Best Golf Courses in Summerlin (2026): Local Rankings & Reviews

Summerlin packs more golf per square mile than almost any master-planned community in the American West. When locals talk about the best golf courses in Summerlin, they are not comparing apples to apples — they are comparing a par-60 executive track used for quick morning rounds against an invitation-only Tom Fazio layout that hosted the PGA TOUR's CJ Cup. That range is precisely what makes Summerlin's golf scene worth understanding before you book a tee time, move to a golf-community village, or plan a multi-day golf trip to the west side of Las Vegas.

How we pick: Our rankings draw on published course data, local knowledge, and regular input from locals, club members, and visiting golfers. We do not accept green fees, memberships, or advertising arrangements in exchange for placement in this list. Rankings reflect genuine course quality, access, design, and experience relative to what each course is trying to be.

1. The Summit Club

Tom Fazio's 18-hole, par-72 design on 555 elevated acres at roughly 3,000 feet is the undisputed ceiling of Summerlin golf — and by extension, Las Vegas golf. It opened in 2017, hosted the 2021 CJ Cup PGA TOUR event, and produces residential sale prices that have set all-time Las Vegas records. From the back tees it stretches to 7,457 yards. The routing puts each fairway in a world of its own; from several elevated tees you can see both Red Rock Canyon to the west and the Strip shimmering to the east. The complication: access is invitation-only. No guest-fee workaround exists. If you want a frame of reference for how it fits into the local hierarchy, the Summit Club course page has the full context.

For those exploring a move to the The Summit community, the golf is inseparable from the real estate proposition — and the two together form a package that no other address in Las Vegas can replicate.

2. TPC Summerlin

Bobby Weed and Fuzzy Zoeller (player consultant) designed this par-72, 7,255-yard championship layout in 1991, and it earned its permanent place in golf history when a 20-year-old Tiger Woods won his first PGA TOUR event here in October 1996. For decades it hosted the Shriners Children's Open each October, transforming the property into a full PGA TOUR venue with bentgrass greens running above 11 feet — until the event concluded after its 2024 edition. The course rating of 74.4 and slope of 137 from the tips convey what serious players already know: this is a proper test. Access is private, though corporate outings are available. See the TPC Summerlin course page for details. The surrounding Tournament Hills community puts residents closest to the action.

3. Red Rock Country Club

The 738-acre guard-gated community on Summerlin's western edge contains two Arnold Palmer and Ed Seay championship courses. The private Mountain Course (7,001 yards, slope 136) is reserved for members; the semi-private Arroyo Golf Club offers public daily-fee access at 6,883 yards with a slope of 125 — a touch more approachable than the private Mountain layout. The Arroyo's island-green par-3 seventh is one of the most photographed holes in Las Vegas and earns genuine respect from serious players. Proximity to the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area gives the community and both courses a setting that is hard to match anywhere in Summerlin. Read more in the Red Rock Country Club review, and explore the Red Rock Country Club community if you are weighing a move here.

4. TPC Las Vegas

The only daily-fee PGA TOUR-branded course in the Summerlin corridor is Bobby Weed's 1996 design with Raymond Floyd as player consultant — par 71, 7,016 yards, carved through dramatic desert canyons on the western edge of Las Vegas. It is the clearest answer to "what is the best public round in Summerlin?" for visitors and locals who want a championship pedigree without a private membership. The routing makes maximum use of natural arroyos; the par-3s are the strongest set of short holes on any public course in the valley. It is priced as a premium experience relative to the Golf Summerlin tracks, but the scenery and course quality justify the gap. See the full TPC Las Vegas review.

5. Angel Park Golf Club

Arnold Palmer and Ed Seay's 36-hole public facility in west Las Vegas has won "Best Golf Course in Las Vegas" for 14 of the past 15 years — a record that says something real about both the design's durability and the facility's consistent conditioning under Arcis Golf. The Mountain Course (par 71, 6,722 yards, rating 71.1 / slope 130) is the headliner: elevated par-3 tees deliver Red Rock Canyon views to the west and Strip views to the east, multi-tiered Bermuda greens demand genuine putting skill, and afternoon winds add a course-management layer that keeps every round honest. The Palm Course and the lighted Cloud Nine short course make this a full golf destination rather than a single-layout stop. Details and planning tips are in the Angel Park Golf Club review.

6. Siena Golf Club

Brian Curley and Lee Schmidt's 2000 design in south Summerlin is the most atmospherically polished public-access round in the corridor. At 6,843 yards from the Gold tees, par 72, it combines strategic water and bunker placement with a Tuscan-styled clubhouse and sweeping Spring Mountains views that make the experience read closer to a private club than a typical daily-fee track. Four holes in particular — the carry-over-water par-3 fifth, the water-flanked par-4 ninth, the thirteenth, and the lake-guarded eighteenth — give the round a memorably tactical character. GPS carts, a short-game area, and a driving range complete a package that consistently punches above its green fee. Full details in the Siena Golf Club review.

7. Palm Valley Golf Club

Billy Casper and Greg Nash's 1989 founding design for Golf Summerlin remains the most architecturally demanding course on the public-play campus. At 6,849 yards, par 72, with 68 bunkers placed with genuine strategic intent and a water-guarded 534-yard closing par-5, Palm Valley is the right pick when you want a proper championship test at an accessible public-golf price. Mature tree-lined fairways and consistent bentgrass greens give it a private-club feel that newer Las Vegas public tracks rarely achieve. Read the full Palm Valley Golf Club review.

8. Highland Falls Golf Club

The second Casper and Nash design in the Golf Summerlin portfolio occupies a hillside perch in Sun City Summerlin at 3,000 feet elevation. It plays 6,512 yards, par 72, with a rating of 70.1 and a slope of 130 — shorter and more approachable than Palm Valley, but with Strip views to the east and desert ridgeline views to the west that no lower-elevation course can replicate. The elevation bonus adds roughly a club of distance to every approach, which rewards confident players and teaches conservative ones to recalibrate. Among Summerlin's public courses it occupies a valuable middle tier: more strategic than Eagle Crest, more accessible than TPC Las Vegas, and genuinely scenic throughout. See the Highland Falls Golf Club review for the full picture.

Verdict: How to Choose

If you want one round that tells the Summerlin story at the highest accessible level, TPC Las Vegas is the pick for public play. If private access is possible, TPC Summerlin is the historically irreplaceable option. For best-value public golf, Palm Valley and Highland Falls represent Golf Summerlin's strongest case. For the full experience of a golf-community lifestyle — where the course is the neighborhood — Red Rock Country Club, The Ridges (future Amara Golf Club), and The Summit Club each offer a different version of what that can mean in Las Vegas. The courses on this list are not interchangeable; they are each the best version of what they are trying to be.