Shadow Creek Golf Course - The Finer Things

Описание: Another beautiful video shot from my DJI Mavic Pro. This is Shadow Creek Golf Course, built by Steve Wynn in the late 1980's. Here are some details courtesy of Wikipedia...

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Built from empty desert flatland on a 350-acre site, it cost a reported sixty million dollars. During construction, over three million cubic yards of dirt was dug up from the desert floor and pushed around the perimeter, creating a berm that blocked any view from the outside. An estimated 21,000 trees of more than 200 varieties were then planted around the sides of the course and in and around each individual hole, providing a sense of seclusion and intimacy. It opened in 1989 as one of the most exclusive golf courses in the world. Only invited casino guests of Steve Wynn or the Mirage Resorts properties could play the course, and tee times were one hour apart, so only a handful of groups played the course every day. Today the course is open to all MGM Resorts International property guests, and the green fee is $500, including a round-trip limousine from the Strip and club rental. The course rarely sees more than two dozen rounds in a day, many from PGA professionals, Las Vegas local dignitaries and VIPs, celebrities, professional athletes, spokespeople, and the occasional CEO. Some of the names on the lockers in the clubhouse are George Bush, Michael Jordan, John Elway and Wilt Chamberlain. The course features lakes, waterfalls, rolling hillsides, more than 200 varieties of trees, flowing rock bed streams, rocky outcroppings, and exotic birds. Through its design, it was intended be an experience; one that worked in movements that would begin subtly and crescendo to a peak every several holes, and then repeat. No hole was to be visible from another. All four par 3's are unique and extraordinary; one is hit over a valley full of trees, another is in a bowl-shaped valley entered and exited through a tunnel. The course is also the location of private residences. One, near the 18th hole, was Steve Wynn's home until 2005, when he sold it to MGM Mirage for $17 million. The four-bedroom house includes a two-story library, theater, wine cellar, and two pools, one with an underwater speaker system, and a zero-gravity jacuzzi. The second house was owned by Wynn Las Vegas COO Mark Schorr until 2004.

Shortly after moving to Vegas in 1996, I had the privilege of touring the entire course on a golf cart with a friend of mine in the fire protection industry. It was truly an experience, and the course was immaculate. Steve Wynn had a few of his original dolphins from his Mirage Resort buried with ornate headstones on an elevated par 3 tee box. It was an awesome tour of the course, but one of these days I would love to actually play it!!