Bear's Best Las Vegas
About
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."
Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
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Gold | 72 | 7194 yards | 74.0 | 147 |
Blue | 72 | 6628 yards | 71.3 | 130 |
White | 72 | 6043 yards | 68.3 | 122 |
Red | 72 | 5043 yards | 68.7 | 116 |
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
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Gold M: 74.5/140 | 413 | 529 | 441 | 229 | 438 | 398 | 201 | 599 | 453 | 3701 | 411 | 317 | 507 | 151 | 461 | 230 | 416 | 537 | 463 | 3493 | 7194 |
Green M: 72.1/131 | 370 | 482 | 401 | 195 | 414 | 352 | 184 | 552 | 393 | 3343 | 392 | 283 | 497 | 137 | 418 | 211 | 392 | 516 | 439 | 3285 | 6628 |
White M: 69.1/124 W: 74.0/134 | 309 | 440 | 374 | 174 | 381 | 336 | 159 | 515 | 353 | 3041 | 339 | 266 | 457 | 129 | 370 | 185 | 343 | 500 | 413 | 3002 | 6043 |
Orange M: 64.1/111 W: 68.2/120 | 275 | 306 | 323 | 127 | 296 | 244 | 130 | 432 | 274 | 2407 | 308 | 227 | 396 | 79 | 341 | 130 | 312 | 475 | 368 | 2636 | 5043 |
Fastee M: 57.9/100 W: 58.8/96 | 177 | 190 | 180 | 34 | 188 | 154 | 61 | 285 | 183 | 1452 | 160 | 129 | 262 | 33 | 217 | 54 | 168 | 292 | 237 | 1552 | 3004 |
Handicap | 11 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 2 | |||
Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
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View from Hole #1 Photo submitted by u00000897516 on 01/27/2023
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Photo submitted by Kenmorf on 08/31/2021
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1st hole, so gorgeous.. Photo submitted by scottgolfmor on 06/03/2021
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Tough but fair forced carty Photo submitted by paulharley on 05/25/2021
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Great view of Vegas from the tee box! Photo submitted by u314161166323 on 03/03/2021
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The Strip Photo submitted by GreerGolf on 12/13/2018
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1st hole green looking back to club house Photo submitted by u000007370333 on 07/24/2017
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Driving range Photo submitted by u000007370333 on 07/24/2017
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#18 Photo submitted by daslinker on 07/13/2016
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Awesome View Photo submitted by dscottmiles on 04/19/2016
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Bear's Best, Hole 1, Par 4, 413 yds Photo submitted by David168485 on 03/20/2016
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Bear's Best, Hole 2, Par 5, 529 yds, 81 yds out Photo submitted by David168485 on 03/20/2016
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Bear's Best, Hole 5, Par 4, 438 yds Photo submitted by David168485 on 03/20/2016
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Bear's Best, Hole 10, Par 4, 411 yds, 83 yds out Photo submitted by David168485 on 03/20/2016
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Bear's Best, Hole 11, Par 4, 317 yds Photo submitted by David168485 on 03/20/2016
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Bear's Best, Hole 16, Par 4, 416 yds Photo submitted by David168485 on 03/20/2016
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Black Sand Photo submitted by Mike8005057 on 05/15/2015
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Bear's Best 2015 Photo submitted by ChiChiBarajas on 04/03/2015
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#5 Photo submitted by Ernest1975 on 10/20/2014
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#16 Photo submitted by Ernest1975 on 10/20/2014
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#17 Photo submitted by Ernest1975 on 10/20/2014
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Great Views Photo submitted by MrZ1R on 10/02/2014
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The back nine at Bear's Best climbs into rugged territory. Photo submitted by JasonDeeganGA on 12/27/2013
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View from hole #1 tee. Photo submitted by Stevensiu on 12/06/2013
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Photo submitted by markvlewis317 on 10/26/2013
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Par 3 with Las in the background Photo submitted by u000005365082 on 11/20/2012
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.
Great course
Love playing bears best. Great mix of golf and chill views
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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.
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Great course. Great value. Very few people on the course. Will come back again!
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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.
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Interesting layout. Seems course built for high ball players.
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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.
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Just AWESOME
The Bear’s 18 favorite holes from all his designs west of the Mississippi River. Beautiful views! Gorgeous course! It’s a perfect day and an awesome setting to play golf. Bag drop off, pro shop, and the Marshall were all excellent. A perfect day!
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5 some?
What a great course. However , course allowed a group of 5 at the first tee time of the day. By the 9th there was 3 groups stacked up. One of our group left , the group in front of us had to skip a hole 10 , we skipped hole 11. They were clueless . Marshall didn't care.
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Well taken care of
The greens are still recovering from aeration and had some under repair spots, other than that the course was in fantastic condition.
The staff were friendly and helpful, the driving range, short game practice area, and practice putting green are in good shape.
I was pleasantly surprised with this course. I got it on a hot deal and thought that maybe it was a gimmicky course. It was actually just a good deal for the money. The holes were fun.
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Bear’s Best worth a visit
Challenging, but fair layout. Probably a course to play twice. Angles to greens are very important. Greens have a fair bit of poa and breaks are we’re not consistent. Overall in very good shape and a good value for Vegas golf.
We are so pleased that you enjoyed your time at Bear's Best Las Vegas. We look forward to seeing you on the course soon for another great experience!
We are so pleased that you enjoyed your time at Bear's Best Las Vegas. We look forward to seeing you on the course soon for another great experience!
Scenic course
Our foursome thoroughly enjoyed this course. The layout is scenic, pace of play was good, the staff was helpful and friendly, and the course was in relatively good shape. We will play here again.
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Grille Room TV
BB recently refurbished the chairs and carpet in the Grille. Very nice. Thanks.
But took out 2 nice size (could have been larger) flatscreens and installed a single, tiny flatscreen. Disappointing.
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Enjoyable but not outstanding
This is our 8th year with 8 players traveling to Vegas for a 4 day golf outing. We have enjoyed many courses and basically enjoyed Bears Best although it was unanimous that the value was not there to support the $249 greens fee. Sorry but the entire team took Bears best off the roster for next year because of this. Our other. three courses were Los Prados, Rhodes Ranch and Rio Secco. All less money and generally as good as or better condition than Bears Best. A little disappointing as we were all expecting a premium experience. Still enjoyed our round, hope you take this review as constructive. Cheers
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