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3.6
979 Reviews (979)
5 Stars
232
4 Stars
437
3 Stars
177
2 Stars
73
1 Stars
60
Conditions
3.5
Value
3.7
Layout
4.1
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.8
74.1%
Recommend this course
735 out of 979 reviews
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3.8
21 Reviews (21)
5 Stars
5
4 Stars
9
3 Stars
5
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
1
Conditions
3.9
Value
3.8
Layout
4.0
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.7
StaffFriendliness
4.5
76.2%
Recommend this course
16 out of 21 reviews
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3.8
52 Reviews (52)
5 Stars
13
4 Stars
24
3 Stars
9
2 Stars
4
1 Stars
2
Conditions
3.8
Value
3.7
Layout
4.1
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.9
StaffFriendliness
4.6
78.8%
Recommend this course
41 out of 52 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Style Desert
Par 72
Length 6781 yards
Slope 129
Rating 71.8

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."

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Course Details

Year Built 1987
Golf Season Year round
Architect Jay Morrish (1987)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No

Food & Beverage

Bar, Snacks, Grill

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities
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3.6
979 Reviews (979)

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Reviews 3
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Good Experience

I really love playing this course, has a moderate level of difficulty, but I found it annoying that when I booked they didn't mention that the greens were punched. Slightly annoying to book a course with punched greens and then pay full price. Other than that a great experience.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 18
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

course wasn't as good as i expected. but over all was good. but sorry, i couldn't recommended to my friend to play,

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Enjoyable Round

My wife wanted to get out and play on a Sunday afternoon. Painted Desert is near our house, so we decided to play there. We had an enjoyable round with just the two of us.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 18
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Poor
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Pace of play is a really killer

Can’t be paying $65 to play a 5 hr round and have half your group quit early because the pace was not addressed.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Not worth it

Checked in at the cart barn to start. The cart given to me was full of trash in the ice box. No guidance from starter of what to expect specially playing this course first time...The fairway was OK...hardly any grass on it...Greens were better overall. Layout was good...the rest of the green was dirt and hard rock Desert .Just looked aweful. Par three that had divided tee box with some decent landscape and water around was the only highlight of this golf course in my opinion.

Golf is my passion and I've played great championship golf courses...public and private..this was one of worst kept golf course ..not playing here ever again. I even tried to give them business in the grill but the grill was closed when we finished golfing ⛳..Oh well!! I'm moving on to better golf courses worth playing and paying top price in Las Vegas

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 18
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Affordable and relaxing.

Affordable and relaxing since the course isn’t overly challenging. Not long fairly generously sized greens only downside is there’s houses on the course other than that great value for money

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Bataan Death March

Took 4 hours to play 12 holes. Fairways and greens are fine. “Rough” is dead due to a complete lack of any watering system outside the fairway.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Worst course in Vegas

For the price charged, you would think they would have a course Marshall run around every now and then to keep play moving. There is no excuse at all to allow play to stack up 3 groups to a hole by the 3rd hole and let that continue through the rest of the round for a 5 hour round. If negative numbers were an option for ratings, pace of play would be a -3. Course conditions were poor as well. Just off the fairways is almost just dirt with only a very little bit of scrappy grass for the first cut on most holes and most often you are chipping from dirt around the green. And finally, to see the cart girl only ONCE in a 5 hour round is completely ridiculous! The course us definitely not worth the money and I would not recommend it to anyone!

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

The course was in good condition, but pace of play was horrible. No marshall to speed things along. Took 4 hours and 50 minutes to play sixteen holes. We'd finally had enough and went in, there were still six groups ahead of us in last two holes. Saw drink cart on three and never again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Greens need work

Grass is going a 1/2 inc h over cup. Bunkers full of rocks!

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Disappointed

Course was in tough shape, very disappointed the rough was not over seeded, any shot rolling off the fairway rolled in to the desert, which caused the course to play very narrow. Much of the dormant grass was hard pack and mud. Was very disappointed overall.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Com’on Now!

Asked for the PACE MARSHAL 3 times still no one showed. Is it really that hard to send someone out there???

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
First Time Playing

Tough course

We came down from the north for a weekend of golf. We played 111 holes in 3 days. I thought this course was the toghest both for the layout and the condition of the course. Fairways are narrow, and if you weren't on the fairway it played tough! Idk, I don't want to completely blame the course, but for the price there were other courses in better shape.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Fun course

The staff was friendly and the course had a good layout. The greens were fast but were in good shape. The fairways were in good but the rough was brown which might be normal during this type of the year in vegas. I would play at this course again if I’m in the area.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 18
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

A Little Help Please?

Playing at 11:27am on a Saturday is not the best time, but a 5 hr round waiting on EVERY shot is brutal. So the Marshall drives the course, comes by 2-3 times and says nothing. What made it worse were the two guys ahead of us who teed off twice on almost every hole. Are 10’s ok? Of course they are but keep moving. This group never was ready on any shot and didn’t seem to care.

Sometimes we all need a kick or too- isn’t that the marshal’s key function?

Not going back for a while; ruined our day. Greens were very nice however, cudos to ground crew!

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
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