Amara Golf Club
Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada · Las Vegas / Summerlin golf market
- Access
- non equity
- Holes
- 18
- Architect(s)
- Jack Nicklaus
- Gated
- Yes
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This anchor's history spans two genuinely distinct eras that should not be conflated. Era one: Bear's Best Las Vegas, a Jack Nicklaus "Signature 18" composite-design public daily-fee course, operated for roughly two decades as part of The Ridges, an existing 793-acre, 12-enclave guard-gated Summerlin community developed at the neighborhood's highest elevation. Era two: in 2024, Mulligan Holdings Inc. (led by Andrew Pascal, CEO of PlayStudios and former Wynn Resorts COO, and Mike Mixer, co-founder of Colliers International) acquired the course for $30.5M and closed it in June 2025 to begin a $300M redevelopment into Amara Golf Club, an ultra-exclusive, members-only private club with a clubhouse, restaurants, and 15 new luxury villas, targeting a roughly October 2026 reopening with membership capped at 250 (plus 15 memberships reserved for villa owners). As of this research pass the club has not yet reopened, so its qualification here reflects the announced, under-construction private model, which the brief instructs to be documented as a live transition rather than a settled fact.
Golf & Course
The original Bear's Best composite design recreated famous holes from other Jack Nicklaus courses nationwide; the redevelopment reportedly retains a Nicklaus-associated design identity through the rebuild, though the full scope of course changes was not independently confirmed this pass.
Membership & Access
Does buying a home here include club membership?
Under construction as of September 2026: the announced model is a fully private, membership-only club capped at 250 members plus 15 villa-owner memberships, with a reported $250,000 initiation fee and $4,000/month dues. Historically (as Bear's Best), access was public daily-fee play with no membership requirement at all — a complete reversal of access model. Neither The Ridges community's existing HOA nor a Ridges home purchase includes Amara membership; one source states membership will not transfer automatically with a home sale.
Living in Amara Golf Club
The Ridges is an existing, well-established guard-gated Summerlin community (793 acres, 380 homesites across 12 double-gated enclaves) with 2024 median sold prices reported around $4.44M; the Amara redevelopment is reported to be expected to drive further appreciation for fairway-fronting homesites specifically.
Lifestyle & Amenities
The rebuild is reported to include new restaurants and a clubhouse alongside 15 luxury villas integrated into the golf club property itself, in addition to The Ridges' existing broader community amenities.
Location & Surrounding Area
The Ridges sits at Summerlin's highest elevation, near Red Rock Canyon, in the same general western-Summerlin corridor as The Summit Club and Red Rock Country Club.
Costs & Fees
Figures below are labeled Current only when the source itself frames them as presently accurate. Everything else is labeled Historical — a source checked today does not make an old fee a current one.
Golf membership initiation
Historical — as of 2026-09-22$250,000
Widely reported pre-opening figure (real-estate press and brokerage sources) for the incoming private club, not yet confirmed by an operating club rate sheet since Amara has not yet reopened as of this research date (Sept 2026); is_current intentionally left unset pending the club's actual public launch.
Annual dues
Historical — as of 2026-09-22$48,000
Reported as $4,000/month (~$48,000/year) pre-opening figure; same caveat as initiation_fee — not yet confirmed by an operating club.
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What Buyers Should Verify
- Confirm the club's actual reopening date directly — targeted for ~October 2026 as of this research pass, but not yet occurred.
- Confirm final membership pricing once the club is operating; figures here are pre-opening estimates from real-estate press, not a club-published rate sheet.
- Confirm whether any Ridges-resident priority or allocation for membership exists.
Notable
- Acquired in 2024 by Mulligan Holdings for $30.5M; the redevelopment is reported at a $300M budget.
- Historical public course (Bear's Best Las Vegas) closed in June 2025; reopening as a fully private club is targeted for approximately October 2026.
- New membership will be capped at 250, with 15 additional memberships reserved specifically for on-site villa owners.
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