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Tuesday, February 14, 2006

Las Vegas Golf Courses –Tee Time!

The number of golf courses in Las Vegas is increasing and the tally was 65 at last count. The population boom in the Valley is undoubtedly due to number of factors including glorious sunshine, zero personal state tax, the laidback life and the glitter of the Las Vegas strip. Personally, I think golf is a huge attraction. The choice of private country clubs, semi-private golf clubs and public golf courses with attractive golf communities around them is paradise for a golf addict.

It is most people’s dream to play on courses designed by legends like Jack Nicholas and Ted Robinson, so here is the chance to tee off at venues of PGA tournaments on championship golf courses. There has never been a better time to buy a round of golf in Vegas with the irresistible hotel and air packages. If you are lucky enough to relocate there, where a range of golfing communities beckon you, it is another story. Anyway, do remember when booking a tee time, Friday through Sunday are the busiest.

Las Vegas has numerous award winning courses selected by various opinion polls, golf magazines etc. The Paiute Golf Resort is a unanimous choice for the best overall experience. The Wolf course is the newest of three and probably the most upscale. It combines a desert mystique with the effect of the surrounding mountains that change color throughout the golf course. The course is treacherous but it makes a round of golf a moving, mystical desert experience.

Tom Fazio's Desert Course at Primm Valley is a good 45 minutes from Las Vegas, so plan your day accordingly. The Lakes Course can become a buzz of activity but the
Desert Course has this air about it. Give it a shot! Aliante is a personal favorite with its spectacular views of 10,000-foot peaks of the Sheep Range and superb tournament-caliber holes. The fairways weave though the golfing community, so you can imagine how serene it must be to live here.

The Bali Hai Golf Club brought the South Pacific to Las Vegas and nothing has been the same since. The club is the last word in luxury and the course is stunning, to say the least. Brilliant white sand bunkers and thousands of palm trees, Bali Hai is breathtaking. Golf Summerlin offers a choice of a traditional round on one of their par-72 layouts or a quickie on an award-winning par-60 executive course, all against a majestic mountain backdrop. Take your pick!

Silverstone offers everything a golfer can want, tough but fair challenges, variety in distances and directions and generous fairways so you can have fun and score. Lake Las Vegas is arguably the crown jewel of Las Vegas golf courses. Golf communities sparkle around a 320-acre man made lake that separates the ninth and 18th greens. The Falls Golf Club and the Tom Weiskopf-designed course are legendary. The Tuscan-themed clubhouse is designed like an old winery and I loved the enormous wood and fieldstone barroom with an amazing chandelier hanging from the high ceiling. Tall windows open onto the lake and a 60-foot bell tower chimes the hours. Unforgettable!