Shadow Creek, From Barren Desert to Desert Oasis. Mirage Resorts, 1995. 1st edition. DJ. This beautifully illustrated book tells the story of how Shadow Creek Golf Club was created from scratch out of the Nevada desert into one of the premier golf courses in the world. Includes a hole by hole pictorial review of each hole. Really nice photography in the book. Shadow Creek is the Tom Fazio masterpiece located in North Las Vegas. Its very mention conjures up visions of golf perfection: perfect practice area, perfect tee boxes, perfect fairways and perfect greens. It's all that . . . and more. Play one round here and you'll be comparing all future rounds with this spectacular golf course. The 7,239-yard layout, which opened in 1989, is 18 of the finest golf holes man has ever encountered. Every hole is a picture postcard unto itself with its breathtaking elegance. 136 pages of amazing photographs.