Recently reopened as a semi-private course, Stallion Mountain Golf Club has Las Vegas golfers buzzing. With a challenging layout, just enough water, sand and trees to add to the test, rolling fairways and beautiful landscaping, this classic par-72 track has been brought back to life in a big way. Forget bells and whistles, this is just good, solid golf on an outstanding course.
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Located right on the Strip behind Wynn Las Vegas, Wynn Golf Club is an almost Augusta-like experience in terms of conditioning and solitude. Perfect green grass, bentgrass greens, white sand bunkers and a network of pristine streams, ponds and flora create one memorable view after another. If you're not on a budget and in Las Vegas and looking for serene, enjoyable experience, Wynn is your play, Mike Bailey writes.
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The 36-hole Oasis Golf Club in Mesquite, Nevada lives up to its name. The two layouts -- the Palmer Course and Canyons Course -- offer players two distinctly different golf tests in a tropical paradise. If you're not sure which course to tackle, play them both, Bill Bowman writes.
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If you're going to Vegas, you want choices. That's where Golf Summerlin comes into play. With three courses, there are choices. Want to play a quick 18 holes on an executive course? Check out Eagle Crest. A mid-length layout with stunning views? Highland Falls is the place to be. A lengthier and more challenging design? Palm Valley is the spot to tee it up.
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Desert Pines Golf Club, just 10 minutes from the Las Vegas Strip, will impress players with its design as well as challenge their shot-making ability. Desert Pines, which has been ranked among the top 50 public golf courses in the country by GolfWorld, may be a public course, but it has a country club feel, Bill Bowman writes.
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Step through the clubhouse doors at Bali Hai Golf Club in Las Vegas and you find yourself walking into a tropical-themed oasis where the golf course is immaculate, the ambiance exceptional and the surroundings stunning. Located right on the famed Vegas Strip, Bali Hai will cater to your every golf desire, Bill Bowman writes.
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How would you like to play some of the best golf holes in the British Open rotation ... in Las Vegas? Not possible? You need to check out Royal Links Golf Club. At Royal Links, you'll find yourself on a wondrous journey through Scottish-style golf holes that were inspired by some of golf's most famous layouts, Bill Bowman writes.
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To be sure, the finishing holes at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course are nothing short of spectacular. With the deep blue water reflecting the snow-capped mountains that surround it, there are few scenes that can rival it. But referencing just the climax at Edgewood -- designed by George Fazio and tweaked by Tom Fazio in the 1990s -- is selling the golf course short. Those mountains are in view throughout, and the rest of the golf course is never boring.
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How does playing the same golf course at half the cost sound? At Dayton Valley Golf Club near Nevada's capital Carson City in Carson Valley, new ownership is looking to present an $80 golf course experience for $40. If you're planning a golf tour around the High Sierras region, this would be a good, value-laden warm-up course that plays as tough as any course you'll see during the week.
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Las Vegas is known everywhere for its variety of entertainment, food and, yes, golf. But there are only a handful of Las Vegas golf courses that offer design variety in the same round. One of those is 27-hole Black Mountain Golf & Country Club in nearby Henderson.
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