The best golf courses in Nevada

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Sun Mountain Course - Las Vegas Paiute Golf Resort - hole 6

The sixth hole on the Sun Mountain Course at Las Vegas Paiute Golf Resort has plenty of bunkers equipped with Pete Dye's famous railroad ties. Courtesy of Las Vegas Paiute Golf Resort

TPC Las Vegas in Summerlin is a top high-end golf experience in the Vegas area. Courtesy of TPC Las Vegas

About an hour from Las Vegas, Coyote Springs Golf Club delivers a big and brawny Jack Nicklaus design. Courtesy of Coyote Springs G.C.

If you're golfing the High Sierras on a high-roller budget, don't miss Edgewood Tahoe G.C. Brandon Tucker/Golf Advisor

Bali Hai Golf Club is a high-end, tropical-themed experience located right on the Vegas strip. Courtesy of Bali Hai G.C.

Las Vegas Paiute Golf Resort - Wolf Course - 8th

The Wolf Course is one of three outstanding Pete Dye designs at Las Vegas Pauite Golf Resort, 30 minutes from the Strip. Courtesy of Las Vegas Paiute Golf Resort

Championship Course at Incline Village - Lake Tahoe

The Championship Course at Incline Village has some Lake Tahoe views from its higher points. Rod Hanna/Golf the High Sierra

The 444-yard 14th fairway boomerangs left at Wolf Creek Golf Club in Mesquite, Nev. Jason Scott Deegan/Golf Advisor

Conestoga in Mesquite delivers a memorable desert routing. Courtesy of Conestoga G.C.

No. 17 on the Snow Mountain Course at Las Vegas Paiute Golf Resort is an uphill, right-to-left par 5. ] Courtesy of Las Vegas Paiute Golf Resort

The fantastic 11th hole at Rio Secco Golf Club overlooks the Las Vegas Strip. Jason Scott Deegan/Golf Advisor

Inspired by the "Road Hole" at St. Andrews, the par-4 10th hole at Royal Links Golf Club will test players' accuracy and courage. Courtesy of Royal Links G.C.

Nevada is state where it can often pay to have a guy on the inside. Throughout 2016, golfers left thousands of reviews on Golf Advisor for many of the top courses to help take a little gamble out of booking a tee time. Nevada's top shelf courses, whether they're in Las Vegas or around Lake Tahoe, have some of the highest green fees in the U.S., so any little assurance that the experience delivers is welcomed.

To compile our state Top 25s, we used a similar method to that of our our national Top 50 ranking. A course's score is based on their overall (50%) rating and subcategory average (50%). Reviews are weighted based on how prolific that reviewer is on Golf Advisor, and a course receives a bump in their rating if their score is better than that reviewer's average score.

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Top courses by subcategory in Nevada in 2016

Course layout: Snow Mountain at Las Vegas Paiute
Course conditions: Sun Mountain at Las Vegas Paiute
Value: Mountain Falls
Off-course amenities: Las Vegas Paiute
Pace of play: Mountain Falls
Staff friendliness: Genoa Lakes Golf Resort

Las Vegas
No. 34 in the U.S. in 2016

Brandon Tucker

Brandon Tucker is the Sr. Managing Editor for GolfPass and was the founding editor of Golf Advisor in 2014, he was the managing editor for Golf Channel Digital's Courses & Travel. To date, his golf travels have taken him to over two dozen countries and nearly 600 golf courses worldwide. While he's played some of the most prestigious courses in the world, Tucker's favorite way to play the game is on a great muni in under three hours. Follow Brandon on Twitter at @BrandonTucker and on Instagram at @btuck34.