When the Wolf Creek Golf Club was featured in EA Sports’ Tiger Woods PGA Tour video game franchise, countless gamers thought it was a fictional fantasy course.

“Tiger Woods PGA Tour gamers have an endless desire for fantasy courses, which is why Wolf Creek was high on our list,” former EA Sports product manager Praveeta Singh said. “The coolest part is that Wolf Creek is a fantasy course that actually exists.”

Golfers from around the world were thrilled to discover that they could play the visually jaw-dropping course a mere 80 miles north of Las Vegas in Mesquite.

The otherworldly layout, which opened in 2000, features extreme elevation changes (up to 11 stories high) and lush emerald green fairways carved into a jagged landscape of red rock canyons and cliffs.

“I’ve always said to people that if you could imagine a golf course in the middle of the Grand Canyon, that would be Wolf Creek Golf Club,” said Cory Clemetson, managing partner and co-owner of Wolf Creek with his brother, Chad Clemetson.…