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Callaway Golf Course Las Vegas

Callaway Golf Course Las Vegas is a cool little 9-hole playing/practice course that stays open late into the night. It’s appropiately named the Divine Nine. Each hole sits off of the large practice green in the center; it kinda of looks like a bear claw from the sky. You zig-zag back and forth as you play, yet it’s long enough to use your drivers. I like this course to practice on, or blow out a little steam; it attracts interesting people as well.

Callaway sits on the south end of the Strip, just below Mandalay Bay and Bali Hai Golf Club. It’s easy to get to off the I-15 or I-215, as its nestled between Sunset Road and I-215. if you go during the day you can take advantage of its other facilty – the Giant Golf Academy, where you can expect a resolute “golf lesson” by some of the best PGA instructors in the country.

Callaway is a practice center, a golf course and one of the best golf schools in Las Vegas. It also has a golf shop with the largest inventory of Callaway products in the country. The name Callaway is instantly recognizable to all golfers as a premier maker of golf balls and golf clubs like the Big Bertha line.

Callaway Golf Center and Giant Golf Academy share the same location, and have been voted best practice facility by both readers and staff time and again at VegasGolf Magazine. Start on the oversized practice green, join the ranks of those working off their recent instructions. You will see some pretty crazy things as folks try to use what they were just told. But golf is a game that takes practice. That’s your excuse, that’s why you play a lot!

Then make your way to Callaway’s own playing course, known as the Divine Nine. This nine hole course has water holes, undulating greens and strategically placed bunkers that make it a lot of fun for players at every skill level. I found I can practice there with either irons or drivers. There is even a waterfall and colorful desert vegatation. It’s a tight course, I think that’s what brings the golfers together more than any other course I have been on. Vegas is full of Italians, one night I heard a guy singing some Verdi. It was well done and in good taste. Last round comes at 9pm in the winter and 10pm summer.

There is also a driving range with 113 hitting stations positioned at target greens. A few more dollars will get you grass stations. It’s lit for night time hitting.

During the day, the Giant Golf Academy, which is part Callaway Golf Center, comes alive. There are golf lessons like the 9-hole playing lesson for $125; Quick Fixes are 15 minutes long and include a video tape for $30. Giant has really gotten into electronic sofware. What they do, is record yoru stroke before the lesson and compare it after the lesson. Instructors can also e-mail students a virtual lesson with swing changes. Lessons come in every form: half-hour, hour, half day, 3 days. Giant also sells an interesting package that has 3 hours of instruction and a 9-hole actual playing lesson for about $400. Instructors are all PGA; this is one of the best schools of golf in Las Vegas.

You can’t miss the St. Andrews Golf Store at Callaway. Besides having the largest selection of Callaway products in the country, St Andrews also has a "try it before you buy it golf" policy that works well with their practice facility on the grounds. Trained pros are at hand to help with you when you need that important club fitting. I have found these seasoned pros to offer great free advice.

Take time to enjoy the 10th hole, Callaway’s Bistro 10 that is. It’s a hot little diner with lots of people getting together to talk about, well, about their adventures in Vegas. Bistro 10 stays open till the course closes. Try the peach cobbler, it's delicious. Everything come up peaches at the Callaway Golf Course Las Vegas.

callaway golf course las vegas is the best practice course in town especially for visitors