Henderson, Nevada Golf Course Reviews
At Rio Secco Golf Club, you have to not only find the greens, but the right portion of the greens. Get above the hole, and a two-putt in many cases is almost impossible. Put it in a really bad place, and a four-putt is a possibility, even for skilled players. "It's a tough challenge, but fair," Head Golf Professional Charles Packard said. "The biggest challenge comes on the greens."
The 27-hole Black Mountain Golf & Country Club was founded in 1957, making it the third oldest golf course in the Las Vegas area. "It's a very traditional style club," said Joan Philips, director of golf at the Henderson facility. "The members here have always been very relaxed, and it's very affordable."
Billy Casper's playing skills have largely outpaced his work in designing courses, though that's not obvious to those who play at Revere Golf Club in Henderson, Nevada. That's because Casper and partner Greg Nash designed a marvelous 36-hole Las Vegas-area facility that leaves you wanting more. The courses fit the surroundings perfectly and look as if they were natural outgrowths instead of man-made designs.
Located approximately 20 minutes south of the Las Vegas Strip, DragonRidge Golf Club was designed by the team of Jay Morrish and David Druzisky, who took the rocky desert landscape and carved the course through the land's rugged hills and valleys. Best of all, DragonRidge's back nine holes have plenty of black lava rock and feature more gambling options than a parlay bet at Caesar's sports book.
Tom Weiskopf's The Falls is the Las Vegas golf equivalent of the Stratosphere or Cirque du Soleil. You know it's for show, but it's thoroughly enthralling nevertheless. You want dramatic? The Falls is Sean Penn in full ham-it-up, Oscar-seeking "I-Am-Sam" form. It is so over the top it practically clonks you over the head with its grand ambitions. And you know what? It works.
It was a slow start for Boulder Creek Golf Club, as far as finances go, but now things are starting to turn around. The stellar municipal track in Boulder City, located about 25 minutes from the Las Vegas strip,
opened its third nine-hole championship golf course, Eldorado, last fall, and the city, which owns the course, took over management of Boulder Creek in mid-March from Triad Management Company.
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