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Wynn Golf Club Returns With Championship Course Designed By Tom Fazio
LAS VEGAS, Oct. 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The only resort golf course on the Las Vegas Strip returns to Wynn Las Vegas on Friday, October 11, with the grand
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[{"type":"text","content":"LAS VEGAS, Oct. 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The only resort golf course on the Las Vegas Strip returns to Wynn Las Vegas on Friday, October 11, with the grand reopening of the Wynn Golf Club. The original 18-hole championship course established in 2005 has been reimagined by legendary golf course architect Tom Fazio to give players a new golf experience from the first drive to the last putt.\n\n \n\"Tom Fazio has outdone himself designing a beautiful and unique new course that is even better than the one before,\" said Marilyn Spiegel, president of Wynn Las Vegas and Encore. \"We look forward to welcoming players back with a world-class golf experience that captures both the luxury of our resort and the excitement of Las Vegas.\"\nFazio, this time joined by his son Logan, took special care to create a course suitable for players of all skill levels. New golfers will find it approachable and fun, while more experienced players will be tested by the movement of the land, locating the proper angles, and getting close to the pins on the large flowing greens. \n\"We are so excited about the return of the Wynn Golf Club,\" said Tom Fazio. \"The quality of the Wynn golf experience matches the ultra-high level that everyone expects from a Wynn resort. The playability of the course is second to none and the challenge of play for all golfers is exceptional. We are so pleased with the end result that I believe the players of the Wynn Golf Club will place this course in the category of their favorite places to play, and will agree that the Wynn Golf Club is a fabulous environment to enjoy the game.\"\nThe course sits on 129 acres of the resort's private backyard, with eight all-new holes and 10 revamped holes. Lush landscapes unique to desert golf include several water features and streams, 100,000 shrubs, and 7,000 mature trees, many of which date back to the 1950s when the land was home to the historic Desert Inn Golf Club.\nPar is 70 with three par 3s and two par 5s on each nine, and a total yardage that stretches from 4,810 to 6,722 with a choice of four tees. A new 6,500-square-foot practice putting green sits adjacent to the first tee, along with a netted full swing warm-up area. \nSignificant changes begin on the first hole, which has been rerouted from its original design to dogleg right instead of left. Highlights include a 486-yard p...