Mauna Kea Golf Course
The island's icon — Robert Trent Jones Sr.'s 1964 masterpiece, whose oceanside par-3 3rd (a carry over a crashing Pacific inlet) is one of the most famous holes in golf. A bucket-list round.
Visit website →Best time to visit: Year-round — the Kohala Coast is sunny and dry; winter (Dec–Mar) adds whale watching
Featured Courses
Luxury $$$
Hapuna Golf Course
Mauna Kea Resort's Arnold Palmer/Ed Seay design, climbing from the shore up into the hills with sweeping coastline views. Recently renovated — a fun, links-influenced complement to Mauna Kea.
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Mauna Lani — South Course
Home to one of the most photographed over-the-water shots in golf — the par-3 15th across a Pacific cove — routed through an ancient black lava field with winter whale watching offshore.
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Mauna Lani — North Course
The South's championship sibling — sweeping ocean views and dramatic lava-framed holes, a stout test for lower handicaps. Together they make Mauna Lani a true 36-hole stop.
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Waikoloa Beach Resort Golf
A 27-hole resort facility on the Kohala Coast — the RTJ Jr. Beach and Lakes nines plus the Weiskopf/Morrish-designed Kings' nine, mixing oceanfront, lava, and links-style golf (play any two nines for 18). Peak rates just nudge into luxury; afternoon rates are a mid-tier value.
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Makani Golf Club
A Perry Dye design up in the cooler uplands of Waimea (formerly Big Island Country Club) — a scenic, well-conditioned public course with mountain and ocean views and great value.
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Kona Country Club — Ocean Course
A public oceanside course in Kailua-Kona on the island's sunny west side — palm-lined fairways along the water, with lava, ocean, and frequent sea-turtle sightings.
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Things to Do
- Night snorkel with manta rays
- Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park
- Stargazing atop Mauna Kea
- Hapuna Beach & Kohala Coast snorkeling
- Kona coffee farm tours
- A traditional luau
Off the Course
Where golfers actually eat, drink, and hang after the round — the dive bar, the post-round brewery, the coffee spot before an early tee time. Submitted by people who've been, not the food-critic picks.
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