Las Vegas National Golf Course
About
A traditional golf course in the land of faux waterfalls, shooting fountains and mountains, Las Vegas National Golf Club is actually part site of Tiger Woods' first win on the PGA Tour.
Las Vegas National was part of the rotation of the Las Vegas Invitational when Woods broke onto the Tour in 1996. Tiger actually won the Las Vegas Invitational (then a 90-hole, multi-course event) with a final round 64 on the private TPC at Summerlin track, erasing David Love III's four-stroke lead.
Average hackers will find a course with plenty of trees in the desert and five inventive par 3s that give National much of its character. This isn't desert golf. It's old school golf with palm trees and sand.
It is also very close to the Strip, just a few turns and about a 10-minute drive away. The area's built up around it with fast-food shops, but the Rat Pack era style remains alive within Las Vegas National's grounds.
"As you pull into the lot at Las Vegas National, the sense of the sixties is evident in the rectangular pastel colored stucco clubhouse that might have seemed modernistic back then, but now is a charming reminder of an architecturally dated style," TravelGolf.com writer Doug Saunders said.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| championship | 71 | 6815 yards | 72.1 | 130 |
| middle | 71 | 6418 yards | 70.2 | 121 |
| other | 71 | 5741 yards | 72.9 | 127 |
| forward | 71 | 5741 yards | 69.5 | 103 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Professional M: 73.2/134 | 533 | 412 | 198 | 518 | 336 | 437 | 403 | 186 | 421 | 3444 | 403 | 180 | 412 | 324 | 220 | 543 | 210 | 340 | 538 | 3170 | 6614 |
| Back M: 71.0/131 | 510 | 388 | 176 | 491 | 316 | 415 | 387 | 169 | 405 | 3257 | 388 | 170 | 385 | 303 | 189 | 525 | 188 | 295 | 511 | 2954 | 6211 |
| Middle M: 68.5/126 W: 74.4/137 | 494 | 363 | 154 | 481 | 286 | 377 | 371 | 152 | 359 | 3037 | 373 | 146 | 338 | 290 | 148 | 507 | 161 | 220 | 483 | 2666 | 5703 |
| Forward M: 65.4/114 W: 70.4/124 | 463 | 321 | 113 | 433 | 237 | 366 | 346 | 111 | 324 | 2714 | 347 | 110 | 326 | 283 | 116 | 399 | 90 | 211 | 445 | 2327 | 5041 |
| Handicap | 9 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 6 | |||
| Par | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 71 |
| Handicap (W) | 5 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 18 | 4 |
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Photo submitted by ninelivesjohnny on 01/01/2026
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Photo submitted by dpierce8 on 09/03/2025
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Photo submitted by dpierce8 on 09/03/2025
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Photo submitted by rich4par on 06/07/2023
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Photo submitted by eligar74 on 01/06/2021
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Photo submitted by jett2ivyy on 10/09/2020
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Photo submitted by jett2ivyy on 10/09/2020
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Photo submitted by rusty3 on 10/06/2020
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Photo submitted by rusty3 on 10/06/2020
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Photo submitted by JasonDeeganGA on 10/31/2019
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Las Vegas Hall of Fame Photo submitted by JasonDeeganGA on 10/31/2019
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Photo submitted by Back9Ben on 10/29/2018
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Photo submitted by Back9Ben on 10/29/2018
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Photo submitted by Back9Ben on 10/29/2018
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Photo submitted by Back9Ben on 10/29/2018
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Photo submitted by Back9Ben on 10/29/2018
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Photo submitted by erikfrye on 11/09/2015
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Photo submitted by greyo on 08/26/2015
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Photo submitted by greyo on 08/26/2015
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Photo submitted by greyo on 08/26/2015
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The Stratosphere in the Distance Photo submitted by CarnesBob on 08/03/2014
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Photo submitted by Flogsllab on 06/30/2013
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Entrance of LV Nat'l GC Photo submitted by AirFed on 03/08/2013
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18th tee with Strip in background. Strip can be seen from many holes. Photo submitted by AirFed on 03/08/2013
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Bare fairways. Stratosphere in background. Photo submitted by AirFed on 03/08/2013
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Everyone in our foursome ended up in this trap. Photo submitted by Wally4 on 02/01/2013
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Photo submitted by ktama625 on 12/07/2012
Greens Very Bad When I Played
This is a nice (and challenging) course overall, but the day I played the greens were virtually unplayable. Pretty much like putting on carpet and extremely slow. I am sure they recently top dressed them and I get the need, but nonetheless my round was sorta useless.
The course provides numerous challenging holes with many bunkers and water. I mainly picked it due to the short cab ride from the strip (in Vegas on business)
LV National
Old course with cool plaques describing various people who lived there in the past. Nice layout but the staff could clean up the creek that run through.
Pace of play
Nice course, We started during a competition round. The flights ahead of us were playing this competition. We had to wait every hole. At the 18th 3 flights had to wait before we could tee off . It is better to take some space between the competionflights and greenfee players. (20 minutes) . If we were aware of this I did not make a reservation.
AZ golfer in Las Vegas
Got a good deal on GolfNow. Fairways were very wet and the rough was long...could have used some cutting for both of them. Course is fun to play with some interesting courses, set in a park style arrangement. Pace of play was slow...group ahead of us played like they were on TV...didn't really know how far to they could hit it, so they waited way too long before hitting. Had a good playing partner so time on course was nice. Greens were nice and putted smoothly. Played holes where Tiger played when he won the Las Vegas Invitational in 1996. Holes had commentary about what he got on the holes when he won.
Nice layout!
Course was recently overseeded so maybe a little uncut, very wet when we started after 8, and sprinklers still going till like 5th hole, combo of wet and uncut made things a little more difficult. Par 3's are not for the timid, we played from 2nd tee and shortest was around 155. Overall i enjoyed the round and the layout, will play again!
awful in every way
Once again a cart path only situation which I only discovered at the course - not when booking tee times months ahead! Staff were miserable, grass on greens was longer than some fairways I have seen. Sand traps acceptable. Could not wait to finish round and get out of there. Should be a refund for sure.
Great old school course
Great layout. Nostalgic, too. Lots of excellent golf courses in the Las Vegas area, and this one has become my favorite.
Staff is outstanding, too. From the moment you check in at the desk, to the guys in the cart barn, the starter, to person on the beverage cart, to the marshals, to the bartender on the 19th hole. Friendly and personable.
Traditional course
If you don't like playing from rocks every crooked shot you hit this is a great option.
This course has some long par 3's
The course and the price is great. Some of the greens had some bad spots, but if I hadn't had to putt through it I wouldn't have noticed.
The only blemish to the whole experience is that the pro shop rep charged my card for the single rate, but wanted both players in my group to be charged to the same card. So he charged the double rate. Not looking, went ahead and signed the receipt. Later on it was noticed that the rep hadn't cancelled the single rate, so I ended up being charge for three players versus the two players rate. Currently in the process of getting that refunded. Hopefully!
Nice Tight Layout
Tee to green, the course was in excellent shape. Greens had been sanded within the last few weeks which made them difficult to put. Tough pin placements throughout.
Amazing
This is one of Vegas's oldest course and for value for money there is nothing to match it.
Course in great condition we played around noon and though very hot,we had a wonderful experience.
Fantastic service from the staff in the pro shop thru to the bar where we had a wonderful breakfast.
Will definitely return to this terrific course in the near future
A nice challenge
Very long and challenging course. Plenty of bunkers, lots of sand. The greens were challenging so you have to be on your game. It was 107f when we played thank goodness the cart girl came by several times during the 18 holes. We will definitely play the course again. Unfortunately the club house was closed when we finished our round, but there is a nice little pub just down the street.
BRING WATER
Long ball hitting is fine but you must be able to work the ball if your driving average runs more than 250 carry.
Old
This was probably a nice course 20 years ago but needs care and updating now.
Good layout
Very nice layout and challenging greens. Place is in need of some tender loving care. Greens hadn't been mowed for days and the place was looking rough.
Not impressed
This course did not live up to the talk of the previous reviews. The fairways were in terrible shape, lots of garbage on the corse, very slow play, greens had been punched but the amount of sand on the greens made putting almost impossible to score properly. Not happy what so ever.
Aerated but playable
Apart from the course being aerated it was a decent course with some doglegs and well placed pins to keep it interesting. Otherwise I did find the course to be relatively flat with not many incline/declines.
Weather was great albeit wet for a Vegas summer.
A Diamond in the Rough
Played on a Monday at 8:20a.m. and the pace of play was great. Even though the front nine was closed for aerating, we were able to play the back nine twice. A very nice young lady named Rachel took us to hole 18 to start so our pace of play was excellent! Rachel and the rest of the staff were all very nice. They also give you a free bucket of balls to hit prior to your round. The course itself was in great shape. Would definitely play there again.