Las Vegas has become a popular tourist destination and it has been used in all kinds of media backdrops. It is known for the famous Vegas Strip filled with gambling halls and Broadway shows. However there is more to offer in the lush green grasses of the nearby golf courses.

Las Vegas has hosted professional golf tournaments for years, notably the Las Vegas Invitational at the Tournament Players Club Summerlin which just so happens to be the site of Tiger Woods’ first PGA TOUR victory in 1996. Musician Justin Timberlake now finds his name attached to the event titled the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open scheduled to take place this October during the Tour’s fall series. All three major professional tours visit Vegas annually for the Wendy’s 3-Tour challenge.

As the city of Vegas has expanded rapidly, so has the amount and quality of the nearby golf courses. Thanks to designers like Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer who were professional golfers themselves, these course offer unique and challenging competition. They rank up among the best courses in the world.

Bali Hai Golf Club is located at the southern end of the Las Vegas strip and delivers an island feel with towering trees and sparkling green fairways accented by white crushed granite. Only in Vegas will your approach shot require blocking out the images of the shimmering Mandalay Bay and famous MGM Grand off in the distance. The Legacy Golf Club is certainly one of a kind. The Arthur Hills-designed facility features tee boxes on the 10th hole that are in the shape of every suit in a deck of cards: spades, clubs, diamonds and hearts.

If you are looking to play where the pros play then the Reflection Bay Golf Course would be your best bet. It was designed by Jack Nicklaus himself and is the host to Wendy’s 3-Tour Challenge which can bees seen on television. Bear’s Best is another course designed by Jack Nicklaus and is a collaboration of many golf courses from Montana to Mexico. At Bearas Best you can find a club house and memorabilia of Jack Nicklaus.

Las Vegas is home to some of the best landscaped golf courses that you only imagine or see on television. They have a combination of cliffs, desert canyons, palm tress, and the great southwest sun to make everything glisten. You will really feel like you are in a dreamland paradise when you step on to a Las Vegas golf course.

Although the courses are one of kind, they come with a price to pay. Golfing in Las Vegas can be very expensive with greens fees often exceeding one hundred dollars. Therefore it is best to book a packaged vacation that includes golfing, a stay at a hotel, and sometimes even airfare. Also, go when there is less people in Vegas. The typical off season is from November to February.

There is no question this Las Vegas desert dream has everything an avid player could ever want. You get the benefit of a great place for a vacation as well as the perfect place to create the golfing experience of a lifetime. Now you have some great information about the best Las Vegas golf courses to play.

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