June 8, 2025
Jon: 92Rating / slope 72.0/125
Jon's 50th birthday round.
North Las Vegas, Nevada
Shadow Creek Golf Club
Shadow Creek is a Tom Fazio course in North Las Vegas, built by Steve Wynn on flat desert and turned into a forest of more than 20,000 pines, creeks and waterfalls. MGM Resorts owns it, and play is limited to guests of MGM hotels, with a limo ride and a caddie included. The Perry Bros played it on June 8, 2025; Jon's score was 92.
Course facts
- Location
- North Las Vegas, Nevada
- Access
- Resort (MGM Resorts hotel guests; limo and caddie included)
- Architect
- Tom Fazio
- Opened
- 1989 (some sources say 1990)
- Renovation
- Tom Fazio lengthened it to 7,560 yards (2008)
- Par
- 72
- Yardage
- 7,560 from the back (rating 74.5, slope 145)
- Big events
- The Match: Tiger vs. Phil (2018); PGA Tour CJ Cup (2020); The Match (2024); LPGA Bank of Hope Match-Play
Our round at Shadow Creek
About Shadow Creek
Steve Wynn built Shadow Creek as an invitation-only private course, and Tom Fazio moved enough earth to make you forget you are in the desert. MGM took ownership in 2000, and Fazio lengthened the course in 2008.
We played it in June 2025 for Jon's 50th birthday.
It has hosted made-for-TV golf (The Match between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson in 2018, and another in 2024), the PGA Tour's CJ Cup in 2020, and an LPGA match-play event.
What stands out
- A completely man-made landscape: more than 20,000 pines on what was flat desert.
- Streams, lakes and waterfalls throughout.
- Closes with a 164-yard par-3 17th and a 564-yard par-5 18th.
Quick answers
Can the public play Shadow Creek?
Play is limited to guests of MGM Resorts hotels. The round includes limo transportation and a caddie.
Who designed Shadow Creek?
Tom Fazio, for casino owner Steve Wynn.
What tournaments have been played at Shadow Creek?
The PGA Tour's CJ Cup in 2020, The Match in 2018 and 2024, and the LPGA Bank of Hope Match-Play.
Sources: GOLF: Shadow Creek · Wikipedia: Shadow Creek · GOLF: Shadow Creek and The Match