Despite being dropped by the PGA of America, The Chase at Coyote Springs remains a worthy excursion on your Las Vegas or Mesquite, Nevada golf vacations. (Photo: Lonna Tucker)
This isn’t exactly breaking news, but it’s news to me.
I recently learned that one of golf’s largest and most influential organizations has pulled out of one of the most ambitious golf course projects in history.
I’m not going to say they tried to keep it a secret, but… Read more →
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The private SouthShore Golf Club is in in play for Las Vegas golf vacations.
Back in August, we told you that the troubled Lake Las Vegas Resort had closed both of its public courses (The Falls and Reflection Bay), but there’s still a good reason to consider LLVR for your Las Vegas golf vacations.
Namely, if you want to play one of the better private golf courses in Las Vegas, staying at a certain hotel on the Lake Las Vegas campus can make it happen.
Now, you won’t find this Jack Nicklaus Signature course listed on Lake Las Vegas’ website or the hotel’s website (and it doesn’t look like the course itself has a website), but here’s where you can find it and how you can play it. Read more →
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ParMates provides another option for hiring female forecaddies on Las Vegas golf vacations.
The editors of Golf Odyssey have been following a very important story regarding Las Vegas golf vacations.
A couple years back, they reported that the Rees Jones-designed Rio Secco Golf Club had put together a unique forecaddie corps called “T-Mates,” described as “intensively trained” female caddies whose other assets include being “fun, outgoing, physically fit, reliable, attractive, entertaining, and supportive.”
Well, about a year ago, T-Mates got some competition in the (female) form of “ParMates” at sister courses Bali Hai and Royal Links, and things are, um, really getting hot out there.
Warning: if you’re easily offended by seeing pictures of beautiful women in short skirts, you probably shouldn’t follow this link. Read more →
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For now, Lake Las Vegas' Falls and Reflection Bay courses are off the menu for Las Vegas golf vacations.
Not sure if you’ve been following this story, but two of the best courses to play on Las Vegas golf vacations have shut their doors.
Lake Las Vegas Resort (lakelasvegas.com), which filed for bankruptcy protection in July of last year, first closed its spectacular Tom Weiskopf-designed Falls Course on January 30. Then, on June 30 of this year, it closed Reflection Bay, its memorable Jack Nicklaus design.
Will those with Lake Las Vegas golf vacations already booked or planned travel to the desert only to be left out in the cold? Read more →
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Many of you have asked if I think it’s still worth taking the 90-mile side trip to play Mesquite golf courses given that the prices of Las Vegas golf vacations have been dropping considerably in recent months.
Well, my colleagues at Golf Odyssey recently returned from an undercover inspection of Mesquite golf courses and they just filed their comprehensive report in their May 2009 issue.
Here are some of their comments: Read more →
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The Chase at Coyote Springs is one of the Las Vegas golf courses that approximates the secluded feel of "The Big Three."
You probably know that some people pay upwards of $500 to play “The Big Three” Las Vegas golf courses at Shadow Creek, Cascata, and Wynn Golf Club.
Is there a way to have a Las Vegas Discount Golf Vacation without sacrificing quality of golf?
What you might not know is that you can get a similar experience at other Las Vegas golf courses for a heck of a lot less. Read more →
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There are deals to be had on Las Vegas golf courses such as Bali Hai, but choose wisely.
Do the stock market’s wild swings of late have you wondering if gambling in Las Vegas is a more effective investment vehicle? Well, now might be good time to find out.
Not only are Las Vegas airfare prices down by as much as 10-20 percent in some cases (thanks to the drop in fuel costs), but certain Las Vegas golf courses are wheeling and dealing, too. Just be careful not to get sucked in by the hype of the Las Vegas Discount Golf Vacation. Read more →
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Q: I am taking a Las Vegas golf vacation in November with some frugal friends. We would like to find good Las Vegas Golf Courses to play with green fees between $100-$150 and lenient cancellation policies in case of bad weather. Any recommendations? Mark N., Cincinnati, Ohio
Black Mountain is one of a handful of Las Vegas golf courses to play if you're looking for value.
A: If your friends were fanatically frugal, they would have urged you to take your Las Vegas golf vacation during the summer months of June-September, when green fees at some Las Vegas golf courses drop by as much as half. Of course, you give some of that back with all the bottled water you have to buy just to stay alive.
Your budget of $100-$150 in November means you won’t be able to access the best Las Vegas golf courses, but there are some very good ones to be played at that price.
Our suggestions, which are all within a 30-minute drive from The Strip, include: Read more →
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