Golf In Las Vegas - Prepare To Be Thrilled
By: Jae Taylor
While Las Vegas is famous for it's gambling and for top star
entertainment it is also a world class golfing city. Just look at
the famous names who have designed courses here: Arnold Palmer,
Jack Nicklaus, Tom Fazio, Pete Dye Designs, PGA Tour Designs,
Schmidt-Curley and a host of PGA Players : Ray Floyd, Chi Chi
Rodriques, Billy Casper, Greg Nash, Fuzzy Zoeller, and Johnny
Miller.
And as further evidence of the impact of golf in Las Vegas, you can
now earn a bachelor's degree in recreation with an emphasis on
professional golf management at UNLV.
Golf and Las Vegas became associated in 1953 at the Wilber Clark's
Desert Inn Hotel and Golf Course, when the winner was paid with a
wheelbarrow full of silver dollars.
The "Tournament of Champions" ( TOC ), as it was called was the
original forerunner of today's final tour event. Since then, Las
Vegas has become deeply connected to tour golf. It was the only
city in the U.S. to host the three major tours - The PGA, SPGA, and
the LPGA - in the same year and with those tournaments returning to
be played every year.
There are presently over 68 golf courses here for your pleasure all
within the Las Vegas area: 32 public, resort and semi-private
courses, 16 private courses (of which you can play 15), 3 par 3
courses, 2 specialty driving ranges, plus 13 courses within 1 hour
or less drive.
That may seem like a lot of golf courses for Las Vegas, but with
almost 1.4 million residents and growing with an estimate of over
125,000 golfers in the Vegas Valley, and 30 million visitors per
year with 600,000 of those playing golf, many feel it is still not
enough ( but then again - is there ever enough golf courses? ).
The weather, for the most part, allows golfing to be enjoyed all
year round. With an average of 320+ days of sunshine, you probably
will be able to play golf - whenever you are planning to visit.
And remember - no matter how bad your last shot was, the worst is
yet to come.
Noted golf author (and darn good golfer himself) Chris Reilly provides fascinating insight into how you can golf in Las Vegas and maybe improve your game while having a good time. (How you suffer!). -www.golf-in-las-vegas.info
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