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Painted Desert Golf Club
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About
One of the pioneers in Las Vegas golf, Painted Desert Golf Course is a 1987 Jay Morrish design has golfers shooting at targets in the desert.
Painted Desert has maintained its place in the Sin City golf community through all its changes by putting on an emphasis on course conditioning. Just because your greens are almost two decades old does not mean they cannot be in better shape than many of the new kids on the block.
The desert is the focus here, but Morrish also works in a few lakes as obstacles.
"This golf course is a very friendly layout and you can score here without having a feeling of imminent doom on every hole," John Scappatura said. "We are a bit off of the beaten path, which means that we almost always have availability for tee times. Everyone who does make the trip out here though appreciates our conditioning, the price, and the friendly atmosphere."
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back | 72 | 6781 yards | 71.8 | 129 |
| Middle (W) | 72 | 6269 yards | 75.9 | 131 |
| Middle | 72 | 6269 yards | 69.9 | 125 |
| Forward (W) | 72 | 5647 yards | 72.2 | 126 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold M: 72.1/135 | 392 | 399 | 538 | 189 | 367 | 511 | 326 | 194 | 420 | 3336 | 390 | 227 | 464 | 555 | 294 | 403 | 147 | 533 | 403 | 3416 | 6752 |
| Black M: 70.2/124 W: 75.7/139 | 361 | 374 | 502 | 166 | 341 | 488 | 301 | 161 | 395 | 3089 | 360 | 190 | 417 | 510 | 276 | 382 | 123 | 502 | 375 | 3135 | 6224 |
| Silver M: 66.9/114 W: 72.2/129 | 330 | 337 | 476 | 137 | 310 | 439 | 270 | 134 | 363 | 2796 | 329 | 152 | 372 | 465 | 244 | 353 | 98 | 458 | 342 | 2813 | 5609 |
| Handicap | 7 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 6 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 9 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 6 |
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Reviewer Photos
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Photo submitted by Warren4181748 on 03/14/2026
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Photo submitted by Warren4181748 on 03/14/2026
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Photo submitted by u314161622535 on 09/01/2025
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Photo submitted by u314161622535 on 09/01/2025
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Photo submitted by eyecon on 07/09/2025
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Photo submitted by eyecon on 07/09/2025
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Photo submitted by MMZIP5QTUFT9uJXnPWDN on 08/24/2024
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Photo submitted by MCazper702 on 03/04/2024
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3 groups on hole 1 Photo submitted by crenzi702 on 02/15/2024
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Parking carts on fringe. Photo submitted by crenzi702 on 02/15/2024
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Made eagle on the second par 5! Photo submitted by u314160000295 on 08/10/2023
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Common Green Photo submitted by rickpiette on 07/10/2023
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Photo submitted by u000002144589 on 05/11/2023
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Photo submitted by gnagasuye on 04/29/2023
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Photo submitted by gnagasuye on 04/29/2023
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Photo submitted by u000004497322 on 03/20/2023
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Photo submitted by u000004497322 on 03/20/2023
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Photo submitted by u314161798918 on 01/25/2023
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Photo submitted by u314161798918 on 11/25/2022
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Photo submitted by u314161798918 on 11/24/2022
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Photo submitted by Kylestraz on 11/06/2022
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Photo submitted by Kylestraz on 11/06/2022
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Don’t miss the green Photo submitted by BigDaddyo on 10/22/2022
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Photo submitted by pauls123 on 07/25/2022
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Photo submitted by Jfergee on 05/02/2022
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Lovely view from the tee. As I said, Visually intimidating. Photo submitted by Pixmanvegas on 10/04/2016
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Houses constantly in view Photo submitted by u000001366249 on 03/07/2015
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Photo submitted by wjdeanjr on 06/11/2013
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Hole #4 Photo submitted by jimdallaire on 03/28/2013
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I actually birdied this short par 4 ... now my favorite hole! Photo submitted by Wally4 on 02/01/2013
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Golf round
Course was in excellent shape. Had fun with my my regular golf group.
Hello! Thanks for the great review of our course. We're glad to hear that you had a fun time with your golf group and that the course was in excellent shape. We appreciate your feedback and hope to see you back soon!
Horrible pace of play
They need a starter that has a clue what he is doing.
Hello,
Thank you for sharing your feedback. We appreciate your input and will take it into consideration as we strive to improve our services. If you have any further concerns, please don't hesitate to reach out to us.
Slow
Only got through 13 holes with an 11:50 tee time. The course said they will refund my green fee but need to contact Golfnow so they can reach it to the course. We'll see how that goes.
Hello,
Thank you for sharing your experience. We apologize for the inconvenience you faced during your tee time. Please let us know if we can assist in any way.
Thank you for the rating. If you’d like to share any details about your experience, we are always looking for ways to improve.
Thanks for the 5 stars! We try to provide our customers with the best service and experience, and we hope you’ll visit us again soon!
Too long!
It took 5 and 10 min to complete 18 holes on Monday.
We had to wait every holes.
Hello Richard,
Thank you for sharing your feedback. We apologize for the delays you experienced during your round. We appreciate your patience and will work towards resolving any wait times to ensure a smoother experience in the future.
We appreciate the rating, even if it means we could have done better. If you’d like to share any details about your experience, we are always looking for ways to improve.
Pace of Play
Something needs to be done with this course. The Ranger did nothing. They need to figure out how to keep everyone moving. We had to quit after 13 holes to get to our dinner reservation. HORRIBLE.
Hello Jim,
Thank you for sharing your feedback. We apologize for any inconvenience you experienced during your round. We appreciate your input and will certainly take it into consideration as we strive to improve our course and ensure a smoother pace of play.
Decent Course--Slow Play
This is a good course. However, slow play appears to be the norm when playing Vegas golf. They try to cram way too many people on the course which ruins the entire experience. You wait on every shot and sometimes the tee boxes have three groups backed up on them. If this is how you run your golf course...not coming back.
Hello,
Thanks for your feedback. We appreciate your positive remarks about the course. We apologize for any inconvenience caused by the slow play. We'll take your concerns into consideration and work towards improving the overall experience.
Thank you for your rating, and we hope to see you back again soon.
Great course
This course is in great condition fairways greens and bunkers. They have really nice sand in the bunkers. The greens are excellent and so are the fairways.
Hello,
Thank you for your positive review! We're glad to hear that you enjoyed the course and found the conditions to be great. We take pride in maintaining our fairways, greens, and bunkers to ensure a top-notch experience. We hope to see you again soon!
Thanks for the rating. If there are any details you’d like to share about what we are doing well, we’d love to learn more!
Thank you for the rating. If you’d like to share any details about your experience, we are always looking for ways to improve.
Thank you for the rating. If you’d like to share any details about your experience, we are always looking for ways to improve.
Never Again
By far the worst experience at a golf course in over 20 years of golfing. We pulled up to first tee and there is no starter anywhere so we tee off. As we do a group comes to the tee box and says that everyone is starting on hole 10 today. This was never told to us from the pro shop and like I said starter no where to be found. Ok not a huge deal pick up our balls and proceed to the tenth tee. We wait for group in front of us and play the hole. As we finish we notice that the next hole has 4 entire groups waiting on the next tee box. I call the pro shop and ask them to send a Marshall to figure out what is going on and they said they would send him right out. About 30 minutes later when we finally finish playing hole 2 I re call the pro shop to ask where the Marshall is and they say he is getting in the cart right now. Never once during this round did I see a Marshall or any staff trying to speed things up. This round was at 5 and a half hours when we finally decided to quit on 17. PLEASE do not play this course if this is how the course is going to be managed it does not deserve any business. They stacked a bunch of tee times out of pure greed then did not care how bad they screwed it up. I live 10 minutes from this course and there is no way I would ever play this course again.
Hello,
We apologize for the poor experience you had at our golf course. We understand your frustration with the lack of communication and slow pace of play. We appreciate your feedback and will address these issues with our staff to ensure a better experience in the future.
Fun course
I liked the course. Fun and challenging. Many narrow fairways, but fair.
Hello,
Thank you for your positive review! We're glad to hear that you found the course fun and challenging. We appreciate your feedback and hope to see you again soon.
Hello,
We appreciate the rating, even if it means we could have done better. We’d love to know more about what we did and didn’t do well so that we can better serve you in the future.
The pace of play was horrible!
We arrived early for our tee time to be told there was a “surprise” tourney ahead of all games starting at 9 am. As a result of poor marshaling the tourney delayed our start and resulted in our game becoming so slow we quit after 9 holes. The starter and Marshall were not very sympathetic nor did they make any apparent effort to remedy the situation. The only way I would play here again is if they could guarantee a reasonable pace of play.
Hello,
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience with us. We apologize for the delay caused by the tournament and understand your frustration. We appreciate your feedback and will work on improving our marshaling and communication to ensure a reasonable pace of play in the future.
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Hello,
Thank you for your review! We're glad to hear that you had a great experience with us. Don't worry, we all have our off days on the golf course. We look forward to having you back soon!