Bali Hai Golf Club
The one course you can play without leaving the Strip. Bali Hai sits at the south end of Las Vegas Boulevard beside Mandalay Bay, a tropical fantasy of palms, white sand and water dropped into the desert by Lee Schmidt and Brian Curley. It is built for the traveling golfer who wants a real round between dinner reservations.
Photo: Bali Hai Golf Club via Google.
The verdict
Bali Hai is a piece of theater, and it knows it. The course opened in 2000 as the closest full length golf to the Las Vegas Strip, and the design team of Schmidt and Curley leaned all the way into a South Pacific theme: thousands of imported palms, vivid flowering plants, lagoons and broad waste areas of bright white sand that glow against the desert. For a city built on spectacle, it is the perfect golf course.
Look past the staging and there is a genuinely playable resort layout underneath. The par 71 runs to a little over 7,000 yards, the fairways are generous, and the trouble is mostly visible and avoidable from the tee. What sells it is location and convenience: you can be on the first tee minutes from your hotel, play a relaxed round in good conditioning, and be back on the Strip for the evening. As a one round Vegas treat, paired with the city itself, it is hard to beat for sheer ease.
Bali Hai at a glance
- Opened
- 2000
- Designer
- Schmidt & Curley
- Type
- Tropical desert resort
- Par
- 71
- Yardage
- About 7,002 yds
- Green fee
- From around $129
Designer, opening year, par and length verified June 2026 from the club and leading course databases. Bali Hai is a Lee Schmidt and Brian Curley design of around 7,002 yards, par 71, opened in 2000 beside the south Strip. The club uses dynamic pricing, so indicative 2026 green fees run from around 129 to 199 dollars depending on demand, time of day and season, with the final rate set at booking. Fees change by season and year, so always confirm directly before booking.
The holes worth the trip
The round sets its tone early, with palm lined corridors and the white waste sand framing nearly every shot. The par 3s are the photographs people take home, played over water to greens ringed with tropical planting, the kind of holes that look harder than they play once you trust the yardage.
Water and sand are the recurring themes, and the design keeps them in front of you rather than hidden, so a sensible, course managed round avoids most of the damage. The closing holes bring the lagoons back into focus and ask for a committed approach, but there is nothing tricked up; this is a resort course that wants you to enjoy yourself, not to wreck your card.
The bigger experience is the backdrop. Few courses anywhere let you stand on a tee with the Strip skyline rising beyond the palms. Play it in the cooler morning air, take a cart, and treat it as the relaxed centerpiece of a golf and city break rather than a championship test, and Bali Hai delivers exactly what it promises.
How to get on
| What to know | Detail |
|---|---|
| Access | A public daily fee course open to all; book a tee time online or through your hotel concierge |
| Green fee | Around 129 to 199 dollars under dynamic pricing, highest on cool, busy spring and fall mornings, lower in summer heat and at twilight (indicative, 2026) |
| Booking | Reserve ahead online; rates are set at the time of booking and move with demand, so book early for the best window |
| On the day | Cart golf with a collared shirt and soft spikes; summer rounds are best played early to beat the desert heat |
| Getting there | At the south end of the Strip beside Mandalay Bay, minutes from the resorts and Harry Reid International Airport |
| Best months | October to May for comfortable temperatures; midsummer means very early or twilight tee times |
Access and indicative green fees verified June 2026; they change without notice, so always confirm directly before booking with the club or your trip planner. Check tee time availability.
Where to stay nearby
The whole appeal of Bali Hai is that you stay on the Strip and play here. Mandalay Bay, the Luxor and the resorts of the south Strip are within minutes, and any of the major hotels along Las Vegas Boulevard puts you a short ride from the first tee.
For a golf focused group, the convenience means you can build a Vegas trip around a couple of rounds without ever needing to leave the city, pairing Bali Hai with the desert layouts a little farther out. The concierge at most resorts can arrange transport and tee times together.
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Bali Hai questions
Who designed Bali Hai Golf Club and when did it open?
Bali Hai Golf Club was designed by Lee Schmidt and Brian Curley and opened in 2000 on the south end of the Las Vegas Strip. The tropical theme of palms, white sand and water was inspired by the South Pacific. It is a public daily fee course.
What is the par and length of Bali Hai Golf Club?
Bali Hai is a par 71 that plays to around 7,002 yards from the back tees, with generous landing areas framed by thousands of palm trees, broad waste areas of white sand and several holes that bring water into play.
How much does it cost to play Bali Hai in 2026?
Bali Hai uses dynamic pricing, so the green fee moves with demand, time of day and season. Indicative 2026 rates run from around 129 to 199 dollars, with the highest prices on cooler, busy mornings in spring and fall. The final rate is set at the time of booking. Always confirm directly before booking.
Where is Bali Hai Golf Club located?
Bali Hai sits at the south end of the Las Vegas Strip beside Mandalay Bay, making it the closest full length course to the Strip hotels and an easy walk or short ride from most resorts.
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Researched and written by the GolfForKings editorial desk. Designer, opening year, par and yardage verified June 2026; indicative green fees verified June 2026. Last reviewed June 2026.