In this week’s LasVegasGolf.com On The Air podcast, host Dave Berner talks to Andy Payne, head professional at Badlands Golf Club, about the revered Sin City golf course.

“It’s not about how far you hit it out here; it’s about position, especially off the tee,” Payne says. “You’ve got to find the fairway, no matter how far it is.”

Get a taste of golf in the British Isles at Royal Links Golf Club, says General Manager Matt Tripp.

“Nobody really expects the setting that they enter as they come through our gates,” Tripp says. “Our clubhouse is a castle; our holes are all fashioned after famous British Open holes, so you just don’t expect that in the middle of the Las Vegas desert.”

World Series of Golf President and CEO Terry Leiweke says the event incorporates “the wonderful theme of golf and the wildly popular game of poker.”

In this week’s LasVegasGolf.com On The Air podcast, host Dave Berner talks to C.W. Woods, director of golf at Tuscany Golf Club, about the Italian flavor of his golf course.

“It’s kind of a unique setting. Everybody here in Las Vegas has a theme and ours was, you’re kind of playing through an old vineyard,” Woods says.

You’ll find Pinehurst in the desert at Desert Pines Golf Club, according to Jim Anderson, general manager and director of golf at the club.

“We refer to the golf course as the Pinehurst in the desert, or the Pinehurst in Las Vegas, mostly because all the water and the trees out here give it that Carolina look,” Anderson says.

Ross McCullough, director of golf at Silverstone Golf Club, says you’ll find a unique golf experience at Silverstone.

“We have a couple of par 5s that we are known for. The longest par 5 in Nevada is located on our Mountain nine at 675 yards, absolutely gorgeous hole.”

All this and more in this edition of LasVegasGolf.com On the Air.

In this debut episode of LasVegasGolf.com On The Air, podcast host Dave Berner talks about some of the best golf Las Vegas has to offer.

Troy Anderson, director of sales and marketing at Siena Golf Club and Arroyo Golf Club at Red Rock Country Club joins Berner on the podcast, and talks about the two popular Las Vegas golf courses.

“Siena is designed by Schmidt/Curley out of Arizona and it’s more of your target desert golf course,” said Anderson. “But at the same time for those that are risk-reward type players it tempts you to try things you really shouldn’t try to do - we have about 97 sand traps here at Siena.”

Just down the road from Siena is Arroyo Golf Club, an Arnold Palmer Signature Design that shares its facilities with Red Rock Country Club, also a Palmer design.

“This is more like a mountain desert course. Arroyo is actually located inside, or on top of, or within built within the mountains at Red Rock Canyon,” said Anderson. “Arroyo is a high choice for a lot of our golfers who do enjoy a great view and enjoy the mountains. Red Rock Canyon is one of Las Vegas’ most revered landmarks and we’re fortunate to be right next to them.”

Anderson added that this time of year is a high point for Las Vegas golf, and that there’s an added benefit of playing Siena and Arroyo - The Charity Hole-in One System. Groups or even singles can ante up to shoot for a hole in one, with an ace taking home $10,000 or a one-year lease on a BMW. Plus, the hole-in-one contest Children’s Miracle Network of Southern Nevada

Also, Marketing Director Brad Church of TPC Las Vegas (formerly known as TPC Canyons) talks to Berner about the challenges, scenery and customer service of their course.

“We just changed our name to TPC Las Vegas in September, one of the things that’s very unique about our club is the way it’s drawn out, especially on the back nine involving the canyons and arroyos on the property, which makes it quite unique and some of the views from our tee boxes and forced carries really challenge our players.”

Church adds that PGA Tour players such as Dean Wilson and Bob May make TPC Las Vegas their off-season home due to the impressive practice facilities.

All this and more in this edition of LasVegasGolf.com On the Air.