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VICI Golf Properties Named to Ken Wright Joins Reflection Bay Golf Club
Golfweek’s Best Resort Courses for 2021
New Director of Golf

olfweek Magazine has included two Las Vegas en Wright, Lifetime Professional Golf
area VICI Golf Properties among its Best 200 Association (PGA) member and long-time
Resort Courses list in the newly published Las Vegas golf industry veteran, has joined
“Ultimate Guide of Best Courses” for 2021. Reflection Bay Golf Club at Lake Las Vegas as
G Cascata in Boulder City is ranked No. 54 and K Director of Golf Operations. Wright has spent
Rio Secco Golf Club in Henderson is ranked No. 185 on the his entire golf career in Southern Nevada, with more than
magazine’s ranking of America’s best resort golf courses. 30 years of experience in golf course operations.

Once reserved only for the highest of rollers in Las Vegas, Wright’s new position as Director of Golf entails overseeing
Cascata is now a unique experience that is open to resort the day-to-day operations of the golf shop staff, course play-
play, regardless of resort affiliation and residency status. ability, guest service staff, and the overall guest experience.
Cascata's private gates open to a spectacular landscape that He will lead the facilities operation to ensure guests receive
forms a regal backdrop for a golf experience like no other. the highest level of service from the time they arrive until
The par-72, Rees Jones-designed course features stun- the time they leave.
ning vistas at every turn, including the 3,600-foot peak at “Ken is a prominent addition to our team because he brings
Red Mountain, impeccably manicured fairways, lakes, and a wide range of experience and knowledge to our facility,”
meandering streams. A 418-foot waterfall from the steep said Eric Dutt manager of operations for Reflection Bay Golf
mountainside towering above the driving range meanders Club. “Ken has overseen both Rio Secco and Cascata oper-
through the practice facilities then cascades into a river that ations for me in the past which were noted for their high
roars through the clubhouse and eventually culminates in a level of customer service. This is another step to continue to
tranquil stream. improve and to assure that our guests’ overall experiences

Also designed by Rees Jones, Rio Secco Golf Club is located are nothing short of excellent.”
in the foothills of the Black Mountain Range, just 15 minutes Wright is a Las Vegas native as well as a Lifetime and
southeast of the Las Vegas Strip. The par-72 course can play Quarter-Century member of the Southwest Section of the
from 5,258 yards to over 7,300 yards and features six holes PGA of America. His golf management career began over
through steep canyons, six holes on a plateau overlooking 30 years ago, and throughout that time he has worked
the city, and six holes in a broad desert wash. with Canyon Gate Country Club, Cascata Golf Club, and

Every year, Golfweek’s elite team of course raters, which cur- Rio Secco Golf Club as the Director of Golf and General
rently boasts more than 850 evaluators, surveys more than Manager, respectively. During his time at Rio Secco and
3,600 courses—grading each nominated course on the basis Cascata, Wright was twice named Merchandiser of the Year
of Golfweek’s 10 strict standards of evaluation. Collectively, by the PGA Las Vegas chapter.
these knowledgeable raters have turned in more than 75,000 www.ReflectionBayGolf.com
votes to compile Golfweek’s Best Courses lists.
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