Awards & Accolades
1997 Golf Course Architect of the Year, Rees Jones who designed and built Rio Secco. 
Top Ten New Courses,Golf Digest and Golf Magazine.
1998  Five Star Diamond Award in Outstanding Hospitality,
The American Academy of Hospitality Sciences.
2000 One of the Top 10 Golf Resorts in the World, USA Today.
One of the Top 10 Golf Resorts in the World, Travel & Leisure Golf magazine.
2nd Best Course to Play in the West, Golf Magazine
2001  # 1 Public Access Course in Nevada, Las Vegas Chapter PGA.
# 1 Public Course in Las Vegas, Golf Digest
2002 6th Best Course in Nevada,Golf Digest.
Best Golf Instructor in the World-Butch Harmon, Golf Digest.
The Best Resorts, Golf Digest
Top 10 Desert Resorts, Golf Digest
Best Instructor or School, Butch Harmon, Vegas Golfer Magazine Fairway Awards, Reader’s Pick
Best Hole, Hole #2, Vegas Golfer Magazine Fairway Awards, Vegas Golfer’s Pick
Best Overall Experience, Vegas Golfer Magazine Fairway Awards, Vegas Golfer’s Pick
2003   America’s 100 Greatest Public Golf Courses, Golf Digest
America’s Top Golf Courses, Zagat Survey
2nd Place – Favorite Golf Course, voted by the Visitors of What’s On’s ilovevegas.com
Best Par-3, Hole #6, Vegas Golfer Magazine Fairway Awards, Vegas Golfer’s Pick
2004
Best of Nevada, Nevada Magazine
“4-Star Rating” in Best Places to Play, Golf Digest
Best Par-3, Hole #12, Vegas Golfer Magazine Fairway Awards, Vegas Golfer’s Pick
2005 

City’s Best, AOLCityguide.com
Best Courses in State, Golf Digest
Best Par-4, Hole #11, Vegas Golfer Magazine Fairway Awards, Vegas Golfer's Pick
Best Golf Instructor in the World-Butch Harmon, Golf Digest.

2006

“41/2 out of 5 Stars”-GolfLink.Com

America’s Best Public-Access Courses for Nevada, Golfweek

Best Par-5, Hole #8, Vegas Golfer Magazine Fairway Awards, Vegas Golfer's Pick

2007

America’s 100 Best Resort Courses, Golfweek
America’s 40 Best Casino Courses, Golfweek
Nevada’s Best Courses You Can Play, Golfweek
“4 out of 5 Stars”-Golf Digest
Best Par-3, Hole #3, Vegas Golfer Magazine Fairway Awards, Vegas Golfer's Pick
Best Golf Instructor in the World-Butch Harmon, Golf Digest

       
 
   
Host of the:
 2002-2007 Tiger Jam Celebrity Golf Outing
Spring & Winter Butch Harmon / Greg Maddux Celebrity-Am
2003 Junior Boy’s America Cup
Harrah’s Entertainment / Joint Center of Political and Economic Studies
2005 Jonathan Ogden Golf Tournament