Southern Highlands Golf Club
Las Vegas, NV • Private

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Overview
Although Southern Highlands was billed as a co-design between Robert Trent Jones Jr. and his famous father, in truth the senior Jones, who would die in 2000, was retired by the time construction on this lavish Las Vegas layout began in 1998. Still, there’s a plaque on the 12th hole proclaiming it to be the last hole Mr. Jones ever designed. Regardless, Southern Highlands reflects his son Bobby’s design tenets and visuals. The Highlands was always intended to be Bobby’s answer to Tom Fazio’s Shadow Creek (ranked No. 27), but with a more financially sensible real estate component. It has the same Carolina-pines motif, the same sprawling, overly elaborate bunkers, the same kinetic water features and, if anything, even more elevation change, with the 11th tee box sitting ten stories above the fairway and providing an unobstructed view of the Las Vegas Strip several miles to the north.
About
Awards


Ranking history:
Second 100 Greatest: Ranked since 2013.
2023-'24 ranking: 161st.
Previous ranking: 191st.
Highest ranking: No. 162, 2017-'18.
Best in State: Ranked inside the top 5, 2001, 2005, 2013-'24. Ranked inside the top 10, 2003, 2007-'12.
2023-'24 ranking: 3rd.
Panelists
Ratings from our panel of 1,900 course-ranking panelists
100 GREATEST/BEST IN STATE SCORES
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Reviews
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“A very exclusive club with some stuffy rules. The course is challenging with an emphasis on hitting approaches from the fairways."
Read More2024
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“Beautiful, excellently maintained Robert Trent Jones, Jr.and Sr. course. Challenging par 3's with forced carries. Large green complexes and wide, nicely manicured fairways. Lots of fun to play."
Read More2022
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“One of the great courses in the Las Vegas Area. From arrival to the finishing hole views the experience is first class. The golf course is also an exceptional experience. Well conditioned, and each hole is distinct. Don't pass an opportunity to play Southern Highlands."
Read More2021
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“Southern Highlands presents a diverse array of challenges. Long, yet reachable, risk/reward par 5's, a driveable par 4, unique par 3's, effective elevation changes, strategically placed water hazards, and a plethora of pin positions that can make a hole play differently every day."
Read More2021
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“At first glance the course appears simple, but once you start planning the approach to each hole they reveal subtle complexity. Reading the greens takes experience--or trust in one's caddie—and the first impression of many holes changes after looking at the hole working backward from green to tee. Though I played during the cold season, conditioning was first rate."
Read More2020
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“More playable than it appears, and great fun with wide variety of hole designs. Love the par 3's. Would rather see a different green complex on the 9th - much too penal and doesn't fit with the rest of the course."
Read More2018
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“One of the best private clubs in Las Vegas. The course is a good Trent Jones Jr. design with some good holes and a few nice water features. Very nice clubhouse and staff."
Read More2018
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“This is a very private club in Las Vegas. It is RTJ Jr. course with some interesting holes and in good condition. It isn't great but it certainly is fun to play."
Read More2018
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