Rio Secco Golf Club
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Rio Secco Golf Club is a public golf course located in Henderson
, in Metropolitan Las Vegas
, Nevada
. The course has hosted the annual Tiger Jam and other charity and competitive events including the VegasGolfer Pro Showdown. The golf course was recently honored as the 19th best public casino golf course in the western United States, and also was ranked in the top 10 of Best YOU Can Play in Nevada by Golfweek Magazine.
Rio Secco Golf Club was designed and built in 1997 by golf course architect Rees Jones
. When Rio Secco opened in 1997, Golf Digest and Golf Magazine voted it among the top ten new public courses. Rio Secco features six holes through steep canyons, six holes on a plateau overlooking the city and six holes in a broad desert wash. The range is 5778 to 7332 feet.
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Henderson, Nevada
-Demographics:According to the 2000 census, there were 175,381 people, 66,331 households, and 47,095 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,200.8 people per square mile . There were 71,149 housing units at an average density of 892.8 per square mile...
, in Metropolitan Las Vegas
Las Vegas metropolitan area
The Las Vegas Valley is the heart of the Las Vegas-Paradise, NV MSA also known as the Las Vegas–Paradise–Henderson MSA which includes all of Clark County, Nevada, and is a metropolitan area in the southern part of the U.S. state of Nevada. The Valley is defined by the Las Vegas Valley landform, a ...
, Nevada
Nevada
Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...
. The course has hosted the annual Tiger Jam and other charity and competitive events including the VegasGolfer Pro Showdown. The golf course was recently honored as the 19th best public casino golf course in the western United States, and also was ranked in the top 10 of Best YOU Can Play in Nevada by Golfweek Magazine.
Rio Secco Golf Club was designed and built in 1997 by golf course architect Rees Jones
Rees Jones
Rees Jones is an American golf course architect.He was born in Montclair, New Jersey the son of legendary golf course designer Robert Trent Jones and the younger brother of golf course designer Robert Trent Jones, Jr...
. When Rio Secco opened in 1997, Golf Digest and Golf Magazine voted it among the top ten new public courses. Rio Secco features six holes through steep canyons, six holes on a plateau overlooking the city and six holes in a broad desert wash. The range is 5778 to 7332 feet.
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