[Brian Cenci]

I've got two "free" days in Vegas later this month and want to play some public courses around there.  What's my best bet?  I've heard some horror stories on the cost of Vegas golf so keep that in my on any suggestions.

-Brian

[PThomas]

Brian - if you have time for the hour(?) drive, Primm Valley is probably the best bet for you money, and pretty good golf too

[Matt_Ward]

Brian:

If $$ is a factor -- head to Boulder City -- about 30 minutes southwest of Vegas via Route 95 and play the town's 27-hole layout called Boulder Creek.

The golf is good -- very good in spots -- and you'll still have plenty of $$ leftover to do whatever suits your fancy.

If you access golfdigest.com -- I believe Ron Whitten even wrote a review of his time there whent he first 18 holes opened. I played it a short time later and concur with his thoughts.

[Jon Spaulding]

On a budget, go straight to Primm/Desert. If not, book a room there & play Shadow Creek!

[rjsimper]

Primm is a good call - Fazio, pretty decent...I prefer the Desert course there.  Usually if you can stomach the drive these two courses are considered the best value amongst high-caliber courses.

Paiute - Wolf is a "Pete" Dye design and is excellent.  They have 3 courses there, but the Wolf is the more expensive and by far the more impressive layout.

[cary lichtenstein]

The two I would play are Shadow Creek, but it is very expensive, and Wolf Creek.

Shadow Creek because it marked the beginning of a movement that showed to developers that architects could take an absolute nothing piece of land and make something special given enough dollars and taste.

Wolf Creek because it is part of what I feel most everybody should experience along with Black Mesa, The Quarry at Giants Ridge, Lakota Canyon and Tobacco Road. These 4 courses, all feature extremely difficult sites and as part of your architectural education, introduce you to 4 different architects and how they solve problems.

Probably all minimialists will hate all 4, maybe with the exception of Black Mesa, which is the most natural of the group.

As a warning, Wolf Creek has some serious cart path issues in my opinion, but is really worth seeing and playing.

[George_Bahto]

I played Wolf last year - it's very good

[Jeff Doerr]

I played with a few guys a while back who seemed pretty well traveled in the west. One of the guys had just got back from a Vegas trip and played TPC  - The Canyons. He thought it was great, even better than Primm. Not sure of his overall GCA insights...maybe he just played better there.

[Andrew Balakshin]

I played with a few guys a while back who seemed pretty well traveled in the west. One of the guys had just got back from a Vegas trip and played TPC  - The Canyons. He thought it was great, even better than Primm. Not sure of his overall GCA insights...maybe he just played better there.

Apart from the fact that I had played it on video games, I personally didn’t think that TPC Canyons was anything great. It has great conditioning and is well designed, however the fact that it winds through a big housing development sort of turned me off. It seems as though most courses in Vegas are around housing developments. Some notable exceptions around Vegas are Shadow Creek, Wynn LV, Cascata, Puaite, Primm Valley, and Wolf Creek.

I have not played any of these, but if it was me I would play Puaite, Primm Valley and Wolf Creek. You would have to do well at the tables to play the other three ($500 each I think).

[Andrew Balakshin]

One other thing, if you are taking kids to Vegas, the twilight rate for juniors at TPC Canyons is only $10 (normally $150-170 for twilight).  

[David Stamm]

Paiute is really good facility with three pretty good courses. Badlands is kind of fun. Target golf galore. Angel Park has a par 3 course that is lit for night play and a putting course that's pretty unique.

[Jason Topp]

I've debated this before but the three I played:

1.  Shadow Creek - very enjoyable experience.  

2.  Primm Valley - Decent value, pretty good course

3.  Wolf Creek - I hated it (search for debates on the course in the past if you want to see them), but think Cary's suggestion to see how they dealt with a difficult site is a good one.  I recommend you then go to some of the other courses on his list and see architects that have done a great job of dealing with difficult sites.

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