Longtime Shadow Creek general manager Monte Montgomery had to make amends quickly. He had been asked how golfers could have a moment at the Las Vegas concert, and his initial answer was promising … until it wasn’t.
“It’s very easy,” he said, adding, “I mean, it’s very difficult to get a short time; it’s like going to some nice golf course in the country.”
What Montgomery, the guest on this week’s GOLF Subpar podcast, said is that Shadow Creek is a resort course, so it’s technically easy to spend a short time there. But there are some stipulations. Oh, and it will cost you a good chunk of change.
“We’ve got our golf reservations,” he continued, “so you can go online and find those numbers, or if you’re a gambler you can go down and get a casino host. But weekends are reserved for complete players only, so you must have a host. They are really the only ones who can make a reservation for you if you are a comp player, which means you need to have a line of credit to gamble. Some Sundays we’re open, but Monday through Thursday you can basically call and if you’re staying at one of the MGM properties, minus New York-New York, Excalibur, and Luxor, (you can get a time).
Shadow Creek opened in 1989 and the Tom Fazio design cost about $60 million to build. MGM Resorts International took over ownership in 2000 and made the luxury course available to guests of select MGM properties. The price has skyrocketed over the years. It was originally $500, but now it’s more than double that, and at $1,250 a round, it’s The most expensive public meeting time in the United States.
The course was ranked 14th on the latest GOLF list The best 100 courses you can playand with your tee time comes a private limousine ride to the golf course, tee box and locker.
Can’t get there yourself? You’ll get a good look on TV later this month when Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler take on Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau in the last TNT made-for-TV match on Dec. 17 in nearly six years. later Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson faced off there in the first show of the series.
You can listen to the entire interview with Montgomery hereor watch it on YouTube below.
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