With the largest concentration of golf resorts and clubs (public and private) in the Silver State, the Las Vegas Territory is a golf Mecca. With world-class, year-round courses, Las Vegas and its surrounds are high on the must-play lists of anyone and everyone who fancies themself a golfer.

You can hit the links at the Jack Nicklaus designed Reflection Bay Golf Club or Tom Weiskopf-designed The Falls, both overlooking the Las Vegas Strip and Lake Las Vegas, or try your luck at any or all of the three Pete Dye-designed courses at Las Vegas Paiute Resort (Snow Mountain, Sun Mountain, or Wolf). If you don’t want to stray too far from the action or your hotel, glam it up on The Strip at the $500-a-round Tom Fazio and Steve Wynn-designed Wynn course.

If the lights, buzz, and endless options in Las Vegas aren’t quite your speed, it’s easy to find peace and quiet in Southern Nevada without venturing too far. Mesquite, Boulder City, Primm, and Laughlin, all no more than two hours from the metropolis, offer courses that compete with the biggest and best around. Cascata in Boulder City is considered one of the finest courses not only in Nevada, but the entire country. For an experience unlike any other, try Wolf Creek in Mesquite, described in the May/June 2007 issue of Nevada Magazine as a course where “if grass could grow on the moon, you’d have Wolf Creek.”

Once the sun has set on your first (or 20th) day of superb golfing, don’t forget, this is still Vegas, baby! With dining, shopping, entertainment, and nightlife as abundant and varied as the golf, you can just give up on getting any rest between rounds.