Shadow Creek, Las Vegas

[GolfAddictShang]

I heard nothing but great reviews about this exclusive course. I'm actually going to be staying at MGM this time and was wondering what the procedure is to get a tee-time. What is the green fee weekday or weekend? Thanks.

[SOONERMAGIC]

Played there a about 18mo ago. The rate was around $400. I personally think there is better golf for the money in Vegas. Im out there once a year to visit my gf's family. I always play Piaute its got 3 sweet Dye courses, and this time of year is usually about $100 play all day. AWESOME COURSES!!

Second on my list is Bears Best, its a Nicklaus design of his best 18holes from West of the Mississippi. All the topography/grass/sand/trees etc are designed for the location that hole is from originally, its one of a kind, truley.

Zac

[foxinsocks1]

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I heard nothing but great reviews about this exclusive course. I'm actually going to be staying at MGM this time and was wondering what the procedure is to get a tee-time. What is the green fee weekday or weekend? Thanks.
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The greens fee is 500$ year round it never changes. This includes limo transportation to and from your MGM Mirage owned hotel to the course in North Las Vegas. To get a tee time just call the concierge at the MGM and they will take care of you. Others will say it is not worth it but I think it is. The course is in impeccable condition and it is unlike anywhere else you will every play. You do not feel like you are in Las Vegas at all while playing there.

[GolfAddictShang]

Thank you replies fellas! $ 500 is way out of my price range, think I'll stick with Paiute Wolf or Badland...

[GolfAddictShang]

One more question...Between Painted Desert, The Legacy and Badland, which one would you'all recommend? Thanks in advance!

[Bombn]

Badlands - Crazy difficult target desert golf! If you want a true target experience play Diablo and Desperado 9's.

Between Legacy & Painted Desert - Legacy has more elevation changes and is more interesting, but really both are nothing special - not bad but not all that great either,

[AirTime23]

Anybody know whether they still enforce the 'no photos' rule at Shadow Creek?

[Hateto3Putt]

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One more question...Between Painted Desert, The Legacy and Badland, which one would you'all recommend? Thanks in advance!
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Legacy. Hands down.

[foxinsocks1]

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Anybody know whether they still enforce the 'no photos' rule at Shadow Creek?
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As of about a year ago they do. It really just depends on your caddy though as some of them are more lax than others about it.

[GolfAddictShang]

Thanks all for the feed back! I ended up booking Paiute Snow. Its 30 miles from the strip but not a problem since I have a car

[I_HATE_SNOW]

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One more question...Between Painted Desert, The Legacy and Badland, which one would you'all recommend? Thanks in advance!
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NOt painted desert! Imagine 20 yards of fairway, then 10 yards of wasteland, then fences with lots of houses near the fences! This course is for people that hit the ball straight every time! Houses on both sides of a narrow fairway for most of the course. Great course for the 80 year old golfer.

[Golfinnova]

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[quote name='GolfAddictShang' timestamp='1280710750' post='2612156']
One more question...Between Painted Desert, The Legacy and Badland, which one would you'all recommend? Thanks in advance!
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NOt painted desert! Imagine 20 yards of fairway, then 10 yards of wasteland, then fences with lots of houses near the fences! This course is for people that hit the ball straight every time! Houses on both sides of a narrow fairway for most of the course. Great course for the 80 year old golfer.
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Respectfully disagree with that one, some of those fairways on PD are 60 yards wide (#15). Only way you'll hit a house is if you duck hook or slice a tee shot which is no different than playing on comparable courses like Silverstone or Aliante. The worst tee box on PD is #2 with that stupid fence along the left side; otherwise, PD is a good choice.

Badlands is target golf, pure and simple. You think PD has wasteland, Badlands makes PD look like a putt-putt course. The secret is bringing 1-2 balls to match your handicap because you will lose a ton.

Legacy is a good choice as well, the 10th tee box is unique. Better practice facility at Legacy compared to PD.

[DBake]

Played Badland this past March, forget which two of the three nine's we played but it is a very good course, I would love to be a member there. Very much target golf with lots of blind shots, if you have time drive up to see your landing zone otherwise you will NOT shot a good score or have a good time.

We also played Desert Pines, I shot two strokes under my handicap playing it for the first time and being hungover for 1/2 the round.

Next time I go I would like to check out the TPC of Las Vegas and try to get in Summerlin.

[kwakmania]

I play most of my golf at Painted Desert. Yes, there are a lot of very tight holes and lots of houses, however I think that challenge has really helped me to improve and I'm sure my current handicap only got where it is because of playing there.. THe greens are always in superb shape and the player development program they do makes it great value for money to work on the range. Saying it's a great course for an 80 year old is ridiculous. It definitely is a course for people that want to be challenged and tested throughout the round.

Paiute is a stunning course and always great condition. My only comments are that it's a little too pricey considering it's location.

Primm is definitely worth a look. They've got 2 really nice courses out there. It's a bit of a drive (south on I-15, but there's the premium outlet stores there too if you want to kill two birds with one stone.

Legacy is really nice and I'm also a big fan of Siena. Don't bother with Angel Park Palm Course and I wouldn't bother with Aliante (greens usually not great) unless you feel you just need massive fairways and no real challenge. There's loads of ridiculously expensive courses in town. I'm sure that some of them are a real experience, but there's no way I could justify spending enough to replace most of my clubs on a single round on a soldiers salary!

Forgot to say, TPC Las Vegas is really nice and I'd love to be able to play there all the time. I've walked round TPC Summerlin when the Justin Timberlake was there. Really impressive looking course and gutted that I was deployed when they opened the course for military appreciation day!

[priceless]

I played Shadow Creek a few years ago, it was quite the experience. It's more like playing in the Carolinas then a desert. The fee was several hours on a Bellagio dice table.

[teejaywhy]

Never played it (Shadow Creek) so I shouldn't comment. I don't see the attraction, however.