The Best in Las Vegas Guide

Provided you are a relatively good golfer, a Las Vegas excursion should include a trip to the TPC course. The TPC Las Vegas greens give you the rare opportunity to test your mettle on a professional-caliber course. According to LasVegasGolfing.com, the TPC links have been used as a PGA Tour stop. The course was also part of the infamous Champions Tour. The course is not for the beginning golfer. Its straightaways are very long and tightly lined with trees. The cost is moderately high when compared to other Las Vegas golf locations, ranging in 2009 from $70 to $115 per person.

Rhodes Ranch is a moderately-priced option for golfers looking to enjoy the Las Vegas golfing experience without paying that little extra for a former PGA stop. The range has a lengthy 6,909-yard course with lively greenery, peaceful water installations and long, open fairways. The course is a good choice for most golfers, beginning and advanced. The prices in 2009 are $50 to $99.

Unfortunately, only one of the Red Rock Country Club's courses is open to the public. However, that course happens to be an impressive Arnold Palmer Signature course. The Arroyo course, as it is called, has a healthy sampling of water hazards and sand traps. The course edges the city, offering a beautiful cityscape scene, viewable from many greens. The 6,883-yard course in 2009 costs between $65 and $120 to play. Most tee times lean toward the higher end of the course's price range.

Joe Passov, a senior editor at Golf Magazine, says. "Angel Park is the most versatile facility in town." It offers two very affordable Arnold Palmer-designed 18-hole courses. The course is accessible to most skill levels. It features varying 5,100- to 7,300-yard tee options on the Mountain Course, according to LasVegasGolfing.com The club is an amazing value with some tee times costing as little as $25 and popular tee times going for $55 to $70 per player in 2009.

This 27-hole course lives up to its unforgiving name. It can be difficult for even the best of players. Golf Magazine's website says the "Badlands truly polarizes players with several cramped, lay-up holes, but it also tosses out several memorable examples of dramatic, forced-carry, desert target golf." The varied course design provides a difficult challenge to players who will undoubtedly find it hard to "read" the course even after multiple visits. The course costs $40 to $90 per player in 2009, making it an affordable alternative to some of Las Vegas' pricier golf courses.