Coming To Las Vegas? Here Is The Best Public-Access Golf Course In Sin City

Playing golf in Las Vegas is simply amazing, especially during the colder months when the air is crisp.

There's nothing like playing 9 or 18 holes while sipping on your favorite beverage and enjoying the game with your favorite people. And if you're coming to Vegas than here is the best public-access golf course in Las Vegas!

According to Eagle Golf Tours, there are 70 golf courses and 33 golf resorts in Las Vegas and the surrounding area, which means there are tons of options for locals and tourists.

This can make things pretty tricky when trying to plan where to play. Golfweek, an affiliate with USA Today Sports, recently published an article listing the best public-access golf courses in the Las Vegas area.

According to the article, Golfweek used a few methods to create this list of "best public-access course" in Nevada.

The article calculated drive times and used Golfweek's course-rating panel, which evaluates courses around the country.

According to Golfweek, the best public-access course is Shadow Creek.

Shadow Creek is an 18-hole course located in North Las Vegas. MGM Resorts International operates the course, according to the course's website.

"Shadow Creek is without a doubt one of the most unique golf course experiences in the world. In fact, I believe if a non-golfer ever visited the course, they would say it is one of the most amazing places they ever visited," the website states.

Golf Week further states in the article that Shadow Creek takes 8th place when it comes to the best public-access courses in the entire country. It also ranks #1 when it comes to casino courses. So, those are pretty high rankings!

Golf Digest even ranks Shadow Creek as one of the best courses in Nevada. In Golf Digest's ranking for 2023-'34 year, Shadow Creek took 27th place. But nevertheless, the course is intricate, beautiful and a spectacle to play on. Along with that, legendary golf course architecture Tom Fazio designed this masterpiece of course, and Steve Wynn built this course, who undoubtedly had a vision during the inception of this course, according to Golf.com.

Las Vegas is a great place to tee it up and the state of Nevada has some awesome golf courses. However, where do Nevada golfers rank when it comes to drinking beer when golfing? Since the "pandemic", there has been a huge surge in golf.

What better time then to do a survey on how many beers are being down per round state by state? According to an article written by Andrew Wilsher featured on Pickwise, you might be surprised where our state lands. On the other hand, maybe not!

Over 1,500 golfers throughout the country were asked how many beers they drink while playing a round. It should be noted right off the bat that our neighbors to the north, Utah, drink the least amount of beer during a round. It's estimated that one might only drink 1.1 beer during 18 holes. C'mon, how much fun can they be having right? Or, are they just that good at the game and don't have the time?

Heck, even in California you'd think they would show up in the Top 5! But guess what? They don't drink as much beer on the course as you would think. Golfers on the west coast are more in the mid range of about 3.5 beers a round. Also in that same area on the list...Minnesota and Georgia!

Now golfers in Europe, they are not even close to being in the Top 10 when it comes to beer! For example, the article points out that golfer in England, less than 1/2 a beer per round! What is going on over there?

So let's get to the Top 5 Beer Drinking states in America...when golfing! Although you might not be surprised by what state is #1, there is a 3 way tie for 5th! Before scrolling down, keep in mind the article only talks about BEER! So, scroll down and see where the state of Nevada falls when it comes to drinking beer on the golf course...and enjoy!

So here you go, there is a three way tie for 5th and guess what state is right there? NEVADA! Golfers in Nevada drink about 4.2 beers a round. Tied with Pennsylvania and the state of Missouri! Of course we're only talking beer, so this could be very misleading! LOL!

Here's a state we would've never thought of when it comes to golf...but clearly they golf in New Mexico and love drinking beer! Downing about 4.3 beers per round in fact! Good on ya New Mexico!

They got a lot going on in North Carolina and evidently one of the things is drinking beer on the golf course. Beautiful courses in this area of the country and if you are going to tee it up, why not have 1 or 2 or at least 4.3? Tied with New Mexico is North Carolina baby! Cheers!

Well, they do say everything is bigger in Texas, so if you're gonna golf and drink beer, go big or go home. Downing 4.6 beers per 18 holes lands Texas in the #2 spot on the list of states drinking the most beers on the course! Hook 'em horns...we mean "FORE!"

Not sure why this surprises us, but FLORIDA is #1 on the list when it come to drinking beer on a golf course. Now with that said, we should look into how many golf carts get overturned or driven into a water hazard! But congrats to the "Sunshine State" on being #1!