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COURSE SPOTLIGHT
Rhodes Ranch Golf Club
A Las Vegas favorite
T STORY BY BILL BOWMAN | PHOTOGRAPHY PROVIDED BY RHODES RANCH GOLF CLUB (227 yards from the tips) and the 16th (212
here’s a signature hole—or two— holes, are beautiful as well as great challenges. yards from the tips), players will see amaz-
at every golf course. At Rhodes “We have water on three of the four par 3s,” ing views before they think about club selec-
Ranch Golf Club, a Ted Robinson, says Roy Smith, assistant general manager tion. Sparkling ponds, streams, bunkers and
Sr. par-72 layout that reaches and head golf professional. “They are all very
6,909 yards, those signatures are good holes, all very long holes and all require trees not only provide a beautiful backdrop,
obvious from the tee box—the par 3s. a lot of accuracy.” they add to the test as players ponder their
Two in particular, the 3rd and the 16th But standing on the tee of the 3rd hole plan of attack.
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COURSE SPOTLIGHT
Rhodes Ranch Golf Club
A Las Vegas favorite
T STORY BY BILL BOWMAN | PHOTOGRAPHY PROVIDED BY RHODES RANCH GOLF CLUB (227 yards from the tips) and the 16th (212
here’s a signature hole—or two— holes, are beautiful as well as great challenges. yards from the tips), players will see amaz-
at every golf course. At Rhodes “We have water on three of the four par 3s,” ing views before they think about club selec-
Ranch Golf Club, a Ted Robinson, says Roy Smith, assistant general manager tion. Sparkling ponds, streams, bunkers and
Sr. par-72 layout that reaches and head golf professional. “They are all very
6,909 yards, those signatures are good holes, all very long holes and all require trees not only provide a beautiful backdrop,
obvious from the tee box—the par 3s. a lot of accuracy.” they add to the test as players ponder their
Two in particular, the 3rd and the 16th But standing on the tee of the 3rd hole plan of attack.
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