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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 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 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 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
The course not in good shape.
In general fairways has several bald spit. The greens very slow and has infestation. Several holes had a makeshift greens. The cart path still uneven. This is not the same painted desert from several years ago.
Hello, Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback with us. I apologize for the inconsistent conditions of the greens We appreciate your insight on areas for improvement. We are working hard to provide our guests with a better experience. We hope you will visit us again after overseed. Alan B. GM.
Hello,
Thank you for leaving us a review. We are glad you enjoyed your time with us.
Alan B. General Manager
Great course!
Excellent course conditions for this time of the year in the desert. Great value and great play
Hello Splendid,
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We are glad to hear that you enjoyed your time with us. We hope to host you again in the future. Alan B. GM
Greens are worst in town!
3 Greens are temporary, cut into the fairway grass. Several other greens are in horrible condition too.
Even the practice green is closed.
They should at least post an advisory to let players know what to expect.
Hello John, Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback with us. I apologize for the current conditions of the greens We do attempt to notify guests of the course conditions, so they are not surprised when they arrive. We also make sure guests are aware at check in. We are working hard to provide our guests with a better experience. We hope you will visit us again after overseed. Alan B. GM.
Poor greens
I have played this many times over the last 2 years and I have never seen the greens in this kind of poor condition. 5 or 6 greens at least are completely unplayable and have many patches of dead grass kn them. There must be some sort of disease that has attacked certain greens bc they are not all like that. Some are actually in good shape just a little slow but others are just an automatic 2 putt and move on.
I love the layout and staff but if they can’t figure this out I will not be back to play even for $45. Too many other courses in area with better predictable conditions.
Hello Yopods, Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback with us. I apologize for the inconsistent conditions of the greens We appreciate your insight on areas for improvement. We are working hard to provide our guests with a better experience. We hope you will visit us again after overseed. Alan B. GM.
Greens are horrible, sand traps full of rocks course has gone down extremely bad worse than a mini course
Hello, Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback with us. I apologize that we didn't provide you with an enjoyable experience. We appreciate your insight on areas for improvement and will certainly take your suggestions into consideration for future upgrades. Alan B. GM.
Hello Jac01, Thank you for your review. We appreciate your business and are happy to hear you enjoyed your day with us. Alan B. GM.
Greens are trash
Usually I would agree the greens are pretty good. Nope! Worst I have ever seen them. Absolutely terrible
Hello, Thank you for sharing your feedback with us. I apologize that we didn't provide you with an enjoyable experience. We are working diligently on bringing our guests a better experience on our greens. Alan B. GM.
Hello Kevin,
Thank you for your review. We are glad to hear that you enjoyed your time with us. We hope to see you again. Alan B. GM.
This course for this summer heat looked great! Now they did have a few tee boxes and greens that needed a little help. It was still in good conditions.
Hello APattiani,
Thank you for your review. Glad you enjoyed your time with us. We hope to have you back when we are in even better condition. Alan B. General Manager.
Hello, Thank you for your review. We're happy to hear that you enjoyed your time with us. We hope to have you back again when conditions have improved. Alan B. General Manager.
needs work
this course needs some work, the greens were rough with patches everywhere. Fairway looks like is got burnt by the sun since its hot as he77 here.
Hello rlaspo,
Thank you for your review. We have been struggling with the intense heat this summer. I will share your feedback with the agronomy team. Alan B. GM.
Hello, Thank you for your review. We hope to have you out again in the future when our conditions are better. Alan B. GM.
Decent day out
Course was in decent shape for mid summer. Couple of burnt spots here and there, greens were decent l. Play got pretty backed up after 9 but I was in no hurry, still out in 4.5 hours
Hello Will, thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We're glad to hear that you enjoyed your day with us. We hope to see you again in the future. Alan B. GM.
Beat by heat
Pretty easy to get a tee time. Employees are pretty friendly. Course is pretty burnt up. Fairways and greens. Tee boxes are full of fresh cut grass. We had to put the tee markers
on most of the tee boxes. Cart paths need alot of work. It's going to take a few months to get it back into decent shape. See you in October.
Hello, thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. I apologize that we weren't' able to provide you with better service. I will share this review with our agronomy team. We do hope to see you again in October! Alan B. General Manager.
Not great !!!
Dead spots in the fairways and on the greens, we were taking relief to enjoy our round.
You can't call them bunkers, there is no sand, more like concrete, and filled with rocks and pebbles. Certain holes around the driving range had hundreds of range balls on the fairways and in the bunkers, took forever to locate your ball. No yardage markers on the fairways, you needed to go back to the cart path to get yardages, who does that? Not worth the price.
Hello, Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback with us. I apologize that we didn't provide you with an enjoyable experience. We appreciate your insight on areas for improvement and will certainly take your suggestions into consideration for future upgrades. Alan B. GM.
Painted Desert GC
I really enjoyed this course. Fairways were easy enough to hit and greens fairly large. If i had any complaints it would be that the greens were really slow. Im used to much faster putting conditions
Hello, we're glad you enjoyed our course and thank you for your input. We generally keep lengths a little longer in the summer months to provide protection from the heat. We hope to see you in the cooler months when green speeds will improve. Alan B. GM.
Hello Millerpro, Thank you for the review, I hope you enjoyed your time with us and hope to see you again when our conditions improve. Alan B. GM.
Dear dennis2580368,
Thanks for the 5 star review! We strive for an excellent experience and I'm so glad we were able to accomplish that. We hope to have you back out soon.
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Hello Vandoman,
Thank you for sharing your feedback with us. I apologize for the inconsistent conditions of the greens. We value your insights on areas for improvement and are working diligently to enhance our guests’ experience. Alan B. GM.