TPC Las Vegas

Bobby Weed with Raymond Floyd opened TPC Las Vegas in 1996 as a pure-desert PGA TOUR design, 7,106 yards par-71 threading through arroyos and barrancas rather than the manicured parkland you get at TPC Sawgrass. The routing takes meaningful elevation changes and plays into the prevailing wind on the back nine. The par-3 2nd, called 'Canyon,' is the signature: an almost 200-yard forced carry to an island-style green set on a bed of rocks in the desert floor, Sawgrass 17th transplanted to the Mojave. Members call the par-4 14th the 'steeple hole' because your tee shot is aimed at a church steeple visible in the distance on the 465-yard approach. The course has hosted PGA TOUR Champions events and the Shriners Open qualifier, and remains 20 minutes from the Strip for a day-trip round.