Located across the street from McCarran airport and right on Las Vegas Blvd. across from Town Square, Callaway has a fantastic 9-hole course and practice facility.

From the moment you walk up and hand your clubs to a bag boy you get the feeling that this isn`t just a run of the mill driving range with a par-3 course.

Walking in the front door you are greeted by a Callaway store complete with an area so that you can be fitted for a new set of Callaway clubs. After all, that`s part of the reason for the facility, to promote Callaway golf equipment. The store has plenty to offer besides Callaway clubs. Everything from souvenir logo balls and club head covers to golf attire.

As you walk further into the facility you`ll find a fairly large restaurant/grill where you can relax over a drink and sandwich after your practice workout.

The practice range has two levels to hit from with plenty of stalls. The range has plenty of targets to shoot at, which is important to hone your stroke. It makes it easy to pretend you are on any hole and play it like you are actually there. This gives a golfer with even a modicum of imagination something to shoot for.

To either side of the main driving area is a grass area enclosed by a huge net for private lessons and the other side, for a little more you can purchase the `white` bucket, to practice hitting off of the grass instead of the mats in the main driving range area.

One of the neat things that I like about the driving range, although some people don`t like it, is that you can watch the planes from McCarran take off right over the course. It almost looks like when you are driving that you can hit one of the planes as it takes off. Of course you can`t but it still looks like you can.

The putting green is a bit much. It has undulations galore and you would be hard pressed to find much more than a few feet that is flat and level. It`s nice to putt on a green that has all the undulations but a true practice facility needs to have flat and level areas too so that you can make sure that your putting stroke is true. You won`t find that here.

Right next to the putting green there is also a small sand trap and small green to practice your chipping. It`s a little tight over there but adequate to the task.

The nine-hole course, also known as `The Divine Nine` makes this a complete practice facility. The course is not an easy one. Take the third and fourth holes for example. They aren`t very long, most holes are in the 120 yard range, but both of these holes have lots of water between the tee box and the greens. Talk about messing with your mind.

The greens on the course can be in really good shape but as it gets late into the season they can get beat up from all the ball marks that go un-repaired by the beginning players who just don`t know any better. When they are fresh after over-seeding they are really divine to putt on. The ball rolls pretty quick and true. That makes making those long 20-foot putts that much easier and rewarding. The greens also hold very well. It`s not too often that if you hit the green that your ball continues off the back of the green.

There are plenty of places to lose your ball on this course so make sure you bring enough. There is always the last resort of picking up some of the range balls that find their way onto the course and using those.

Don`t worry about bringing your clubs as they do have club rentals for both the range and the course for a reasonable price. Also, if you don`t like walking, no problem. You can get a golf cart to ride for a bit more on the green fees.

Overall this is a fantastic course for someone looking to get a quick round in, I`ve played it in less than an hour, and to see and play the latest clubs by Callaway. This is a perfect activity for late morning or afternoon before heading out again at night. Speaking of which, they do have lights so that you can play at night, which is also a lot of fun.