Las Vegas is now the home of more than 50 world class golf courses designed by the biggest names in the golf world. Tom Fazio, Jack Nicklaus, Pete Dye, Arnold Palmer, Tom Weiskopf, Rees Jones, Robert Trent Jones, Jr. and Sr., Johnny Miller, Billy Casper, Lee Schmidt, Brian Curley and many others have twirled their design magic in the Las Vegas desert.


Some of the courses located in Las Vegas include Shadow Creek Golf Club, owned by MGM Mirage, Cascata Golf Club, a Harrah’s Entertainment course, Bear’s Best, TPC Canyons, The Revere at Anthem, Las Vegas National Golf Club, Tuscany Golf Club, the Badlands, Las Vegas Paiute Golf Resort, and dozens more.



Two that stand out in our book

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are Rio Secco Golf Club and Bali Hai Golf Club. Rio Secco is also owned by Harrah’s Entertainment and was designed by Rees Jones, one of the world’s most accomplished golf course architects. Bali Hai is owned by the legendary Bill Walters. Other courses owned by Walters are Royal Links Golf Club and Desert Pines.


Rio Secco is a Rees Jones design that is at the top of the Vegas golf list. The holes meander through the exclusive Seven Hills community, and appear to magically transform players to golf heaven. Nearly every hole boasts either dramatic mountain or Strip views.


Rio Secco is also home to the Butch Harmon School of Golf. Harmon is the former swing coach of Tiger

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Woods (Tiger has the course record of 64 at Rio Secco), and currently teaches Adam Scott, Natalie Gulbis (a resident at Lake Las Vegas Resort) and many other world-renowned players. Rio Secco also hosts big-time events including Tiger Jam and others.


Bali Hai stands as one of Vegas best golf experiences, and that isn t just an opinion. Over the years, the finest golf publications in the world have piled on honors to this majestic layout. Golf Digest named it one of the best places to play in 2004; Golfweek called it one of America s best golf courses and VegasGolfer Magazine honored it as the Best Overall Course in Las Vegas in 2004. Those are just a few

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of the noteworthy awards.


This is one of the most driver-friendly golf courses in Las Vegas, but what it offers in width (if you miss fairways at Bali Hai Golf Club, you ll miss them anywhere) it more than makes up in length (the back tees measure 7,002 yards). The course is beautiful and is decorated with hundreds of palm trees, Augusta-white waste-area sand, and glimmering water throughout. The par 3, 16th hole plays underneath the shadows of the clubhouse patio, and could be the most scenic spot in all of Las Vegas golf. Tropical golf is the best way to describe playing Bali Hai.


You owe it to yourself to play Rio Secco or Bali Hai Golf Club. Check

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out http://www.GolfLasVegasNow.com for more information on either course, or other golf courses in Las Vegas.


Brian Hurlburt is the Founding Editor of http://www.GolfLasVegasNow.com, and also was a co-founder of VegasGolfer Magazine. He has covered Las Vegas Golf for more than 10 years. He also created http://www.businessunderpar.com, a multi-media venture that combines golf and business.