Aloha and Welcome to Waimea Country Club we are located in upcountry Waimea; this golf course provides a comfortable cool climate. This Scottish links design is set with views of both the ocean and Mauna Kea. Our golf course is a great golfing escape where you will find some of the finest bent greens in the Hawaiian Islands. The course was built on pasturelands, surrounded by cattle ranches and is wide open, yet there are many Ironwood trees that can affect your golf shots.
A course that is challenging enough for the serious golfer, but fun for beginners as well. The 6,791-yard par-72 course has all of the characteristics of Jones designs, with additional challenges unique to this island landscape. A relaxed pace that is inviting and serene makes this course a favorite of local golfers, who consider it one of Hawaii's best-kept secrets. With complete practice facilities available and a Pro Shop stocked with golf equipment and accessories the Waikoloa Village Golf Course is a great place to practice, shop and play.
The golf experience at Waikoloa Beach Resort fires the competitor and inspires every golfer with bold greens against rugged lava blacks, the vast blue Pacific beyond and the brilliant Kohala Coast sunshine overhead. Two breathtaking Big Island golf courses wait for your best game. Prove yourself at the Robert Trent Jones, Jr. Beach Course. Take it to the next level at the Kings' Course, designed by Tom Weiskopf and Jay Morrish.
An interpretive trail begins at the visitor center and leads to Pu?ukohola.[7] Entry to the public is not allowed, since there are believed to still be bones buried in the site. About 170 feet west of Pu?ukohola is the ruin of the earlier Mailekini Heiau. John Young later converted it into a fort to protect the harbor. Just offshore is Hale o Kapuni, an underwater structure dedicated to sharks.
Mauna Lani Resort's two championship golf courses, Mauna Lani North and South, offer a challenging experience to novice and professional golf enthusiasts alike. Mauna Lani has received Golf Magazine's Gold Medal Award every year since 1988 and was host to the Senior Skins Golf Game for 11 years. The courses are masterpieces of design, each strikingly different, yet equally challenging. Each course is a world apart geographically, and in playing experience.
Makalei offers challenging play for golfers of all levels, with multiple tees that can extend the course from 5,242 yards to a championship length of 7,091 yards. Bent grass, unusual in Hawaii, is featured on all Makalei's tees and greens, and high-grade sand from Idaho is used in the bunkers.
The Mountain Course designed by William Bell, Nelson and Robin Wright offers breathtaking Kona coastline views, trails of ancient lava flows and is enriched with Hawaiian culture and wild life. The Ocean Course designed by William Bell sits along the Pacific Ocean with stunning mountain views. These two distinctive and innovatively designed Big Island golf courses can be enjoyed by both beginners and advanced golfers.
The Spirit of Kaloko Along the western coastline of the Island of Hawai'i lies hot, rugged lava. The reason why the Hawaiians chose to settle here was, perhaps, a spiritual one, for there was a spirit. The Hawaiians felt its presence in every rock and tree, in the water and in the winds. Perhaps you too will experience this spirit on your visit to this National Historical Park.
This spectacular lava-lined course offers four sets of tees. The lava areas coming into play on every hole are considered to be water hazards. Even with all the lava in play, the fairways still afford generous landing areas. Depending on weather conditions, this course can play quite long. The greens are loaded with subtle breaks and are generally fast. Some of the more interesting characteristics to this course begins on hole #1, a 385-yard, par 4, which plays up to a lava flow. Furthermore, hole #4 shares an enormous double green with hole #8. Read more: https://www.golf.com/golf/courses_travel/coursefinder/course/0,28290,1487018,00.html#ixzz0ytjJWFnG
This Arnold Palmer/Ed Seay-designed 18-hole championship course is nestled into the dramatic natural contours of the land from the shoreline to about 700 feet above sea level. This beautiful course features spectacular views of the Kohala Coast and the Pacific, with snow-capped Mauna Kea volcano as a backdrop. Hapuna's challenging play and environmental sensitivity make it one of Hawaii's most unique golf courses.
Set 2,000 feet up the flank of Maunakea, overlooking the Kohala Coast, Big Island Country Club is a mountain golf experience that features an abundance of water. Designed by Pete and Perry Dye, there is water in play on nine of the holes, including a half-mile long stream and a lake, in the middle of, which players will find the 17th green.
The trail follows the coastline over ancient fishermen's trails through over 200 ahupua?a, the traditional sea to mountain land divisions.
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