Rhodes Ranch Golf Club: Although originally hewn from the desert, there is more of a resort style feel to this very popular Ted Robinson design. Many decorative palms and fir trees are dotted along the fairways and around the greens. Rippling earthmounds lend definition to many holes, while a good margin of lush, grassy rough awaits anything hit too far offline from the tee. Cascading water features and small ponds ensure that water hazards threaten on several holes, not least at three of the four very good par-3's. The long par-3 3rd, with palms standing sentinel behind the hole, is closely guarded by water on the rightside of the well-bunkered and large, extravagantly undulating green. The par-3 16th emulates the 3rd, although this time with the addition of a cascading waterfall on the leftside of the green. The short par-4 11th is a wonderful risk-reward hole. With water lining the rightside of the fairway from tee to green, great accuracy as well as great length will be needed by any big hitters who fancy a tilt at the green. The holes are often laid out in pairs, one out and one back, as they progress through not overly invasive housing, which surrounds most of the course. On many occasions you'll enjoy picturesque views onto the impressive Spring Mountains, which define the western side of Las Vegas Valley.