cascata golf course las vegas is like playing alone in your own world - by Mike

Cascata Golf Course Las Vegas

Cascata Golf Course Las Vegas is one of the best golfing experiences in Vegas, and yet it is not well known. Cascata is in Boulder City, which is 30 miles east of the Strip. You will need to rent a car if you are staying on the Strip. I highly recommend you play this course if you have the chance.

The only consideration which might stop you is that Cascata is on the expensive side like Wynn Golf Course and Shadow Creek Golf Course in North Las Vegas. Expensive but accommodating. Cascata is closed on Tuesdays but if you call with a party of 10 golfers or more they will open for you.

Cascata Golf Course Las Vegas clubhouse shows why Harrah's is serious about providing the ultimate in luxurious, personal service. You will not see these amenities in other clubhouses or their attention to detail. Do not expect to see hordes of other golfers. A busy day doesn't see more than 10 golfers on an average.

Forecaddies are mandatory and a tip of at least $50 is required from each player. Warning, you can not rent shoes here, only buy them. Also, you must be dressed properly. Cascata Golf Course Las Vegas is open to the public. You do not have to be a guest at Harrah's properties to play here despite what it says on their website.

I am not alone in recommending Cascata. Sports Illustrated, Golf Week, The Golfer, Golf Magazine and Zagat Survey have each given Cascata awards and accolades. Cascata means waterfall in Italian, and this desert course has a 415 foot high waterfall that roars down the mountain and blasts past the Tuscan clubhouse before becoming part of the course.

Cascata Golf Course Las Vegas was built in 2000 by award winning designer Rees Jones, and this photo shows the advantage of building just outside of Vegas. Cascata sits on 800 acres of land, and is open to the public.

It is a Rees Jones designed course, built in 2000 at the cost of $60 million dollars. Rees has won a handful of prestigious awards himself, so with everything lined up: talent, design, money, perfect piece of land, it's a no-brainer that this is one great experience.

Cascata Golf Course Las Vegas partners with "Rio" and "Harrah's" to make sure you have opportunity to sample some of the best golf in the world. They provide play and stay packages that can be a great deal for visitors as well as locals. After Sports Illustrated visited Cascata they labeled it golf's hidden treasure.

The experience here is like golfing in your own world. The photo of Cascata Golf Course Las Vegas shows the vast amount of land used to build Cascata, 800 acres to be exact. Couple that with the fact an average of 10 people golf here a day, and you have a pretty insulated experience.

Other golfers describe it as 'lost in your own world.' They have an average of fewer than 10 golfers a day, so no one will be bothering your game. Mostly you can not see any other hole from the hole you are golfing on. You can't even see the golf course when you drive up. I recommend you play this one alone, savor it like a last meal.

Hole 18 is distinguished. From the tee it's a 200 foot drop! This mountain course saved the hardest for last. Its 560 yards, par-5 that will have you navigating over a water hazard running its entire length. Finally you must drive over a rock foundation. Or play it safe: drive left of the sand trip and make a middle iron shot. Warning: nothing works too well as the fairway slopes toward the water. Even the finish is tough, with its undulating green; it takes a pro to make a birdie. You have come far from the hole 1. This is top world class golf right here at Cascata Golf Course Las Vegas.