Wynn’s Desert Inn Redo Was Only Supposed To Last Five Years
/Jason Scott Deegan talks to PGA pro Brian Hawthorne about his 10-and-a-half years as Director of Golf at Wynn Golf Club, the former Desert Inn Country Club. Steve Wynn plans to redevelop the last course on the Strip into “Wynn Paradise Park” and likely eradicate golf from the 137 acres.
"He told me, 'You realize this is a five-year assignment. We have other plans for this space. We want this as special as it can be for as long as we have it,'" recalled Hawthorne, Wynn's former director of golf who left Wynn Resorts in February to work with Full Swing Golf. "I told him I totally understand and that I was excited to be working with him. I made it 10-and-a-half years (working there). Reflecting back, I feel like I beat the odds in Vegas."
