Looking to play the best golf courses in Nevada? Welcome to our annual Golfweek’s Best ranking of public-access and private courses.
Following are the rankings for both types of courses, as judged by our nationwide network of raters. The hundreds of members of our course-ratings panel continually evaluate courses and rate them on 10 criteria on a points basis of 1 through 10. They also file a single, overall rating on each course. Those overall ratings are averaged to produce all our Golfweek’s Best course rankings.
- Best public-access courses in each state
- The best private courses in each state
- The details: How we rank courses
The courses on the first list allow public access in some fashion, be it standard daily green fees, through a resort or by staying at an affiliated hotel. If there’s a will, there’s a tee time – no membership required.
KEY: (m) modern, built in 1960 or after; (c) classic, built before 1960. For courses with a number preceding the (m) or (c), that is where the course ranks on Golfweek’s Best lists for top 200 modern and classic courses in the U.S.
* indicates new or returning to the rankings
Best public-access courses in Nevada
Wynn Golf Club in Nevada (Courtesy of Wynn Golf Club)
1. Shadow Creek
North Las Vegas (13m)
2. Cascata
Boulder City (T196m)
3. Wolf Creek
Mesquite (m)
4. Edgewood Tahoe
Tahoe (m)
5. Wynn
Las Vegas (m)
T6. Conestoga
Mesquite (m)
T6. Incline Village (Championship)
Incline Village (m)
8. Paiute (The Wolf)
Las Vegas (m)
9. Coyote Springs
Moapa (m)
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10. Paiute (Sun Mountain)
Las Vegas (m)
11. Rio Secco
Henderson (m)
12. Paiute (Snow Mountain)
Las Vegas (m)
13. TPC Las Vegas
Las Vegas (m)
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14. Oasis (Palmer)
Mesquite (m)
15. Reflection Bay at Lake Las Vegas Resort
Henderson (m)
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Best private courses in Nevada
Southern Highlands during the 2022 Southern Highlands Collegiate in Nevada (Conner Penfold/AmateurGolf.com)
1. Clear Creek Tahoe
Carson City (T114m)
2. Southern Highlands
Las Vegas (T122m)
3. TPC Summerlin
Las Vegas (m)
4. SouthShore
Henderson (m)
5. Montreux
Reno (m)