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EXPERIENCE

A GOLF

ECOSYSTEM

JACK NICKLAUS’ REFLECTION BAY GOLF CLUB AND THE ONSITE HIGH

PERFORMANCE GOLF INSTITUTE, PLUS THE OVERALL LAKE LAS VEGAS
SETTING, COMBINE TO CREATE A WINNING GOLF DESTINATION AND

INSTRUCTION FORMULA.

Story by Brian Hurlburt, Las Vegas Golf Insider
Photography provided by Reflection Bay Golf Club
and the High Performance Golf Institute

eflection Bay Golf Club at Lake Las Vegas, instructors; a private, 4-hole practice and short game area;
home to the High Performance Golf Institute, a state-of-the-art indoor teaching center with Trackman
is building quite a reputation. And that repu- and other technology; onsite club fitting area with master
tation—of offering a complete golf instruction club fitter Brendan Bergin; plus lodging accommodations
R destination for locals, visitors, and visiting within walking distance at the Westin or Hilton. Also
academies—is becoming known globally. “Our vision has available is the Lake Las Vegas Sports Club, a state-of-the-
always been to create a golf ecosystem, and we have art fitness and performance center located adjacent to the
invested on every level to make that a reality,” says Eric practice area.
Dutt, Reflection Bay’s Manager of Operations. “It’s reward-
ing to sit back and now witness how it is all coming together Those facilities have not only caught the attention of top
and see the reaction.” local players, but also successful teaching professionals
from around the globe who utilize Reflection Bay as a des-
Reflection Bay is a golf destination within a resort desti- tination for camps and academies. Robin Symes is a native
nation within a world-class entertainment destination. And of Ireland, but made his mark teaching the game in South
it checks pretty much each box needed for golfers looking Korea. He has made good use of the Reflection Bay facil-
for an all-encompassing golf improvement plan, from an ities. Among his students attending a camp at Reflection
aspiring young player, to a professional, to an everyday rec- Bay recently was Na Yeon Choi, the 2012 U.S. Women’s
reational golfer, and to pretty much any golfer in between. Open champion. Symes has hosted his academy at Lake
Las Vegas when it is winter in South Korea.
The facilities include the Jack Nicklaus-designed Top 100
Reflection Bay Golf Club; the teaching institute featuring Soon, lifetime LPGA instructor T.J. Lytle will bring her
former PGA Tour players Craig Barlow and Jeff Gallagher, Vancouver B.C.-based Zone Academy to Reflection Bay.
and PGA of America professional Nicole Dutt-Roberts, as “When I first drove on the property at Lake Las Vegas, I

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