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Tour the great British Open golf holes without leaving Las Vegas at Royal Links Golf Club

Royal Links Golf Club in Las Vegas provides 18 replica holes from British Open venues. Prestwick, Royal Birkdale and Turnberry's Ailsa Course all have two holes represented. Royal Lytham & St Annes, Royal Liverpool, Royal St. George's and Muirfield are also included. The 7,029-yard course is a maddeningly fun ride thanks to all of the quirkiness of links golf: blind shots, pot bunkers, bad bounces off of rippling fairways and hairy dunes.

Las Vegas nightlife: Lighted Angel Park Golf Club has everything covered

At Angel Park Golf Club in Las Vegas, you could play 18 holes in the afternoon and then head back out for a quick nine holes -- in the dark. That's because Angel Park has you covered -- with plenty of holes and lights if you need them. At the heart are its two 18-hole courses, both designed by Arnold Palmer and Ed Seay. Add to the mix an intriguing par-3 course and Angel Park may be the most complete golf experience in Las Vegas.

Off the wall in Las Vegas: In Sin City, there's plenty of golf, but so much more

You're in Las Vegas and have just wrapped up your round of golf for the day at one of the more than 50 beautiful layouts. It's early, and now you're looking for that next adventure. But you don't want just any adventure -- you're looking for something off the wall, something that you might not find at home. Glad you asked: From roller coasters to NASCAR races, bungee jumps to "Pawn Stars," machine guns to lingerie football, Sin City offers plenty to fit the bill.

Wynn Golf Club in Las Vegas: Expect perfection

Located right on the Strip behind Wynn Las Vegas, Wynn Golf Club is an almost Augusta-like experience in terms of conditioning and solitude. If you're not on a budget and in Las Vegas and looking for serene, enjoyable experience, Wynn is your play, Mike Bailey writes.

From the golf course to the grill: Rhodes Ranch in Las Vegas is player-friendly

If golf is about having fun, then it's hard to go wrong at Rhodes Ranch Golf Club. Located in the southwest part of Las Vegas just a short distance from the Strip, Rhodes Ranch has become a favorite among locals and visitors alike. It's a golf facility that takes care of you from beginning to end. Designed by Ted Robinson, this 6,909-yard layout has all the shots.

Desert Pines Golf Club is unique among Las Vegas golf experiences

Located just minutes from the Las Vegas Strip, Desert Pines Golf Club is anything but a typical desert course. It opened in 1996 to much fanfare as designer Perry Dye brought in thousands of tall Carolina pines to line the fairways. Add to that a few railroad ties, plenty of water, white sand bunkers and excellent bentgrass greens, and golfers experience something that more akin to the Sandhills of North Carolina than the desert landscape of southern Nevada.

Las Vegas MGM Grand and Walters Golf Perfect ingredients for a mancation

If you're a guy, and you've got a few friends, you don't want to take the ultimate golf vacation; you want to take a "mancation." And for that, you have to go to Las Vegas. Here's an itinerary: How about staying at the MGM Grand with three rounds of golf, interspersed with a little gambling, dinner, drinking and a limousine thrown in for good measure?

Where to play in Las Vegas during the Shriners

Justin Timberlake hosts the PGA Tour's Shriners Classic at the TPC Summerlin. But this is prime golf season in Las Vegas and there are plenty more golf courses to play tournament week or throughout the fall season.

Place your bets: An insider's guide to the best race and sports books in Las Vegas

There's no better entertainment bang for the buck in Las Vegas than a race and sports book. Depending on the time of year, you can watch college football, NFL, MLB, NBA and almost always PGA Tour golf, place bets large or small, enjoy comfy chairs and free cocktails, and even play the ponies. Veteran golf/travel writer Larry Olmsted offers a guide to the best sports books in Sin City.

Pack your taste buds: A golfer's guide to Las Vegas celebrity chefs

Las Vegas is home to some of the grandest and most opulent fine-dining experiences on earth. The city has attracted the most acclaimed chefs from major cities all over the U.S., plus as far away as China, Japan and Paris. From Wolfgang Puck to Emeril Legasse to Nobu Matsuhisa, golf writer Larry Olmsted offers a scorecard of the city's celebrity chefs and where to taste their wares.