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Two Northern Nevada golf courses on Golfweek top 100 list

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Two Northern Nevada golf courses on Golfweek top 100 list

Edgewood Tahoe and Incline Village Championship Course have been listed among the top 100 public-access golf courses in America by golfing magazine and website Golfweek.

There are 15 courses in the state on the Golfweek list, with 13 of them in Southern Nevada.

The annual ranking was released on June 3. The golf news outlet is part of Gannett’s USA TODAY Network, as is the Reno Gazette Journal.

Golfing at altitude

Edgewood Tahoe, the site of the American Century Championship celebrity golf tournament in July, was listed as No. 4 in the state, while Incline Village Championship Course is tied for No. 6.

Edgewood Tahoe sits next to Lake Tahoe on the south east side of the lake, but only two holes abut the lake, Nos. 17 and 18.

Edgewood Tahoe is the only course in Nevada to have held a USGA championship, hosting a U.S. Senior Open and a U.S. Amateur Public Links in the 1980s.

The Incline Village Championship Course, at Incline Village, is a Robert Trent Jones Sr. designed course and, like Edgewood Tahoe, sits at over 6,000 feet elevation.

The Nevada public courses on the list include:

  • 1. Shadow Creek, North Las Vegas
  • 2. Cascata, Boulder City
  • 3. Wolf Creek, Mesquite
  • 4. Edgewood Tahoe, Lake Tahoe
  • 5. Wynn, Las Vegas
  • T6. Conestoga, Mesquite
  • T6. Incline Village (Championship), Incline Village
  • 8. Paiute (The Wolf), Las Vegas
  • 9. Coyote Springs, Moapa
  • 10. Paiute (Sun Mountain), Las Vegas
  • 11. Rio Secco, Henderson
  • 12. Paiute (Snow Mountain), Las Vegas
  • 13. TPC Las Vegas, Las Vegas
  • 14. Oasis (Palmer), Mesquite
  • 15. Reflection Bay at Lake Las Vegas Resort, Henderson

Golfweek also released its list of the best private courses nationwide, with two from the North making the cut: Clear Creek Tahoe and Montreux Golf & Country Club.

Golfweek’s Best ranking system utilizes the input of more than 800 raters around the world who play the courses and rate each layout based on 10 criteria, with each offering its own 10-point scale. Raters then offer one overall rating of 1 to 10, which is not cumulative based on the 10 criteria. An average of those overall ratings is calculated to create an annual score for each layout, allowing Golfweek’s Best to rank courses.

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