With all eyes on The Showdown – pitting PGA Tour players Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler against LIV Golf’s Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau – tonight at Shadow Creek, it’s a perfect time to look at the top public-access courses in Nevada.
Following are the rankings for such courses, as judged by our nationwide network of raters. The hundreds of members of our course-ratings panel continually evaluate courses and rate them on 10 criteria on a points basis of 1 through 10. They also file a single, overall rating on each course. Those overall ratings are averaged to produce all our Golfweek’s Best course rankings.
The courses on this first list allow public access in some fashion, be it standard daily green fees, through a resort or by staying at an affiliated hotel. If there’s a will, there’s a tee time – no membership required.
5. Wynn Golf Club
Where: Las Vegas
Type of course: Modern (built since 1960)
Architect: Tom Fazio
4. Edgewood Tahoe Resort
Where: Tahoe
Type of course: Modern
Architects: George Fazio and Tom Fazio
3. Wolf Creek
Where: Mesquite
Type of course: Modern
Architects: Dennis Rider, John Rider
2. Cascata
Where: Boulder City
Type of course: Modern
Other ranking: Tied for 196 among modern courses in the U.S.
Architect: Rees Jones
1. Shadow Creek
Where: North Las Vegas
Type of course: Modern
Other ranking: No. 13 among modern courses in the U.S.
Architect: Tom Fazio
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Golfweek’s Best ranks the top 5 public-access golf courses in Nevada
