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4.4
1245 Reviews (1245)
5 Stars
699
4 Stars
371
3 Stars
109
2 Stars
33
1 Stars
33
Conditions
4.2
Value
4.1
Layout
4.7
Friendliness
4.6
Pace
4.3
Amenities
4.3
89.9%
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1101 out of 1245 reviews
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4.2
46 Reviews (46)
5 Stars
24
4 Stars
14
3 Stars
5
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
2
Conditions
4.1
Value
3.9
Layout
4.5
Pace
4.2
Amenities
4.3
StaffFriendliness
4.5
91.3%
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42 out of 46 reviews
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4.4
125 Reviews (125)
5 Stars
72
4 Stars
39
3 Stars
8
2 Stars
4
1 Stars
2
Conditions
4.2
Value
4.1
Layout
4.6
Pace
4.4
Amenities
4.3
StaffFriendliness
4.6
91.2%
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114 out of 125 reviews
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About

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

At Bear's Best, a 7,194-yard track about 20 minutes from The Strip, the Jack Nicklaus design team stuck to recreating holes from other Jack desert designs, making them actually almost fit into the natural surroundings. (Aside from the black sand bunkers and that's just so cool, you don't mind).

Plus, they made the fairways wide, giving your ordinary golfer a good chance to get through the day smiling. You won't post a career-low score at Bear's Best, but you won't lose four sleeves of balls, either.

Four of the holes are replicas from Desert Mountain in Scottsdale, but also features holes from Nicklaus' Spain and Mexico work. The best thing about Bear's Best may be how the Nicklaus team, often accused of making their courses too tough, kept the average hacker in mind.

Yet what really sets Bear's Best up as a great play is the service. Every foursome gets their own forecaddie and the staff can make you feel like a VIP.

"Bear's Best is probably the greatest overall experience we've had on a course," regular Las Vegas golf visitor Josh Isadore said. "The guys are still talking about it."

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Course Details

Year Built 2001
Golf Season Year round
Architect Jack Nicklaus (2001)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes
GPS Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School Academy Yes - "Paul Wilson Golf School"
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

Accolades

Reviews

4.4
1245 Reviews (1245)

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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Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

I'm great condition

The course is beautiful. Range is very nice. Only complaint is "no cart" signage on every hole is about 125 before the pin. Plan for considerable amount of walking.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 07/26/2023

Hello and thank you for your review! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Bear's Best Las Vegas!

Played On
Reviews 25
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 07/24/2023

We appreciate you taking the time to rate us. We hope to see you back soon!

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great challenge and views

The course is a challenge with some narrow fairways but rewards good shots. Great views of the Mountains and Las Vegas.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 07/14/2023

Thank you for taking the time to leave a review of our course. We appreciate your feedback and are glad to hear that you enjoyed the challenge and the beautiful views.

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Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 07/07/2023

Thank you so much for taking the time to leave an excellent rating! We really appreciate your business. Thanks for choosing Bear's Best Las Vegas!

Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Overall Nice Course

This course is great, but like all courses should give visitors a heads up when they’re here for golf and the greens are punched. Still an amazing course, but wasn’t as enjoyable playing on greens that bounce.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 07/07/2023

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Played On
Reviews 30
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Nice but didn't know greens were punched

Overall this is a fun track. I think they should update the videos that are on the cart. the greens were punched and wasn't even told that when checking in. anyways, pace was kind of slow and it got HOT.. not much shade either.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 07/14/2023

Thank you for taking the time to leave your review. We apologize for any inconvenience you experienced with the videos on the cart and the condition of the greens. We appreciate your feedback and will take it into consideration to improve our facilities.

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 07/07/2023

Thank you so much for taking the time to leave an excellent rating! We really appreciate your business. Thanks for choosing Bear's Best Las Vegas!

Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Just awesome

This was a Country Club experience at a municipal course price. Amazing views of The Strip as well.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 07/07/2023

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Played On
Reviews 58
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 07/07/2023

Thank you so much for taking the time to leave an excellent rating! We really appreciate your business. Thanks for choosing Bear's Best Las Vegas!

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Not Bears Best

I felt the course was not well manicured or maintained. The greens were shaggy and did not roll true. Obviously it was summer so that has some effect on it but there’s no reason for a course of this level to have greens that are so slow and not well-kept. The choice of holes that Jack’s bears best uses are from mostly his desert courses, which was somewhat disappointing, even in the environment because they are not his signature holes. I was hoping there would be something from muirfield or Florida courses. But they were mostly just from Colorado or Arizona. Another issues was that the bunkers were terrible. Some were filled in with black sand. They were hard and very unplayable. Overall I was disappointed by my experience at the course and I will not be returning. with so many options in Las Vegas. I cannot recommend Baer’s best.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 07/07/2023

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass on your feedback to the team. Thanks for visiting us, and we hope to see you again in the future.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great course

Love playing bears best. Great mix of golf and chill views

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 07/07/2023

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Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 07/07/2023

Thank you so much for taking the time to leave an excellent rating! We really appreciate your business. Thanks for choosing Bear's Best Las Vegas!

Played On
Reviews 7
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 07/07/2023

Thank you so much for taking the time to leave an excellent rating! We really appreciate your business. Thanks for choosing Bear's Best Las Vegas!

Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 07/07/2023

Thank you so much for taking the time to leave an excellent rating! We really appreciate your business. Thanks for choosing Bear's Best Las Vegas!

Played On
Reviews 203
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Bears Grumpiest

Not sure what was up with the guy in the Pro shop? He barely said two words to me when checking me in and didn't seem like he wanted to be there. And the starter had a Napoleon complex.. Hopefully he'll check his attitude soon. Other than that, the rest of the staff were friendly enough. As for the course, was overall in fairly good shape, although some of the greens on the back nine we're a little beat up in spots. I'm wondering if they're getting ready to aerate them soon. For $119, thought it was a fair value and would play again.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Commented on 06/14/2023

Thank you for leaving a review. We appreciate your feedback and hope to see you back soon!

Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 06/14/2023

We love hearing about our golfers' experiences. Please tell us more about what you enjoyed during your round. Thanks for choosing Bear's Best Las Vegas!

Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 5-9
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great course. Great value. Very few people on the course. Will come back again!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 06/14/2023

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review! We are glad to hear that you had a great experience with our course and we hope to see you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

A beautiful challenge

Hands down one of the most beautiful courses I’ve ever played, and certainly best in Vegas.
That being said, it was a very challenging course. I mean that in the best way. Every shot had to be thought out there wasn’t a hole that I would say you could just swing and pray.
All in all I would give the course an 8/10 only because the speakers in our cart didn’t work and we only saw the cart girl once.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 06/09/2023

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

Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Interesting layout. Seems course built for high ball players.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
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Commented on 06/09/2023

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

Played On
Reviews 30
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Wonderful golf day

First time playing and the course was in great shape. Interesting gravel filled areas where I suspect many courses would have water. Pace of play was perfect because our foursome never had to wait on a single hole. The staff was friendly and helpful with advice about the course condition. Will definitely play again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 06/02/2023

Thanks for the amazing review and for choosing Bear's Best Las Vegas. We hope to see you again soon!

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