Top 10 Courses: Nevada
Here’s our list of the top 10 courses in Nevada, also known as the Silver State 1. SHADOW CREEK, North Las Vegas Once dubbed the best course money can buy, this oasis—a splash of Colorado in the middle of the desert—was created from scratch by Tom Fazio and casino magnate Steve Wynn. Vegas glitz? Yes, […]
Best Public Golf of Las Vegas
Known primarily for its abundance of entertainment after dark, Las Vegas may actually be one of the more underrated golf travel destinations in the country. With more than four dozen golf courses just a short drive from the Las Vegas Strip, travelers can easily tee it up daily before they take in a show and […]
American Dream Courses: Southwest
After exploring the southeast, we stay at a similar latitude but move across the country to the southwest for the second installment of our “American Dream” series—specifically California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, and southern Utah. The southwest isn’t blessed with quite as much golf as the southeast perhaps, and there are comparatively few old-school golf […]
Wynn Las Vegas — Saved from the Chopping Block
Tom Fazio says it’s shocking that a golf course even exists on the Las Vegas Strip, and he’s the one who built the unlikely oasis in the Wynn Las Vegas’s backyard. Built and rebuilt it, actually. After getting a chance to play the second-coming of the reinvented Wynn Golf Club, it’s tough to disagree. You’d […]
A Dream Southwest U.S. Golf Road Trip
When my parents moved from the East Coast to the Monterey Peninsula several decades ago, it opened up a new golf frontier for me, spurring several golf trips in and around 17-Mile Drive and the Carmel Valley. More recently, they bought a new home in the Southwest, on the outer fringes of the ever-expanding Phoenix/Scottsdale […]
Clear Creek Tahoe Golf Club and Community
The Ponderosa may have been fictional, but its location on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe promises a very real “bonanza” of advantages to Clear Creek Tahoe, now occupying the Cartwright’s precious property. The land, at 5,500 feet, features towering Jeffrey pines, unobstructed views of the Sierras, and is acquiring the amenities to turn the […]
Montrêux Golf & Country Club
This PGA Tour-hosting site near the Sierra Nevadas and Lake Tahoe won’t remain a secret for long. Reno is booming, thanks to tech companies expanding from nearby California, the beautiful Sierra Nevada mountains (with great skiing, hiking, and other outdoor pursuits), and the lack of an income tax in Nevada. In the middle of it […]
DragonRidge Country Club
In a town known for glitz and glamour, there may be no more luxurious community than MacDonald Highlands, which includes DragonRidge Country Club. The gated property is very low density—only 1,000 homes over two square miles—leaving plenty of open space and magnificent views of the Las Vegas Strip and toward mountains and desert. The golf […]
SouthShore Golf Club
With numerous assets including a challenging course, well-appointed clubhouse and high-profile members, Lake Las Vegas’ premier private club is thriving once again
Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course, Nevada
Lake Tahoe surely is one of the most spectacular settings you’ll ever find for a golf course. Measuring 12 miles across and nearly 1,000 feet deep on average, these blue waters are so pure you could spot a golf ball 75 feet below the surface (and if you did, it would probably be one […]
