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Even though Las Vegas is well-known for it is gambling and for leading star entertainment it is also a globe class golfing city. Just look at the popular names who have developed courses here: Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Tom Fazio, Pete Dye Styles, PGA Tour Styles, Schmidt-Curley and a host of PGA Players : Ray Floyd, Chi Chi Rodriques, Billy Casper, Greg Nash, Fuzzy Zoeller, and Johnny Miller.

And as further evidence of the influence of golf in Las Vegas, you can now earn a bachelor's degree in recreation with an emphasis on professional golf management at UNLV.

Golf and Las Vegas became related in 1953 at the Wilber Clark's Desert Inn Hotel and Golf Course, when the winner was paid with a wheelbarrow complete of silver dollars.

The "Tournament of Champions" ( TOC ), as it was referred to as was the original forerunner of today's final tour occasion. Considering that then, Las Vegas has grow to be deeply connected to tour golf. It was the only city in the U.S. to host the three major tours - The PGA, SPGA, and the LPGA - in the very same year and with those tournaments returning to be played each year.

There are presently over 68 golf courses here for your pleasure all within the Las Vegas area: 32 public, resort and semi-private courses, 16 private courses (of which you can play 15), three par three courses, two specialty driving ranges, plus 13 courses inside 1 hour or much less drive.

That could seem like a lot of golf courses for Las Vegas, but with nearly 1.four million residents and expanding with an estimate of more than 125,000 golfers in the Vegas Valley, and 30 million visitors per year with 600,000 of those playing golf, a lot of feel it is nevertheless not sufficient ( but then again - is there ever enough golf courses? ).

The weather, for the most element, permits golfing to be enjoyed all year round. With an average of 320+ days of sunshine, you most likely will be able to play golf - whenever you are arranging to pay a visit to.

And don't forget - no matter how bad your final shot was, the worst is yet to come. vegas crawl powered by club paradise las vegas