Las Vegas National Golf Club

About Las Vegas National Golf Club

Las Vegas National is the old-Vegas course, 10 minutes off the Strip on Desert Inn Road. Bert Stamps designed it, and it opened in October 1961 as the Stardust Country Club, owned by the Stardust hotel. Del Webb bought it in 1969 and renamed it Sahara-Nevada; it was the Sahara, then the Las Vegas Hilton Country Club, before taking its current name in 1998.

It plays like an oasis course, a par 71 under thousands of trees, with palms along the fairways and bunkers around the greens, so where you put the tee ball matters more than how far it goes. By OpenStreetMap survey, 13 of the 18 holes are tree-lined. Two lakes come into play on four holes. There are five par 3s and four mid-length par 5s that give you a shot at birdie. Course character from OpenStreetMap contributors' survey data.

The history is the draw. It hosted the LPGA Championship in 1961, the PGA Tour's Tournament of Champions from 1967 and the Sahara Invitational from 1969 to 1976. Arnold Palmer's 63 in 1967 stood as the course record until Tom Kite shot 62 in 1991. It was part of the Las Vegas Invitational rotation through 1996, the year Tiger Woods won it for his first PGA Tour title; his 70 here was his highest round of the week. The Rat Pack played here in the 1960s, and the movie Casino was filmed here. The house from the film sits left of the first tee, between the 1st and 18th fairways.

It's one of 35 courses Yoink watches in the Las Vegas area, and the closest alternative is Mothman's Retreat, about 2 miles away — handy when your first choice is booked solid.

What it's like to play Las Vegas National Golf Club

It's a sand-heavy layout, with about 80 bunkers. Water comes into play on 10 of 18 holes, and you carry it on 5 of them. Keep the ball in front of you.

Course character from OpenStreetMap contributors' survey data (ODbL).

Booking a tee time at Las Vegas National Golf Club

Book online through the course's foreUP page or call (702) 889-1000. Clark County residents can buy the 2026 Player Card for $99. It's good through December 2026, lets you book 14 days ahead and takes $5 off the local rate. The Fall 2026/Winter 2027 season runs September 26 to March 5, at $179 before 11:50 a.m. and $139 after for non-residents, and $79 and $69 for Clark County residents with ID. Blackout dates are excluded. The course reopened cart-path-only after overseeding on September 26, 2026.

Booking window and green fees at Las Vegas National Golf Club

Green fees. For 18 holes, most tee times on the booking page were listed at $139 to $179, and the middle price was $139. That's from 448 tee times dated Sep 27 to Oct 7, 2026. Prices change with the season, the day and the time, and can differ for residents. Whether a cart is included depends on the course.

How to get a tee time at Las Vegas National Golf Club