August 17, 2008--Four Las Vegas golf courses and one golf course located in nearby Mesquite, Nev., have made the prestigious GOLF Magazine Top 100 You Can Play List for 2008. Tom Fazio's Shadow Creek is the highest-ranked of the Las Vegas golf courses at 13, while the Rees Jones-diesgned Cascata comes in next at 46. At 51 is Wolf Creek Golf Club, designed by Dennis Ryder and located in Mesquite, a mini golf mecca located about 77 miles from Las Vegas. WYNN Las Vegas Golf and Country Club, another Fazio creation in conjunction with Las Vegas casino legend Steve Wynn, stands at 56th. And Jack Nicklaus' Reflection Bay Golf Club is 64th. Joe Passov, Golf Magazine's Course Rankings and Architecture Editor, writes that the golf courses ranked in the Top 100 are "Among the best public golf experiences your money can buy."

The Top-100 Courses You Can Play was compiled through input from Golf Magazine’s World Course Ranking Panel (which can be found at Golf.com), the Golf Magazine editorial staff, industry insiders and the magazine’s network of “course spies” in the field. The magazine and list hit newsstands on August 15.

Both Cascata and Reflection Bay Golf Club are official course partners of GolfLasVegasNow.com and you can connect directly to them and make your official Las Vegas golf tee times now.

Fazio is the most prolific architect on the list with 13 designs in the Top 100 while Pete Dye is next with nine, and Nicklaus comes in with seven.

Las Vegas is dubbed the World's Most Exciting Golf Destination by VegasGolfer Magazine, and the area is home to more than 60 golf courses that have been designed by some of the biggest names in the world of golf including the aforementioned Fazio, Nicklaus and Jones, in addition to Dye, Johnny Miller, Billy Casper, Robert Trent Jones, Jr. and Sr., Arhtur Hills, Jay Morrish, David Druzisky, Arnold Palmer, Lee Schmidt and Brian Curley, and many more.

About Cascata

Cascata’s private gates open to a spectacular landscape that forms a regal backdrop for a golf experience like no other. The par-72 course provides stunning vistas at every turn, including the 3,600-foot peak at Red Mountain, lush fairways, lakes, and streams. Class A PGA professionals attend to equipment, fashion or instruction needs, and players are accompanied on-course by a Tour-class caddie. The Tuscan-style, 37,000-square-foot clubhouse offers an Old World ambiance of unpretentious luxury, where attentive staff members oblige your every need. The dining room features an appetizing menu sure to impress every taste.

An excellent collection of rare and fine tobaccos is stocked in the cigar lounge’s custom-designed humidor. The golf shop carries an array of equipment, stylish apparel and accessories. The men’s and ladies’ lounges are equipped with every conceivable amenity, including sink-side, flat-screen TVs.

From cascatagolf.com

About Reflection Bay Golf Club

Cascata’s private gates open to a spectacular landscape that forms a regal backdrop for a golf experience like no other. The par-72 course provides stunning vistas at every turn, including the 3,600-foot peak at Red Mountain, lush fairways, lakes, and streams. Class A PGA professionals attend to equipment, fashion or instruction needs, and players are accompanied on-course by a Tour-class caddie.

The Tuscan-style, 37,000-square-foot clubhouse offers an Old World ambiance of unpretentious luxury, where attentive staff members oblige your every need. The dining room features an appetizing menu sure to impress every taste. An excellent collection of rare and fine tobaccos is stocked in the cigar lounge’s custom-designed humidor. The golf shop carries an array of equipment, stylish apparel and accessories. The men’s and ladies’ lounges are equipped with every conceivable amenity, including sink-side, flat-screen TVs.

From golfllv.com