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Value
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Layout
4.6
Friendliness
4.6
Pace
4.4
Amenities
4.2
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About

Holes 18
Type Private
Par 72
Length 7194 yards
Slope 147
Rating 74.0

Formerly known as Bear's Best Las Vegas.

Satellite Layout
Tees
Tee Par Length Rating Slope
Gold 72 7194 yards 74.0 147
Blue 72 6628 yards 71.3 130
White 72 6043 yards 68.3 122
Red 72 5043 yards 68.7 116
Track Rounds
Scorecard
Scorecard for Bear's Best Las Vegas
Metrics:
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Gold M: 74.3/136 413 529 441 229 438 398 201 599 453 3701 411 317 507 151 461 230 416 537 463 3493 7194
Green M: 71.6/133 370 482 401 195 414 352 184 552 393 3343 392 283 497 137 418 211 392 516 439 3285 6628
White M: 68.5/127 W: 74.2/136 309 440 374 174 381 336 159 515 353 3041 339 266 457 129 370 185 343 500 413 3002 6043
Orange M: 63.8/108 W: 68.7/123 275 306 323 127 296 244 130 432 274 2407 308 227 396 79 341 130 312 475 368 2636 5043
Fastee M: 57.9/100 W: 58.8/96 177 190 180 34 188 154 61 285 183 1452 160 129 262 33 217 54 168 292 237 1552 3004
Handicap 11 5 3 9 1 15 13 17 7 6 18 10 16 4 8 14 12 2
Par 4 5 4 3 4 4 3 5 4 36 4 4 5 3 4 3 4 5 4 36 72

Course Details

Year Built 2001
Golf Season Year round
Architect Jack Nicklaus (2001) Jackson Kahn Design (2025)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
GPS Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Meeting Facilities, Conference Facilities, Banquet Facilities

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Reviews

4.3
1422 Reviews (1422)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 47
Patio Dining 29
19th Hole Scenic Views 20
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 101
Elevation Changes 73
Forced Carries 69
This course/club is great for:
Advanced Golfers 72
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 66
A Weekend Splurge 57
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 72
Worth the Drive 67
In the 'Burbs 60

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u314160023490
Played On
Reviews 24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great day

Great fun, played with three other people. We had a great time and truly enjoyed the course

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 09/28/2020

Excellent! Thank you for your kind words. We hope to see you again at the course very soon for another 5-star experience. Thanks for choosing Bear's Best Las Vegas.

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Terry2828424
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
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Commented on 09/24/2020

Outstanding! We are so pleased that you enjoyed your time at Bear's Best Las Vegas. We look forward to seeing you on the course soon for another 5-star experience!

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Jim8246255
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 09/23/2020

Terrific! We are so pleased that you enjoyed your time at Bear's Best Las Vegas. We look forward to seeing you on the course soon for another 5-star experience!

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reylafuente2
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great Course, but...

No complaint about the course itself. fairways and greens are in awesome shape, there are some challenging holes, but fair for the most part. I just wish we were told when we booked our tee time that it was car path only! For the price to play this course, that really sucked,

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 09/21/2020

Wonderful! Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Bear's Best Las Vegas.

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Anthony6540626
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played

Not Bear’s Best

The staff are super-friendly, but if Jack visited he’d be disappointed. Cart path only I get it IF the fairways are immaculate. Not the case. Fairway same height as rough. Not happy :-(

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 09/18/2020

Thank you for your review! We’re glad that our staff left a great impression on you, but we apologize that you didn’t enjoy your time on our course. The reason for our restriction of keeping carts off the fairways is due to our recent overseed we completed. Our goal is to allow our fairways some time to grow to reach immaculate condition. We appreciate your feedback and hope you’ll give us another try in the future.

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pgrimes33
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Fun Course but beware the golf path only rule!

First, the course is beautiful and fun to play. Lots of sand but not too challenging for the average player. The one complaint is that they had a golf path only rule for carts so it was brutal especially in the heat. If that is a year round rule, I would not return. Or I would just walk the course as it might be just as fast.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 09/18/2020

Awesome! We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Bear's Best Las Vegas.

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rusty3
Played On
Reviews 25
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Unbelievable experience

Played here for the first time two days ago . What a excellent course and layout by Jack Nicklaus. Teamed up with a father and son from Chicago and we had the best day . We played off the tips and we got around in three hours . Excellent course , will definitely be coming back

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 09/17/2020

Terrific! Thank you for your kind words. We hope to see you again at the course very soon for another 5-star experience. Thanks for choosing Bear's Best Las Vegas.

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u314160776822
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 09/15/2020

Great! Thank you for visiting us at Bear's Best Las Vegas. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

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u314160023490
Played On
Reviews 24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course, everyone friendly and helpful. Six courses in six days, this was the best

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 09/08/2020

Excellent! Thank you for your kind words. We hope to see you again at the course very soon for another 5-star experience. Thanks for choosing Bear's Best Las Vegas.

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8T1QkrHq3u7ye8uvYG98
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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Commented on 08/27/2020

Great! Thank you for visiting us at Bear's Best Las Vegas. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

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u8790700
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Solid, very fun course

One of the better courses in Vegas. Great layout, grounds were very well kept and the greens were in excellent condition being that it was in the middle of the summer. Great experience.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 08/24/2020

Wonderful! Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Bear's Best Las Vegas.

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u000005936222
Played On
Reviews 41
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 08/24/2020

Fantastic! We are so pleased that you enjoyed your time at Bear's Best Las Vegas. We look forward to seeing you on the course soon for another 5-star experience!

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u314160000295
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

First but not last time

Course was great, staff was friendly and helpful, free range balls. Variety of holes, challenging but fair. I dug it!!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 08/20/2020

Excellent! Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Bear's Best Las Vegas.

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u314159515146
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Great Views

I was in Las Vegas for two days. I have never played in Las Vegas. After doing some research I went ahead with Bear's Best.

What was the most impressive about the course were the desert mountain backdrops as well as views of the Las Vegas strip. The million-dollar homes surrounding the course was also satisfying to see.

The fairways were lush and the greens we're decent. A little sandy from a recent punch I guess.

The black sand was also a unique feature and visually satisifying.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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Commented on 08/19/2020

Wonderful! Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible first time playing our course and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Bear's Best Las Vegas.

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kcd5657
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 08/17/2020

Terrific! We are so pleased that you enjoyed your time at Bear's Best Las Vegas. We look forward to seeing you on the course soon for another 5-star experience!

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jaelsawa
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Bring Your Sand Game!

Very nice course. We are locals and like to try many of the Vegas valley courses. This one has incredible views of the adjoining mountains and the Vegas strip. The only problem we encountered was the MANY sand traps. This may be how Jack Nicklaus liked to design his courses but for us average players, it was very challenging. Bring your best sand shots with you to enjoy this course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 08/10/2020

Awesome! We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Bear's Best Las Vegas.

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kcd5657
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 08/10/2020

Terrific! We are so pleased that you enjoyed your time at Bear's Best Las Vegas. We look forward to seeing you at the course soon for another 5-star experience!

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Mr3putts108
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

nghia le

they didn't tell us the greens was punched and were not very happy with putting on those sandy greens.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Poor
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
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Commented on 08/06/2020

Thank you for your review! We apologize that you were not made aware that our greens had recently been sanded. We reached out to GolfNow to alert them of our upcoming aerification so they could add notes to their tee times, but we apologize if that didn't happen. Thank you again and we hope you'll give us another try in the future.

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ConAir01
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

A must play if you can...

Nice round, 3 of us got out early(630) behind a very speedy foursome. We played in just under 3 1/2 hours, overall course was in great condition. They just punched the greens on the 26th so other then a little sand greens rolled nice, a tad slow but will definitely speed us within the week. Get out here and play this course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 08/03/2020

Terrific! Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing Bear's Best Las Vegas.

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Kullpepper
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Niiiiice

Probably my newest favorite course in Vegas Top 5 for sure

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 07/29/2020

Wonderful! Thank you for your kind words. We hope to see you again at the course very soon for another 5-star experience. Thanks for choosing Bear's Best Las Vegas.

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