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Top 10 reasons to take a Las Vegas golf vacation

A Las Vegas golf trip is never boring. Here, you might take a limo to the bag drop, hire a caddie who will make you forget about your score, or play gambling games you've never heard of while on the golf course. Need more proof? Mike Bailey offers 10 great reasons to plan a golf trip to Sin City.

Plan of attack How to play Las Vegas Paiute Golf Resort s Wolf Course

The Wolf Course at Las Vegas Paiute Golf Resort is home to perhaps the area's most intimidating golf shot at the par-3 15th hole. But there are plenty of other challenges awaiting you on this Pete Dye masterpiece. With an assist from Head Professional Greg Brockelman, Bill Bowman shares his thoughts on how to tame the Wolf.

Plan of attack How to play Desert Pines Golf Club

It's important to strike early if you're looking to score well at Las Vegas' Desert Pines Golf Club. Here's a look at the green-light golf holes at this Walters Golf course, as well as a few holes where a little caution is called for. Play these holes well -- and smartly -- and you'll have a successful round.

Plan of attack How to play Tuscany Golf Club near Las Vegas

Strategy is essential at Tuscany Golf Club. The course features birdie opportunities and holes on which par rates as a great score. Nearly every hole requires a plan, in large part because of lots of looming water and sand. Let Bill Bowman explain. He offers a players' guide to Tuscany Golf Club.

Black Mountain Golf and Country Club near Las Vegas Take a trip back in time

Variety and value rank atop nearly all want lists when it comes to golf. Black Mountain Golf and Country Club in Henderson, Nev. delivers both and so much more. Beautiful, tree-lined fairways fill the Founders and Horizon nines at this 27-hole facility, to go with an old-time feel you must see to believe. It's a trip back in time, writes Bill Bowman, giving golfers a four-hour experience to simultaneously calm and thrill.

Las Vegas post Labor Day hues White golf balls on perfect green grass

The fall is a great time to play golf in Las Vegas, and it doesn't have to cost a small fortune. While rates are typically higher in the fall than in the summer, they have been trending downward. Courses are working together to bring golfers into the Las Vegas area, and many have lowered their green fees from a year ago.

Nine Las Vegas golf holes that are both beautiful and treacherous

They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder. That's also true on the golf course where one man's beautiful golf hole can be another man's nightmare. Well, we've combined both in picking out nine Las Vegas golf holes that are stunning to look at and - at times - a nightmare to play. Go ahead, take them on. We dare you.

First course after the golf course Celebs pick top restaurants in Las Vegas

Whether it's golf or fine dining, you'll find the best of the best in Las Vegas. Going through e-mail addresses and phone numbers, we sent out a few messages to gauge the responses from PGA and LPGA pros, writers and others -- such as comedian Bill Engvall, noted author Jack Sheehan and LPGA star Natalie Gulbis -- to see where they spend their free time when they entertain family and friends in Vegas.

Las Vegas Golf Hall of Fame to welcome three new members

Charlie Baron, Joe Kelly and the Tournament of Champions are set for induction into the Las Vegas Golf Hall of Fame Oct. 19 at the Pearl Theater in the Palms Hotel. Baron served as tournament director for 22 years of the Las Vegas PGA Tour stop. Kelly, a PGA Professional, opened and ran more than a dozen golf courses in Las Vegas. And the Tournament of Champions has occupied a preeminent spot on the Las Vegas golf scene since 1953.

Design of the times Las Vegas golf course architects make their marks from A to Z

You know the golf courses around Las Vegas. Now, meet the men behind their beauty. Okay, you probably know most of them, too. From Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus to Pete Dye, Tom Fazio and Rees Jones, all the big design names in golf have staked their claim in and near Sin City. Where can you find the the best of the best? Bill Bowman offers an A-to-Z listing of Vegas golf course design.