Reflection Bay

Although Las Vegas is home to a Bear’s Best collection from the Jack Nicklaus portfolio, there is only one “Jack Nicklaus Signature Design” in the state of Nevada, which belongs to the Reflection Bay Golf Club. Fortunate players looking to escape the desert can drive just a bit into the mountains southeast of Las Vegas and find this constructed oasis, with palm trees dotting the shores of the “Bay,” which is in fact Lake Las Vegas.

The signature stretches at the club occur along the lake, with Nos. 6 through 9 playing alongside the body, as well as Nos. 17 and 18. The most daunting holes on both stretches are the respective par threes. The former plays out to a peninsula surrounded by water on all sides, while the latter requires a lengthy forced carry. The other holes head into the desert hills, akin to Nicklaus’s Cove Club at Cabo Del Sol.

Reflection Bay once hosted one of the more unique events in golf — the Wendy’s 3Tour Challenge — in which professionals from the PGA, LPGA and Champions Tour banded together for a team competition.