| On your next Las Vegas vacation, buy a designer | | | | designed a number of other golf courses throughout |
| event. No, not a fashion designer. Play a round of golf | | | | the U.S. including the Mesquite Golf & Country |
| at one of the Las Vegas golf courses designed by | | | | Club in Palm Springs and the De Leveaga Golf Course |
| famous golf architects. Who might they be? Let's | | | | in Santa Cruz, California. Tiger Woods won his first |
| review who designed several of the famous Las | | | | PGA win at the 1996 Las Vegas International. Mickey |
| Vegas golf courses. | | | | Wright won two LPGA championships at this course. |
| For starters, the Paiute Resort in Las Vegas offers | | | | Rub shoulders with history and play a round at the Las |
| the unique beauty of a South Nevada desert golf | | | | Vegas National Golf Club. |
| course at the foothills of the Spring Mountains. | | | | The Silverstone Golf Course in one of the outstanding |
| Designed by world-reknowned Peter Dye, the three | | | | Las Vegas golf courses. This course hosts the Las |
| golf courses at this resort offer challenging holes and | | | | Vegas Celebrity Players Tour and provides a |
| wild scenery. For example, the Snow Mountain course | | | | top-rated golf experience on three courses for all |
| is marked with railroad ties and water hazards that | | | | players , all ages and all abilities. Silverstone Golf Club |
| compliment the lush fairways among the natural desert | | | | was designed by Robert Cupp, who has built public |
| terrain. Golf Digest named Snow Mountain as the | | | | and private courses from Boca Raton, Florida to |
| "Number One Public Access Course in Nevada." The | | | | Palmetto Plantation Hall in Hilton Head. Mr. Cupp |
| Sun Mountain Course and the Wolf Course at Paiute | | | | designed other local Las Vegas golf courses like |
| Golf Resort offer similar, amazing rounds. | | | | Wildhorse Golf Course in Henderson, Nevada and the |
| Another Peter Dye course is the Desert Pines Golf | | | | Angel 9 course at Angel Park Golf Course in Las |
| Course. If you are looking for the wooded charm of a | | | | Vegas. |
| Pinehurst golf course in the middle of a desert country, | | | | The Badlands Golf Club was designed by professional |
| play a round at Desert Pines Golf Course. The course | | | | golfers Johnny Miller and Chi Chi Rodriguez. The golf |
| is one of four Las Vegas golf courses operated by | | | | course's name reflects the experience: gorgeous |
| Walters Golf. The other three include Bali Hai Golf | | | | scenery contrasted with dangerous, narrow fairways |
| Course, Royal Links Golf Club and Stallion Mountain | | | | that cross some very prickly desert landscape. |
| Country Club. It features thousands of full grown pine | | | | Last, but not least, are golf courses designed by |
| trees flanking the fairways. White sand bunkers | | | | Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus. Arnie designed two |
| protect large, undulating greens. Despite the arid | | | | beautiful 18-hole courses at Angel Park, and the |
| environment in the Las Vegas desert climate, nine out | | | | Arroyo Course at Red Rock Country Club. |
| of 18 holes have water in play. | | | | Jack Nicklaus designed the Bear's Best Golf Club, |
| Jay Moorish designed the Painted Desert Golf Club. | | | | which features 18 golf holes; each hole is modeled |
| This The golf architect worked with Robert Trent | | | | after the best holes he built at other courses he |
| Jones, George Fazio and Jack Nicklaus. He designed | | | | designed. The Golden Bear's signature course is scenic |
| Dragon Ridge Golf Club with David Druzinsky. Mr. | | | | and challenging to play. The course began operation in |
| Morrish teamed up with Tom Weiskopf to design and | | | | 2001. |
| build a number of golf courses, some of which are | | | | Make sure to play a round at any or all of these |
| included among the Top 100 U.S. golf courses. | | | | courses during your next Las Vegas golf vacation. |
| The National Golf Club of Las Vegas was designed | | | | Just telling your buddies that you've played a designer |
| by Bert Stamps. The course opened in 1961 and is one | | | | course is worth the greens fees. |
| of the oldest Las Vegas golf courses. Mr. Stamps has | | | | |
