October 16, 2007--It seems like yesterday that the Golden Bear Jack Nicklaus was piled into an SUV, en route to a barren, desert hillside that was to be the future site of Reflection Bay Golf Club, his first resort golf course in Nevada. In reality, it was more than a decade ago, and his vision that day helped create one of the most beautiful Las Vegas golf courses ever created. Reflection Bay Golf Club features five holes that dance along the shores of Lake Las Vegas, but the course just might be defined the holes that play in and through the desert canyons above the homes, resorts, shops and everything else that is Lake Las Vegas Resort. Local PGA Tour player Craig Barlow lists the par 5, 15th hole as his favorite, and Nicklaus says his favorite is the par 4, 7th. You can view the beauty that is Reflection Bay Golf Club by clicking here, now: Reflection Bay Golf Club photo gallery. Complete and inclusive Las Vegas golf packages are available at Lake Las Vegas Resort. For more ...

Reflection Bay Golf Club has been honored by many national, regional and international media groups. Some of the Reflection Bay Golf Club awards include “America’s 100 Greatest Public Golf Courses” Golf Digest 2005, 2004, 2003; “Top 50 Courses for Women to Play” Golf for Women 2007, 2005, 2003; and “Best High End Resort Course” VegasGolfer Magazine 2004.

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The five holes that play along the Lake Las Vegas shoreline are holes 7-9, and 17 and 18.

The other Las Vegas golf courses at Lake Las Vegas Resort are The Falls Golf Club, designed by Tom Weiskopf, and the private SouthShore Golf Club, another Nicklaus design. Rainbow Canyon, a Tom Fazio design, is currently under construction.

Official Reflection Bay Golf Club course description

Las Vegas golf course Reflection Bay is the first public resort golf course in Nevada personally designed by Jack Nicklaus, and the host course to the nationally televised Wendy’s Three-Tour Challenge benefiting the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption.

The 7,261-yard, par-72 award-winning course makes its way through the desert while providing breathtaking views of Lake Las Vegas. Sculpted from the terrain's natural contours with strategic bunkering and pristine greens, the course features three waterfalls and plays around arroyos and water.

Five holes are located along one and a half miles of Lake Las Vegas' majestic shoreline. Reflection Bay highlights include the picturesque 199-yard, par-3 eighth hole and beaches, bunkers and palms that create a dynamic shoreline and backdrop.