Painted Desert Golf Club
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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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 u314161622535 on 09/01/2025
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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 772v8f5U02xFvMq0Nfel on 07/02/2025
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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
Nice course
This is a very nice short golf course. Conditions are usually outstanding. Staff is excellent and above reproach. Only bad thing about this course today was the pace of play. 5 and a half hours on this short course is not acceptable
nice layout
No carts til 45 minutes after my tee time people they paired me with were super
Would play it again
Jacked the price
Nice course but the non local price was not advertised so we paid much more than expected. Took a good value to an average one at best and for the round off to a bad start
LOTS OF TRAPS LITTLE SAND
This was my 2nd time playing this track. Its a nice typical Las Vegas track with homes on both sides of just about every fairway. The fairways were nice in the middle with plenty of grass but the perimeters were lightly covered with new growth grass and some hardpan which produced some very tight lies and caused some drives to run a little excessively into rocky areas or into a trap.
The greens were fast and rolled pretty true with a typical amount of ball marks and imperfections. The problem with this track is the sand in the greenside and fairway bunkers is very rocky and hard. It is very difficult to blast one’s way out or judge how the ball is going to react in such hard conditions. Some of the traps seemed to lack any sand at all and were just rocky.
The fairways are a little narrow for my liking and its best to run the ball up to the flag rather then try to stick it with such tight lies and hard greens. Pretty good course for the money and location, however good use a little refinement.
Good track, needs grooming
Nice layout. Stay in the fairway!! Waste/desert/waste areas are punishing on equipment
more challenging than it looks
The greens were in great shape. Pin placements were in tough spots. The course is more challenging than it's first appearance. I will go back if for no other reason than to re-test myself. I enjoyed the round.
The course was fun to play
I greens were fast but fair. The fairways and tee boxes were well maintained.
We played with some locals and had a great time. I recommend
Fun Course
Fairways are in great shape, same with the greens and we finished in under 4 hours. That's how golf should be.
Great course in the city
Great course to play. Some Target golf but fairways are generous enough if you miss them. You can recover. Greens held shots when you hit the green. Putting was a little slow. I would play again.
Disappointed in staff
Staff at the pro shop was not professional. I was early in order to check out lessons and to hit some range balls. I tried to check in twice and he kept telling me to come back later. The second time was 60 minutes ahead of my tee time. He made a reference to me not being a "paying customer" and told me later. I let him know I understood my tee time but if there was any chance of getting off early I'e really appreciate it as 'm a single. He tells me no empty slots. I hang around the shop for 20 minutes or so and then decide to go putt some more. As I go outside I hear the starter talking to a twosome and verifying that they were a twosome. So I go back in and he finally checks me in. Starter then puts me out with that twosome. Come to find out there is another twosome a couple of groups ahead and I could have been out 30 minutes sooner. Exactly when he told me there were no empty slots. No worries, will never be back. Probably 20 rounds with Golf Now and I've never had this kind of a problem. Not sure what his problem was. I was extremely polite and professional the whole time.
a good challenge
The course was recently over-seeded so it was cart path only which is understandable, but it does slow things down a bit. The over-seed went well and the course is and will be in great condition. The greens were currently a bit slow but ran true. I'll will go back.
Average course
Liked the layout, but the conditions were not up to what I expected. Lot of weeds in fairways and around the greens. Has potential to be better if they put more effort into maintenance. Enjoyed my round with two locals. No beverage carts either. Good price on GolfNow, but will look for other courses at same price on next visit.