In May 2024, a 1.5-acre estate inside the Summit Club changed hands for $35 million — shattering the previous Las Vegas residential sales record, which had itself been set just the year before by Celine Dion's 31,000-square-foot mansion at the very same address. Two consecutive all-time records, in the same community, within twelve months. That detail alone tells you what kind of place the Summit Club is.
Perched on 555 acres of elevated Summerlin terrain roughly 3,000 feet above the Strip — close enough to see the casino skyline shimmer from the 12th fairway, far enough to feel entirely removed from it — the Summit Club is the only fully private residential lifestyle community in Las Vegas. Developed through a joint venture between Discovery Land Company and Howard Hughes Corporation, and anchored by Tom Fazio's most dramatic desert canvas, it operates on an entirely different register than anything else in the market. Not guard-gated in the way most Summerlin villages are. Invitation-only membership. Twenty-four-hour security patrols. Guest registration at both entrances. A complete world behind a wall.
A Course That Earned a PGA Tour Spotlight
Fazio opened the Summit Club's 18-hole, par-72 championship course in 2017, and the 7,457-yard layout from the back tees quickly distinguished itself as one of the most compelling private designs in the American West. The architect's approach here was specific: maximize the extraordinary site without compromising privacy between holes. Every fairway plays as though the rest of the course doesn't exist. What you see from the tee is your hole, the desert, and — depending on where you're standing — either the red canyon walls of Red Rock or the glittering towers of the Strip.
The design earned international attention in 2021 when the CJ Cup relocated to the Summit Club from its usual South Korean venue — giving PGA Tour professionals their only opportunity to play this otherwise sealed course. Fazio's drama translated at the highest level.
The signature holes reward inspection. The par-3 fifth plays over a tranquil lake to a green enclosed by strategic bunkering — all carry, no margin for error on a calm day, a genuine ordeal in a desert wind. Hole 12, a par 4 from an elevated tee box, delivers the course's defining visual: Red Rock Canyon ridgeline to the west, Las Vegas skyline to the east, a sloped green far below demanding a precise iron approach. The par-5 fifteenth invites aggression — reachable in two for anyone who catches a drive — but a cascading bunker complex protects the left side of the approach and punishes the ambitious. The par-3 seventeenth, framed by native desert flora, is the course's trickiest one-shotter: an elevated green, undulation that rewards only the most accurate ball-strikers, and a wind corridor that rarely cooperates. The par-5 eighteenth closes with a wide fairway that narrows as it approaches a multi-tiered green, coaxing big hitters into overcommitting at the worst possible moment.
Practice facilities match the course's ambitions: a full driving range, short-game area, multiple putting greens, and a teaching program aligned with Discovery Land Company's broader portfolio. The clubhouse — stone and glass, designed to frame views rather than compete with them — houses both formal and casual dining alongside a terrain-to-table culinary program that sources regionally.
What It Means to Own Here
The Summit Club carries 146 custom home lots spread across its elevated terrain. Lot pricing averages in the $3 million range, with premium sites — those commanding unobstructed canyon or Strip views — reaching $10 million before a single foundation is poured. Switch CEO Rob Roy acquired five acres at the community in 2023 for a reported $33 million, intending to build a custom estate that reflects the scale the site permits.
Beyond custom lots, the community offers approximately 262 production residences across several product types. Desert Bungalows run roughly 3,490 to 3,512 square feet across three to four bedrooms, each with a private pool and spa. Golf Cottages scale up slightly — 4,035 to 4,542 square feet, two stories — while Point Villas and Desert Villas push past 5,000 square feet with guesthouse configurations available. Clubhouse and Canyon Suites deliver condominium-style living with subterranean parking and penthouse-level views of the canyon and Strip. Entry into the community through a Golf Cottage or Desert Bungalow is reported in the $5 million-plus range; the upper tier, as the sales records demonstrate, has no visible ceiling.
Membership carries its own costs — reported initiation fees of $250,000 to $400,000, annual dues in the $110,000 to $120,000 range, and HOA fees of approximately $30,000 per year. This is Discovery Land Company's model: the golf course is not an amenity bolted onto a housing development. The community exists to make the membership meaningful, and the membership defines who lives here.
The Record-Breaking Transactions
The Summit Club's sales history reads less like a real estate ledger and more like a cultural register of Las Vegas's wealthiest residents. Celine Dion's 31,000-square-foot mansion sold for $30 million in 2023, establishing the Las Vegas residential record at the time. Her neighbor surpassed it the following May at $35 million — and according to reporting by the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the top six residential sales in Las Vegas during 2024 were all Summit Club transactions. Late in 2024, Oakland A's owner John Fisher purchased a seven-bedroom, ten-bathroom estate with a private theater and wellness room for $29.25 million. Mark Wahlberg, Vegas Golden Knights owner Bill Foley, and Las Vegas Raiders and Aces owner Mark Davis are among the community's reported residents.
These numbers are not coincidental — they reflect the scarcity of the product. There is no other invitation-only private golf community in Las Vegas. The Summit Club operates without competition in its category, and that structural advantage compounds over time.
The top six residential sales in Las Vegas during 2024 were all Summit Club transactions — a concentration of record-setting value with no precedent in Nevada real estate history.
Beyond the Course — Life Inside the Gates
Discovery Land Company built the Summit Club's amenity program around a simple premise: residents should have no reason to leave unless they choose to. The spa, full fitness center, yoga studio, steam rooms, and sauna anchor the wellness side of the property. A resort-style pool with private cabanas and a sun deck sits adjacent to tennis and pickleball courts. Inside, the amenity list extends to an indoor basketball court, bowling alley, movie theater, and a dedicated Kids Club with arts and crafts programming.
The Outdoor Pursuits program extends the Summit Club's footprint well beyond its walls. Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area sits directly behind the property, making guided hiking an immediate option. Lake Mead wakeboarding and Mt. Charleston skiing are both within an hour's drive and regularly organized as member excursions. Weekend farmer's markets and open-air barbecue events fold community life into the natural rhythms of the property.
The combination of terrain, elevation, and privacy produces something genuinely unusual for Las Vegas: quiet. The Strip is nine miles away and entirely invisible from most of the property. Red Rock Canyon's sandstone ridgelines form the western skyline. At dawn on Fazio's fifth hole, before the desert heat builds, the silence is the luxury.
Who This Community Is For — and How to Learn More
The Summit Club is not a community for buyers exploring the upper end of the Summerlin market. It is the Summerlin market's outer limit — the place where the luxury spectrum terminates. Realistic entry requires not only significant financial capacity but the sponsorship of an existing member, which means the social architecture of the community is as carefully managed as the physical one. For buyers at this level, the Summit Club's official site provides a starting orientation; from there, engaging a licensed Nevada real estate professional with specific Summit Club transaction experience is the necessary next step.
For those exploring the broader Summerlin golf-real estate spectrum — from the guard-gated fairway homes of The Ridges and the dual-course living at Red Rock Country Club to the tournament-adjacent prestige of TPC Summerlin — the Summit Club represents the ceiling from which everything else is measured. Understanding what sits at the top clarifies the value at every tier below it.