Bali Hai Golf Club

Bali Hai is the only championship course on the Las Vegas Strip — a 10-minute cab ride from the main casino hotels. Lee Schmidt and Brian Curley built a South Pacific fantasy in 2000 with 4,000 palm trees, seven acres of water features, and tropical landscaping that feels more Fiji than Mojave. The par-3 16th surrounded by water is the signature hole. Fair warning: the course sits between McCarran Airport and I-15, so planes land 300 feet overhead every 20 minutes. You're paying for the convenience of playing on the Strip, not for tranquility.