shadow creek golf course is every golfers dream - by Mike

Shadow Creek Golf Course

Shadow Creek golf course is the most exclusive golf course in Vegas. It's also private. You must be a registered guest at one of the MGM Mirage properties to play here, similar to the rules at Wynn Golf Course. If you have your choice of all the golf courses in Las Vegas, choose wisely, play at Shadow Creek. Every golfer dreams of playing at here.

You can expect to have this course mostly to yourself, as only a couple of dozen people golf on it each day. Mostly golf pros and celebrities play here. Will I be playing this course soon? Depends, if I won the lottery, or my doctor has given me final papers, or I am just feeling foolish. The green fee is at least $500. Only the Wynn Golf Course at the Wynn has fees over $500. That's ridiculous, for one game of golf, you say. I am inclined to agree. Or, is it?

Shadow Creek Golf Course photo of hole 17 shows why it's the hottest course in Vegas. Mature trees, mountains, incredibly well maintained fairways and greens are what you can expect from one of the highest price green fees in Las Vegas.

MGM tells us it's a deal. They point out $500 includes a limo ride to and from the course, personal caddie, golf cart, shoes, snacks and locker next to Arnold Palmer, Tiger Woods and Michael Jordan. You will find the course extremely well maintained. There is no telling who you will meet - George Clooney, Richard Branson, Tiger Woods, the sky is the limit. It's a once in a life-time experience. Perhaps it is not that overpriced when you add it all up.

Don't want to pay. Get comped. Gamble up a storm at Mirage, Bellagio, MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay, Luxor, Excalibur, NY-NY, Monte Carlo, Treasure Island, Circus Circus or any of the MGM Mirage properties, and you will be comped. Just tell them you really like golf. And you plan to come back with your buddies. How much did you say you gambled? Casino management is going to send a jet for you and your friends. Expect casinos to be friendly like that.

Eoxtic birds like this peasant in the photo enjoy what Shadow Creek Golf Course has to offer too. The mature trees and winds that greet you make this a demanding course, and once in a lifetime play.

Shadow Creek Golf Course is 13 miles North of Desert Inn and Las Vegas Blvd. Get on Interstate I-15 and go north. Don't bother driving up on your own for a look-see; Shadow Creek Drive has gate access only. You won't even get a peek from the road. The course is dug into the desert and there is a 10 foot fence. Get the limo, do it right.

Here is what you can expect: Shadow Creek Golf Course was created for a colossal $60 million dollars in1989 on a 350 acre site. It was built for and originally open only to high-rollers. This 18-hole course was designed by Tom Fazio under Steve Wynn's guidance. Years later Steve Wynn would hire Fazio again to design the Wynn Golf Course at the Wynn.

The greatest and latest golf course designer, Tom Doak who is in high demand from clients like Steve Case founder of AOL and gets a $1 million dollar fee, had some interesting things to say about Steve Wynn in his book "Confidential Guide to Golf Courses."

Shadow Creek Golf Course photo of hole 18 shows why this is a combination of every golf shot and every setting created on the rest of the holes at Shadow Creek. It's why every golfer dreams of playing Shadow Creek. What a great gift to give.

Doak thought Wynn's sense of showmanship and pacing made for a very enjoyable round in the way the course builds up to a climax. Doak also said golf architects could learn a lot from show biz experts like Steve Wynn. You can purchase Tom Doak's out-of-print, rare book "Confidential Guide to Golf Courses" on EBay. It usually auctions off at around $500. Doak is sometimes referred to as the course whisperer, for his rare insights into golf.

Fazio's Shadow Creeks' greens wind around waterfalls, rolling hills and lakes. The picturesque rocky outcrops, exotic birds and flowing rivers might have you believing it's natural. Illusions play a grand part of getting your emotions up. Because when you are excited, you gamble, and Vegas is all about excitement. Everything leads back to gambling, even elite golf courses like Shadow Creek golf course.