Golf Tournaments & Events in Summerlin & Las Vegas

Summerlin golf tournaments draw players and spectators from across the country, and for good reason: few communities in the American West can match the combination of world-class private layouts, accessible public courses, and a decades-long tradition of professional golf. The Summerlin master-planned community on Las Vegas's western rim has been the backdrop for PGA TOUR competition since the early 1990s, while its courses host a year-round calendar of Las Vegas golf events ranging from elite charity fundraisers to weekly men's-club competitions open to any serious golfer.

This guide covers the marquee professional event, the organized amateur and club scene, charity golf in Las Vegas, and practical notes for visitors who want to experience tournament culture in the valley firsthand.

The Shriners Children's Open: Summerlin's marquee PGA TOUR event

For 42 consecutive years — from 1983 through 2024 — the fall season in Las Vegas meant PGA TOUR professional golf. The Shriners Children's Open at TPC Summerlin was the only official PGA TOUR event held in Nevada and the only one where you could walk a desert canyon course in October heat while watching the world's best players compete. The tournament ended its run in late 2024 when the title sponsor chose not to renew, but its legacy is woven into the identity of the Summerlin golf community.

The exclusive home for the event's final era was TPC Summerlin, Bobby Weed's private championship layout at 1700 Village Center Circle. Designed as a purpose-built tournament venue and opened in 1991, the course plays approximately 7,255 yards at par 71 in tournament configuration — a demanding, desert-corridor layout that rewards precision iron play over raw power. The course sits at the heart of the Tournament Hills community, a guard-gated enclave whose identity is inseparable from the PGA TOUR history on its doorstep.

The tournament's most celebrated moment: in October 1996, a 20-year-old Tiger Woods won what was then the Las Vegas Invitational — his first professional title in just his fifth TOUR start. Beyond that landmark, the event produced consistent quality champions: Jim Furyk won three times, Kevin Na twice, across four decades of fall competition. The course continues to operate as one of Las Vegas's most prestigious private clubs, maintained to full tournament standards year-round.

Charity scrambles and fundraiser golf in Las Vegas

The charitable tradition that defined the Shriners event extends well beyond that single tournament. Las Vegas golf events with a charity component run throughout the year across multiple public and semi-private courses in the valley. The four-person scramble format — in which all players tee off and the team selects the best shot for each subsequent stroke — is the standard vehicle for these events, making them accessible to players of any handicap level while keeping rounds moving at a pace that suits the Las Vegas hospitality calendar.

Nonprofit organizations, hospital foundations, local civic groups, and Las Vegas-area businesses regularly use the valley's public courses as fundraising venues. Angel Park Golf Club, Palm Valley Golf Club, and Siena Golf Club all have the capacity and infrastructure to host large scramble events, and each maintains relationships with local charities and corporate event coordinators. For visitors or recent arrivals, following the individual course calendars directly is the most reliable way to find upcoming charity events that accept outside registrations.

Men's club and amateur competition

Organized amateur golf in the Las Vegas valley runs at two levels: the formal club-competition tier hosted by individual courses, and the broader amateur circuit organized by regional and state golf associations.

Most of the Summerlin-area courses operate men's club programs — structured weekly or monthly competitions open to members and, in some cases, reciprocal guests. The Golf Summerlin family of courses (Palm Valley, Highland Falls, and Eagle Crest) has historically run active men's club programs across its three layouts, giving players a variety of formats — stroke play, match play, Stableford — across different course conditions. Private clubs including TPC Summerlin and Red Rock Country Club run their own member-competition calendars throughout the year.

At the association level, the Southern Nevada Golf Association and the Nevada State Golf Association sanction amateur tournaments across the valley on a rolling calendar. These events range from net and gross stroke-play championships to match-play brackets and mid-amateur competitions. Handicap registration through the USGA's World Handicap System (via GHIN or an affiliated club) is the standard entry requirement for most sanctioned events.

Attending tournament week — and what comes next

When the Shriners Children's Open was active, general-admission tickets allowed spectators to walk the TPC Summerlin course freely during competitive rounds. Premium fan zones — including The Point overlooking holes 16–18 — offered elevated viewing without hospitality packages. The tournament ran each October, aligned with the PGA TOUR's FedEx Cup Fall schedule, and Las Vegas galleries were consistently among the most energetic on the fall schedule. Whether a successor event returns to TPC Summerlin or another valley venue remains an open question; the PGA TOUR's official schedule is the primary place to watch for any announcement. For public-access PGA TOUR-heritage golf in the valley now, TPC Las Vegas accepts tee times directly and shares the TPC network's commitment to tournament conditioning.