Reflection Bay Golf Club

Jack Nicklaus designed Reflection Bay Golf Club in 1998 on a piece of Henderson, Nevada Lake Las Vegas shore land east of Las Vegas. The course occupies the southern shore of the Lake Las Vegas reservoir — a 320-acre artificial lake that the Lake Las Vegas resort development created in the 1990s — and Nicklaus routed the eighteen holes with the lake as the right-side boundary for several holes. The combination of the artificial lake setting, the Nevada desert landscape, and the destination-resort hospitality made Reflection Bay one of the most-photographed daily-fee venues in the broader Las Vegas resort corridor.

The course plays around 7,261 yards par 72 from the championship markers, with bermuda fairways and a slope in the upper 130s. Nicklaus's signature throughout is the large, contoured green complexes and the strategic decisions that depend on tee-ball positioning given the lake exposure. The fourth hole is a 195-yard par-3 across the lake to a green set on a peninsula; the seventeenth, a 510-yard par-5 along the lake shore, is the routing's most-photographed mid-round hole. The desert mountains visible behind the property — the McCullough Range — provide the broader visual setting.

Reflection Bay is open to public daily-fee play at premium rates with seasonal pricing variation. The hospitality model has evolved through ownership changes since 1998 — the property has operated under multiple management groups, and the daily-fee access model has stayed consistent through the transitions. Caddies are available; carts are standard given the desert heat and the routing's length.

Las Vegas desert climate gives Reflection Bay a playing season of October through May, with the firmest conditions in February and March. Summer afternoons routinely exceed 105°F and the course operates on shortened seasonal hours through June, July, August, and September. The Lake Las Vegas evaporation and the surrounding desert give the property its distinct visual identity — water in a desert setting that no other American golf landscape produces in the same way.