Las Vegas Country Club

Las Vegas Country Club opened in 1967 to a design by Edmund B. Ault, on ground a few minutes east of the Strip, and has since been refined by Ron Garl and Mark Rathert. It plays as a par 72 of a little over 7,150 yards, rated 72.8 with a slope of 128, on Bermuda grass.

It has been a tournament course for most of its life: the LPGA Championship was played here in the 1960s, the men’s tour stopped here for years, and professional events still come. Two details on the property have outlived most of that: an aeroplane in the pond at the tenth, with a plaque, and the house to the left of the fifteenth that belonged to Frank Rosenthal, which anyone who has seen Casino will recognise.

What it asks of you

Length, and heat management. At 7,150 yards in the Mojave the ball flies further than the card suggests, and most visitors overclub in the morning and underclub by mid-afternoon when the air has warmed and the wind gets up.

Bermuda is the second adjustment for anyone arriving from the north or from Europe. The grain runs, and a putt into the grain is slower than it looks while a putt down it will not stop. Around the greens, a chip off Bermuda sits down rather than sliding, so the club that works at home does not work here.

The course itself is a parkland layout in a desert city, watered and green, with mature trees and water in play. It is not a desert course in the modern sense, and the target-golf reflexes that Las Vegas visitors bring from elsewhere are the wrong ones.

What players say about it

This is a private club with guest access arranged through the club. The points below summarise what recurs in public reviews and guest accounts. These are other people’s opinions, not ours: we have not played the course, and we name and quote no one.

What comes up in its favor

• Conditioning is the most consistent point, with several accounts describing tour-quality turf.
• The staff are repeatedly described as friendly and accommodating.
• The location, minutes from the Strip, makes it the practical choice for anyone in the city without a car.
• The history, and the oddities that go with it, give the round a character that newer Las Vegas courses lack.

What comes up against

• Access is restricted: this is a private club, and a guest needs an arrangement.
• Summer heat makes a midday round genuinely unwise from June to September.
• The parkland style divides visitors who came to the desert expecting desert golf.
• At 7,150 yards it is long for a mid handicap, and the choice of tee matters.

Getting there and when to go

The club is on Las Vegas Boulevard’s eastern side, minutes from the Strip and about fifteen from Harry Reid airport.

The season is year-round, but the useful season is October to May. Play early or late from June to September. Guest arrangements are made with the club.

Green fees

Guest conditions are set by the club. See the club’s own site.

How this page was made

The factual frame comes from public sources: OpenStreetMap for the location, the club’s own scorecard and history for the opening, the architects, par, length, rating and slope, and championship records for the tournaments played here. The opinion section summarises public reviews and guest accounts read in September 2026; we report recurring themes rather than individual voices, and we reproduce no quotations.

We have not played this course, and this page is no substitute for a round. The club has not paid for this page, has not seen it before publication and has no say over its content. If you know the course and something here is wrong or out of date, write to us and we will correct it.