The Desert Inn Golf Course is the only golf course on the Las Vegas Strip, and is the sole resort course in the world to have annually hosted the PGA Tour, LPGA Tour, and Senior PGA Tour events; the PGA's Las Vegas Invitational, the Senior PGA's Las Vegas Senior Classic and the LPGA's PageNet Tour Championship. Additionally the Desert Golf Club was home to the PGA's Tournament of Champions from the event's inception in 1953 to 1966 annually. The resort also hosts the highly prestigious Las Vegas Inter-Collegiate Tournament in March. A new course record of 64 was set by James Driscoll of the University of Virginia on March 15, 1998.
Winners of the PGA tournament include Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Mike Souchak, Gene Littler and Sam Snead. Golf enthusiasts will long remember the Tournament of Champions at the Desert Inn where the $10,000 prize money was paid in silver dollars and presented to the champion in a wheelbarrow.
Post-1994 Redesign Court Record
64 - James Criscoll, University of Virginia, March 1998
Did you ever wanted to know just who put their golf club on the Desert Inn's greens throughout this lady's 50 years on the Strip? Here is a list compiled as of May, 2000. Presidents include John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Gerald Ford, and William Clinton.
| Andre Agassi | Claude Akins | Susan Anton | Tony Bennett |
| Jack Benny | Larry Bird | Pat Boone | Foster Brooks |
| Michael Caine | Glen Campbell | David Cassidy | Shaun Cassidy |
| Chevy Chase | Roger Clemmons | George Clooney | Alice Cooper |
| Bing Crosby | Tom Cruise | Norm Crosby | Scatman Crothers |
| Ken Curtis | Vic Damone | Jim Davis | Mac Davis |
| Sammy Davis, Jr. | Mike Ditka | Celine Dion | Jimmy Durante |
| Bob Dylan | Fred de Cordova | Joe DiMaggio | Dixie Chicks |
| Kevin Dobson | Bob Donner | Mike Douglas | David Doyle |
| John Elway | Chad Everett | Joe Garagiola | Mickey |
| Bryant Gumbal | Larry Gatlin | Rudy Gatlin | Steve Gatlin |
| Monty Hall | Mark Harmon | Phil Harris | Peter Haskell |
| Elroy Hirsch | Joe Hogans | Bob Hope | Julius Irving |
| Peter Issackson | Keith Jackson | Dennis James | Jack Jones |
| Michael Jordan | Gabe Kaplan | Harvey Korman | Christopher Lee |
| Huey Lewis | Jerry Lewis | Hal Linden | Fred MacMurray |
| Greg Maddox | Peter Marshall | Johnny Mathis | Willie Mays |
| Ann Meyers | Joe Montana | Greg Morris | Dean Martin |
| Anne Murray | Joe Namath | Willie Nelson | Joe Pesci |
| Tom Poston | Charley Pride | Lou Rawls | Robert Redford |
| Dale Robertson | Smokey Robinson | Rita Rudner | David Spade |
| Telly Savalas | Charles Schulz | Byron Scott | Charlie Sheen |
| Martin Sheen | T.G. Sheppard | Dinah Shore | James Sikking |
| Frank Sinatra | Tom Smothers | Dick Smothers | Robert Stack |
| Sylvester Stallone | Ray Stevens | Lawrence Taylor | Toni Tenille |
| Derrick Thomas | Joe Torre | Robert Urich | Eddie Van Halen |
| Robert Wagner | Alex Webster | Lawrence Welk | Andy Williams |
| Joe Williams | Fred Williamson | Paul Winchell | Tiger Woods |
| Ian Ziering | Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. |
No. 1 - 442 yards, par 4. Dog-leg right with bunkers on both sides of the landing area and a lake guarding the left side of the fairway and front side of the large double green. It is reminiscent of the legendary Scottish link courses, sharing a 24,000 square foot double green with the 10th hole.
No. 2 - 421 yards, par 4. Cross bunkering angling across the fairway, making this relatively short hole difficult. Emphasis on tee-shot placement.
No. 3 - 408 yards, part 4. Tree lined dog-leg right with out-of-bounds on both sides. Large fairway bunker on right side and sizable green is protected by several bunkers.
No. 4 - 183 yards, par 3. Large undulating green, ringed with bunkers, make club selection critical. The green was expanded to 50 yards in depth, making it possible to have a 130-foot putt.
No. 5 - 587 yards, par 5. Longest hole on the course. Slight dog-leg right, with fairway bunkers and out-of-bounds on the right. Heavily tree-lined on left. The two-level green requires a well positioned approach and shot.
No. 6 - 442 yards, par 4. Straight away hole with bunkers on the left side of the fairway. WEll bunkered, enlarged green has produced a variety of pin placement options.
No. 7 - 214 yards, par 3. Long carry over water to a large, heavily bunkered green. 153-foot putting surface from front right to back left. The lake accents the left side of the green with a waterfall in the background. A small pot bunker guards the front of the green.
No. 8 - 450 yards, par 4. Longest par 4 on the course. Dog-leg left with water and steep mounds left and sand on the right, making a good drive crucial. Smooth, deep green with interesting mounding to the left and a series of swales in front and left of the green.
No. 9 - 533 yards, par 5. An attractive lake, with a series of waterfalls separates Nos. 9 and 18 on the left side of this slight dog-leg right, protected by bunkers at the landing area both right and left. A stream protects the front of the green and flows down the right side of the fairway, crossing the fairway 160 yards from the green. Attractive stream and waterfalls are definitely in play on left side of the green.
No. 10 - 518 yards, par 5. Dog-leg right with strong bunkering at the landing area. The right side of the fairway and front of the green are guarded by water. A variety of challenging pin placements are possible on this double green shared with No. 1.
No. 11 - 207 yards, par 3. Heavily bunkered, with grass bunker fronting the green, makes for difficult pin placements.
No. 12 - 413 yards, par 4. Thick trees, two fairway bunkers, and out-of-bounds on the right side requires a good drive to a narrow tee-shot landing area. Very inviting large green, protected by several spacious bunkers.
No. 13 - 411 yards, par 4. The angle of the dog-leg was increased by moving the tee and the green to the right. The changes have emphasized the importance of an accurate tee shot, avoiding the bunkers on the left, in order to have a good angle at the pin.
No. 14 - 431 yards, par 4. Dog-leg left with sand and out-of-bounds on the right and trees on the left causing many players to choose a shorter club off the tee, leaving a longer shot into this well-bunkered green that has some tricky pin placements.
No. 15 - 501 yards, par 5. A tree-lined dog-leg left is guarded by sand and water on the right. A long carry over water is required to reach the green in two, making it advisable to lay up on this hole.
No. 16 - 178 yards, par 3. Tee shot is over a beautiful lake. A narrow bunker in front places an emphasis on pinpoint accuracy.
No. 17 - 418 yards, par 4. Out-of-bounds and bunkers on the left, water and bunkers on the right side and a stream bisecting the fairway 30 yards from the green, making this a demanding hole. It is very easy to hide the pin on this long green.
No. 18 - 436 yards, par 4. Great finishing hole! Dog-leg right around a lake, large pine trees with out-of-bounds and sand on the left. Water cuts into the front right side of the green, surrounded by bunkers, making the approach shot dangerous, with a small stream very close to the far edge of this green.
Course yardage: 7,193
Par: 72