No golfer cannot go any “badder” than at the Badlands Golf Club. This is among Sin City’s most challenging desert golfing experience, and it won’t go easy on anybody. As its name implies, it can be outright bad to any golfer, but a fun and unforgettable challenge to the true golf lover. But not a single golfer would actually say that it is “bad” on merits of excellence in layout and scenery. This is one golf trip that will show the good in the bad.
The Badlands Golf Club is a collaboration of Johnny Miller and Chi Chi Rodriguez. They have magically transformed the flat piece of desert 
land into a complete golf facility consisting of three magnificent nines. And their names would speak for themselves: the Desperado, Diablo, and the newest one, the Outlaw. Each nine measures about 3,500 yards from the longest tees. Each nine features a rugged desert terrain, with quick greens and wide fairways. The contrasting textures and hues made by the sharp cliffs and rocks and the greens are a visual statement almost devilish in nature. No goody two shoes here; one can’t go nice and easy or shots will go wayward, and the monstrous arroyos and edges will eat the ball alive. This golf vacation destination is a force to reckon with, hands down.
Each pairing of nines brings a different flavor to the game. The desert heat and the breeze, though, are but a constant companion. The games here are so great, so challenging, that golf vacations here don’t come in single occurrences; there is almost always a nagging need to come back. It’s a bad habit to break. The Badlands Golf Club is perhaps the “best” “bad” thing to come to Las Vegas golfing.
standout among Florida courses for a number of things. For one, it bears some very dramatic elevation changes that are mostly unheard of in this flat side of the golfing country. The fairways are lined with trees, and water plays on six of the 18 holes but there are no forced carries to hurdle. This makes playing here truly fun and enjoyable; golfers are saved from the heartbreak. From too much heartbreak, that is. This course naturally does not go without challenge. The well bunkered greens will take care of that. 
the littlest amount of interruption on the natural vegetation and topography of the area. And the result is wild: miles and miles of natural sand dunes with some measuring twenty feet tall, huge rolling fairways, and bunkers that are a work of art in themselves. All that is spread on 750 acres of paradise, with tees measuring a whooping 7,607 yards from the longest ones – if that is not one big course, then anything else smaller than this is a mere miniature version. Featuring six sets of tees, the 
grand, is that it is well secluded from the usual Florida tourist hubs that are mostly overcrowded, to say the least. This gives 
and the Baytowne Marina in the background; not the least bit a foreshadowing of the challenging layout ahead. Five of its 18 holes run along the bay, giving it a links feel; the rest meander through natural Florida wetlands following the natural contours of the land. The layout requires some accuracy in shots and excellent club selection skills; the persistent wind requires a lot of patience. But deciding on taking a 
the major golf publications may agree. Golf Digest gave it a four star rating multiple times in its Places to Play list; Florida Golf News included it in the Top 15 in Northwestern Florida – that is out of hundreds of courses in the area – and amongst the Top 100 in the State – out of the thousands. Perhaps, the only risk here is not getting to experience a mediocre 
and human genius. The holes are placed to take the golfers around pines, water features, to the beach and all through the bay. The 
considered to be among the most beautiful courses in the greater Tampa area. It is backdropped by the hues and views of Tampa Bay, and is laden with natural wildlife that is more than comfortable with sharing the course with the golfers. But not to be mistaken as a wildlife park, the golf course is a true blue 
from the longest tees and plays for a par of 72. It has a dominantly rolling terrain, accentuated by creeks and lakes and an overgrowth of native vegetation. The 
A classic and understated golf course, the 
eighteen holes have water making its presence felt. And as with most anything in this paradise state of Florida, the course has a stunning scenery of the natural environment. It is a perfect and striking contrast to the course’s challenging layout, thereby making 
passe; a venue where the generations past and the upcoming ones could compete head to head. Even old golf courses are as beautiful as when they were new, especially if the brand of golf experience they offer are a beautiful, classic combination of natural scenery, natural terrain, and a fun and extremely challenging layout. Such is one of Florida’s most classic golf facilities, The 
This sixty year old golf complex in Crystal River was a Mark Mahannah creation and has all the makings of a classic, and is already one in its own right. The 
Tampa Bay and the whole of Florida are home to some of the country’s most beautiful and most sought after 
famous NBC-TV Commentator Gary Koch created the front nine of the course. It is most noted for the par 4 No. 3 and the signature hole, the par-4 No. 6. The third hole is known for being a challenging but enjoyable hole that would have the golfers thinking of going all the way or taking it the easy way – with water guarding the entire right side and the heavily bunkered greens. The No. 6 island hole is said to be comparable in beauty and difficulty with TPC at Sawgrass’ signature 17th. The back nine, on the other hand, is the handiwork of Rob Garl and is known to have some of the most picturesque holes. These holes are carved out of dense forests, giving 
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