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This page from my master list of all Las Vegas articles I wrote while developing Vanabode as the best travel vehicle for cheap easy long term road trips.

Shadow Creek North Las Vegas

Shadow Creek North Las Vegas remains the most exclusive and private golf course in Las Vegas. In the past you had to gamble at the Mirage to play on this course. Now you can be a guest staying at any of the "MGM Mirage Properties", pay a green fee starting at about $500 and play at Shadow Creek. Tom Fazio and Andy Banfield designed this track in the 1989 under Steve Wynn's demanding eye, when Wynn owned the Mirage. This signature statement with sparkling creeks, lush gardens and lofty waterfalls surrounded by commanding mountains sits on a 350 acre site and cost a whopping $60 million dollars to make back in 1989. Expect your view from the tee to be nothing less than majestic.

In this photo you get an inkling of the elevation changes at Shadow Creek North Las Vegas. You really can not see out into the desert, and it seems like you are always looking up to the sky or at a mountain.

A busy day here means you are not likely to see more than 30 other golfers. The tee sheet often reads like a celebrity 5-star event list. And the course is also a shining start, with huge pines lining the fairways and crystal clear rivers and lakes running everywhere. It is simply every golfer's dream and ambition to play at Shadow Creek.

The green fee is $500. Only the other Tom Fazio designed course in Vegas, the Wynn Golf Course at the Wynn has fees over $500. That's crazy, right, for one game of golf. I tend to agree. -Or, is it? MGM tells us it's a good deal. They point out $500 includes a limo to and from course, your own personal caddie, golf cart, shoes, snacks and locker next to Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods and Arnold Palmer.

The photo of hole 17 shows why Shadow Creek Golf Club in North Las Vegas was voted the number one course in Las Vegas. The impeccably well maintained fairways and greens are what you can expect from one of the highest price green fees in Las Vegas. MGM tells us golfing at Shadow Creek North Las Vegas is a good deal. They point out your $500 includes a limo ride to and from the course, your own personal caddie who can help you through this champion course, golf cart, shoes, snacks and a locker next to the likes of Tiger Woods, Matt Damon and Michael Jordan.

This is one well-maintained course. There is no telling who you will meet - George Clooney, Richard Branson, Tiger Woods; Matt Damon golfed here everyday while filming in Las Vegas. This once in a life-time experience is not that overpriced when you add it all up.

Your view from the tee is nothing less than majestic. Tom Fazio and Andy Banfield designed Shadow Creek North Las Vegas in 1989, when "Steve Wynn" owned the Mirage. Fazio's and Banfield's signature statement, with dazzling creeks, flourishing gardens and lofty waterfalls surrounded by authoritative mountains, sits on a 340 acre site and cost a whopping $60 million dollars in 1989. The only other Tom Fazio designed course in Vegas is the Wynn Golf Course at the Wynn, and it also has green fees over $500.

Looking at this picture of hole 18 at Shadow Creek in North Las Vegas shows why this is a combination of every golf shot and every setting ever created. Surely, every golfer dreams of playing Shadow Creek. Think of giving a round as a great gift to give. Michael Jordan holds the celebrity course record on Shadow Creek Golf Club. Matt Damon and George Clooney golfed everyday at Shadow Creek when they were filming Ocean's Eleven, Ocean's Twelve and Ocean's Thirteen.

Damon got hooked on golf when they filmed Legends of Bagger Vance, and he shoots in the high 90's on Shadow Creek. Insider Secret - Share greens with celebrities and high-stakes gamblers while golfing Shadow Creek.

Because of its exclusivity Shadow Creek Golf Club holds a mystique unlike any golf course in Nevada. There is also the little known fact, Shadow Creek course is dug 60 feet into the ground. So, don't bother driving up; you won't even get a peek over the fence; you won't see in. But when you get on the course you will see the incredible mountains, forests, creeks, lakes and waterfalls. It really is a place for dreams at Shadow Creek North Las Vegas.

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