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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1st hole, so gorgeous.. Photo submitted by scottgolfmor on 06/03/2021
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Bear's Best, Hole 1, Par 4, 413 yds Photo submitted by DYakimec on 03/20/2016
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Bear's Best, Hole 2, Par 5, 529 yds, 81 yds out Photo submitted by DYakimec on 03/20/2016
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Bear's Best, Hole 5, Par 4, 438 yds Photo submitted by DYakimec on 03/20/2016
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Bear's Best, Hole 10, Par 4, 411 yds, 83 yds out Photo submitted by DYakimec on 03/20/2016
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Bear's Best, Hole 11, Par 4, 317 yds Photo submitted by DYakimec on 03/20/2016
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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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Very upset that this is probably my last time playing this beautiful golf course because in about a month or so it will shot down for renovation.
Going to private
Not worth the time or money. The course has been sold, and is in crappy condition and is NOT worth more than $20 to play it. This course is closing in June and is being torn up and revamped and going private. They do not care about conditions right now.
Going to miss playing here....
Love this course. Going to miss playing here when it goes private later this year. Enjoyed it very much, even though it was one of the most expensive courses we played on this trip
Get your rounds in quick here…..
Always fun to play BB and this was no exception. Some of the tee boxes were chewed up pretty good and the greens were slightly inconsistent but neither was that much to dampen such a great course.
Main bad news is that the starter informed us this course is going private and will close for this conversion at the end of June. Get your Bears Best rounds in while you can!!
Bears Best Las Vegas
I love this course up in the mountains. Beautiful homes and views. The course is fun with 18 Famous holes developed by Jack N. They said it’s going private soon, so go before they shut it down to us regular golf folks. 😜
Too bad it’s going private
Play this fun and challenging course while you can. It’s been acquired and is going private after a huge renovation.
Not good
One of the Marshalls literally stole my ball once I teed off. Weird. Course was in trash shape.
Bear's Best
Fun golf course. Not walkable. The greens were bumpy and were in need of rolling. Not Championship Quality.
Greens were little slow and bumpy but overall nice premium golf course
Great course and staff!
We thoroughly enjoyed playing. Staff was great and pace of play was as very steady w very little waiting on group in front.
Course was in great condition and the scenery was beautiful
liked the course layout as well
Good playable course
Enjoyed playing the course except the bunkers were difficult to non-playable. Course to close over summer and going private.
Great golf course...too bad it's going private
Bears Best is one of the nicest golf courses in the Las Vegas area. If you did not know, the 18 holes on this golf course are modeled based on some of the signature holes from various Jack Nicklaus golf courses across the country. It is quite challenging but fair, and the golf course is set within the affluent "The Ridges" community where every surrounding home and neighborhood is beautiful. It's just 15-20 mins off the Vegas strip in the Summerlin area and all the holes are properly maintained with lush fairways and well managed greens. The greens played a bit fast the day I played (probably around 11-12 on the stimpmeter) but fair nonetheless. I really wanted to play this course one last time before it is no longer available to the public. Rumor had it that this golf course will turn private this summer (June/July 2025), and after talking to the staff they had confirmed it. So play this golf course while you still can. You will not regret it.
Fun and in Great Condition
Course was in great condition with fast smooth greens in the middle of winter! Pace of play was super - we finished in just under 4 hours.