent prices at the expensive courses.

Last time in Vegas we played a place called The Legacy, which was nice and not expensive. Angel Park is reasonable I think.

I played the Callaway course once. It was decent. Angel Park has a good 12 hold par 3 course.

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I'll be there the whole time you're there.

if we can find some good options - I frequently play twilight - I'm up for playing.

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I've played Angel Park and Paiute, and thought they were OK, nothing special.

If you guys can handle playing when it's ripping hot, I liked Badlands (close to Angel Park, right next to Suncoast). Also played the Lexington course at Revere, which was pretty nice. Both of these places will be 55-70 during your time frame because of the heat. Badlands for sure has those humidifier rigs on the golf carts, so that should mitigate the heat a very little bit.

Last I remember, you can play the Callaway place at night, which would be a nice novelty, if nothing else. Sometimes it's right in the flight corridor, and you feel like you can hit an airplane with an L-wedge. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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Royal Links, great replica holes of the greatest holes from the British Open, and imo woth the quiche

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Callaway was atrociously expensive for out of staters, IIRC--something like $40 for a 9 hole par 3 that takes an hour to play. And this was when it opened 5-8 years ago.

I agree with what's been said. Angel Park is decent value. Badlands may be a little tough for you (target golf on every hole).

Up northeast in Mesquite and St. George are phenominal golf courses--Wolf Creek in Mesquite is my favorite course in the whole world. http://www.golfwolfcreek.com/topmenu...&page=9536 Under $85 in the summer out there because it's an hour from civilization (well, Mesquite has 5 casinos, but it's no Vegas). Those courses would be $200+ if close to the strip. Very hard though.

Since you shoot about 110 I would stick to the more traditional courses, though--Angel Park, Legacy, etc.

Aside: Wolf Creek has these "Challenger tees" that are usually up the sides of cliffs you have to climb, have 280 carries to fairways on a couple holes, and are rated like 75.0/150. They don't put the tees out at all to discourage people from playing them. Does anyone else (besides me) play them even when the starter tells them not to? I love them... I only think I've broken 80 on them once in like 8 tries though [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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Great, as if I didn't want to go to Vegas enough already.

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knicknut, checked out the website for that course. Looks pretty awesome but I'm annoyed the site doesn't have a hole-by-hole breakdown or map, or scans of the yardage book. I don't get all why public, daily fee courses aren't doing that by now. If it's as nice as you say they need to put that out there.

Also, since the second set of tees is like 500+ yards shorter than the tips, I'm tipping out every time. 6400 yards at high desert is probably more like 6000 in most other places, where the elevation is lower and the air more himid. Too short for single digit handicappers IMO, unless the course is super tight.

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knicknut, checked out the website for that course. Looks pretty awesome but I'm annoyed the site doesn't have a hole-by-hole breakdown or map, or scans of the yardage book. I don't get all why public, daily fee courses aren't doing that by now. If it's as nice as you say they need to put that out there.

Also, since the second set of tees is like 500+ yards shorter than the tips, I'm tipping out every time. 6400 yards at high desert is probably more like 6000 in most other places, where the elevation is lower and the air more himid. Too short for single digit handicappers IMO, unless the course is super tight.

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Oh yeah, it's fairway or 50 foot deep canyon most of the time. Add 30 mph winds and some 280 yd carries (I drive it 285 or so on flat ground at sea level and I barely make some of the carries) and I can totally understand why they don't put the tees out there. I'm a 4 and I'm 1/8 on breaking 80, as I said. Doesn't stop me from playing those tees, though, and it's the highlight of my golfing year [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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**** brag post **** but not really because I suck at golf (my best round was probably 87). I work for a Toyota dealership and the owner loves Vegas and golf and he pays for everything for our entire group that makes the trip.


In my experience, this is what I recall of prices and courses:

Rio Secco course in Henderson/ Butch Harmon School of Golf . You have to stay at the Rio and the package is around $3000/person for 2 day school w/Butch. I have been to three of these and Butch is really a cool guy with amazing stories and his assistants obviously know what they are doing when it comes to helping someone with their game no matter what skill level. Rio course is fun with lots of elevated tees and easy for us "non pros".

Shadow Creek you have to stay at a Steve Wynn property and it is almost always comped but if I think the green fee is $500/person. I put my stuff in George Bush's locker (I dont know which one} when I played there. WTF, the locker was unlocked and thought it would be a good story even if I was arrested by the CIA.

Bear's Best was absolutely a blast and around $200/person plus caddie.

Bali Hai on the strip and also in the same price range. Driving range is hitting into a net 50 yards in front of you and you have to watch out for your tee shot hitting planes flying overhead if you often "pop" 'em up like me.

Reflection Bay hated it!!!! They play or use to play the Wendy's Three Tour Challenge there and if you hit a green (even with a wedge form 100 yards out) the damn ball would roll off the green into the water. I dont remeber how much it cost but if I remember correctly it was also out in Henderson which meant long drive for a miserably experience.

Cascata very cool course. I would pay to play there myself but have no idea how much it costs but I do remember that you do have to have one of their caddies. Those son of a bitches can find any ball you hit. They are like bird dogs on crack.

The Falls = it was windy and I suck at golf. That is a bad combination so I think I shot around 110 on that round. This is one of the few courses you can play for under $200/person.

I hope this helps.

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Reflection Bay hated it!!!! They play or use to play the Wendy's Three Tour Challenge there and if you hit a green (even with a wedge form 100 yards out) the damn ball would roll off the green into the water. I dont remeber how much it cost but if I remember correctly it was also out in Henderson which meant long drive for a miserably experience.

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I really enjoyed this course. Didn't notice that green runoff that annoyed you.

I am envious of all the other exclusive courses you've played. I've heard Cascata was the most expensive/one of the hardest to get on in the world.

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I am envious of all the other exclusive courses you've played. I've heard Cascata was the most expensive/one of the hardest to get on in the world.



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that was my point exactly..I equate it to a some dork getting the chance to drive a race car on a super speedway but not wanting to go faster then 55MPH. A (censored) waste!

but i do have some cool shirts and if no one sees me hit a ball they would think I was a playa!

Reflection Bay..I remember one hole that I really thought I stuck it right by the pin and saw the ball roll, roll, roll off the green and into the water. I walked over and looked in and saw about 50 balls in the water. Real golf is rigged worse then poker.

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funny story about Shadow Creek.

Our caddie stopped us to allow a heads-up match play through. He said that they play often there and play really high. We were cool about it and sat down and waited for them to hit unto the green and putt out.

They never said, "Hi" or "thanks" or not even a "[censored] You". The lack of manners must of pissed off my boss because as it was evident they didnt think we were even worth acknowledging he said to them, "Ya know, I made over 2.5 mil last year myself and I would at least say thanks if someone allowed me to play through, you rude son of a bitches"

We then got the "[censored] you" we were waiting for. GOOD TIMES!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I just thought of a Butch Harmon story.

I like this guy because he will tell you what he really thinks about anyone and do it to their face.

He tells me that he thinks I have the most untapped talent of anyone that he has ever seen because how I make contact with the ball with a swing so god damn bad is beyond all of his knowledge. I am sure he says that to a lot of people but it is still funny.

BTW..I have never heard him say a single negative thing about Tiger.

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I played the following 2 courses 2 weeks ago while in Vegas. Both were affordable @ $60 each and I would go back to both:

Palm Valley (Summerlin area)
Aliante (North LV)

Both have fairly wide fairways so you can take the driver out on most par 4's and 5's. Aliante has quick greens, they are playing around 10 on the stimp...

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I played the following 2 courses 2 weeks ago while in Vegas. Both were affordable @ $60 each and I would go back to both:

Palm Valley (Summerlin area)
Aliante (North LV)

Both have fairly wide fairways so you can take the driver out on most par 4's and 5's. Aliante has quick greens, they are playing around 10 on the stimp...

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I forgot about Aliante. I really enjoyed it, and it's pretty forgiving for the "middling" player.

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These are the courses I've played in Vegas.

Callaway- Told them I had just moved to Vegas 2 weeks prior (which I had) and did not have a new lisence and they gave me the local rate. (23$ w/ cart I think) I thought it was really cool playing it at night, although the planes are very annoying.

Las Vegas National, couple miles east of the strip. Think I paid 50-60$ for twilight w/ cart. Course was not bad, I did not believe my buddy when he told me its where Tiger won his first PGA tour event, but it's true.

Black Mountain (henderson or just north of it) Played there 3-4 years ago, and remember it being very cheap...like 40$ with a cart. I remember it being a pretty good value as we played there again later that week.

TPC Summerlin- Got on with a member for 60 bucks. Course was very nice, some absolutely amazing houses on the course too which was cool. Greens were fast as hell, think they were running at 12, but generally pretty flat. Remember hitting a lot of 2 irons off the tee so it must have been pretty tight.

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I did not believe my buddy when he told me its where Tiger won his first PGA tour event, but it's true.

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Yep. Back when winning a PGA event only meant about $300K.

10/06/96 Las Vegas Invitational P1 70 63 68 67 64 332 -27 $297,000.00

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I'll add Painted Desert to the mix, it's around $60 as well and pretty easy to play.

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best deal is the lakes course at primm (whre they played the WSOG). fazio course resembling shadow but for 80 bucks reg and 50 twilite. 2nd best deal is the WOLF at paiute twilite orrr if you can go w/ a local its only 70 bucks.