Painted Desert Golf Club
Private5555 Painted Mirage Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89149, USA
Tap a hole for its details · gold dots = bunkers, blue = water · the Wind and Elevation buttons color each hole by today’s wind and by climb · OpenStreetMap
The lay of the land.
How the course above sets up: its routing, character, and what to expect.
Painted Desert Golf Club is an 18-hole golf course in Las Vegas, NV, playing 3,863–6,720 yards from 4 sets of tees (slope 99–135, course rating up to 72.1).
It's a flat walk, roughly 69 feet of total climb over 18 holes.
Expect 85 bunkers, with water on 3 holes; the back nine plays tougher.
The word on the course.
How golfers talk about it, summarized from public reviews. Their opinions, not our scoring.
Jay Morrish’s 1987 layout, one of the original true desert-target courses in Las Vegas, with narrow fairways framed by playable desert and a few lakes mixed in. The consistent take is that it tests accuracy without feeling penal, and it is widely seen as a fair-priced classic.
Consistently praised
- A genuine target-golf layout where the desert is the hazard, not just decoration.
- Surrounding desert is playable enough that a miss usually leaves a recovery, not a lost ball; a fair test that does not feel like doom on every tee shot.
Worth knowing
- Bunker sand quality and cart paths show their age in spots.
Golfers recommend
- Hit fairway clubs off the tee on the tighter holes; accuracy beats distance here.
- Aim at the middle of greens; the smart score lives in two-putt range.
Tee fit & expected score.
Set your handicap for the right tees, a realistic score, and the holes where you'll get a stroke.
Play the Black tees, 6227 yds
How to play it
- Scoring chances at #14, so make your birdies count.
- Card-wreckers at #9, #12. Bogey is fine here; don't compound mistakes.
- 1 driveable par 4, a chance to steal a shot.
Tagged scorecard.
Per-hole tags for hazards, length, and scoring chances from your selected tee.
| Hole | Par | Yds | SI | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1• | 4 | 389 | 7 | |
| 2• | 4 | 403 | 5 | |
| 3• | 5 | 539 | 9 | |
| 4• | 3 | 178 | 3 | Tough |
| 5• | 4 | 370 | 15 | Birdie |
| 6• | 5 | 512 | 11 | Reachable |
| 7• | 4 | 326 | 17 | Birdie |
| 8• | 3 | 192 | 13 | |
| 9• | 4 | 420 | 1 | Tough |
| Out | 36 | 3329 | ||
| 10• | 4 | 377 | 8 | |
| 11• | 3 | 228 | 10 | Long 3 |
| 12• | 4 | 463 | 2 | Long 4Tough |
| 13• | 5 | 554 | 12 | |
| 14• | 4 | 297 | 14 | Driveable |
| 15• | 4 | 401 | 6 | |
| 16• | 3 | 132 | 18 | |
| 17• | 5 | 535 | 16 | Birdie |
| 18• | 4 | 404 | 4 | |
| In | 36 | 3391 | ||
All tees & ratings
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | Par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 6720 | 72.1 | 135 | 72 |
| Black | 6227 | 70.7 | 125 | 72 |
| Silver | 5592 | 67.2 | 115 | 72 |
| Family | 3863 | 60.4 | 99 | 72 |
Conditions & terrain.
Today's wind by hole, the climbs and drops, and a seven-day playability outlook.
Wind today
Climbs & drops
Tee→green elevation change, estimated from terrain.
7-day outlook
Best window this week: Sun 05-31 · 93/100
Where the trouble is.
Sand and water by hole, plotted from OpenStreetMap.
Most bunkered: #5 (19) · #9 (17) · #17 (8) · #6 (5). Water on 3 holes: #4, #8, #14.
Frequently asked.
- How long is Painted Desert Golf Club?
- Painted Desert Golf Club plays 3,863–6,720 yards across 4 sets of tees, to a par of 72 from the back tees.
- How difficult is Painted Desert Golf Club?
- Its slope rating ranges 99–135, with a course rating up to 72.1. The back nine plays tougher.
- Which tees should I play at Painted Desert Golf Club?
- A mid-handicap golfer (around 15) best fits the Black tees at 6,227 yards. Match your own driver distance or handicap with the tee selector on this page.
- Is Painted Desert Golf Club walkable?
- It's a flat walk, with roughly 69 feet of total elevation change over 18 holes.
- How many bunkers does Painted Desert Golf Club have?
- Painted Desert Golf Club has 85 bunkers, and water comes into play on 3 holes.
Nearby & similar.
Other courses within reach, and the closest matches by difficulty and length.