Golf
Ultimate Island Green
Five member courses of the golf destination cooperative "Kaua'i: Discover Golf's Ultimate Island Green” are offering special winter rates and packages, allowing guests to experience the many enhancements and expansions recently completed at the resorts and courses on The Garden Isle. For more information about golf on the Garden Isle visit www.kauaidiscovery.com/activities/golfing or call 1.800.262.1400.
>> The Prince Course at Princeville Golf Club: Stay-and-Play packages start at $300 per night for a Deluxe Island-View Studio at The Westin Princeville Ocean Resort Villas, and include two rounds of golf, cart, practice balls, personalized bag tag and complimentary rental clubs. The Prince is ranked the No. 1 golf course in Hawaii by GOLF magazine and re-opened in March following a massive renovation project. For reservations, call 1.866.716.8140 and ask for plan LXPKG1.
>> Puakea Golf Course: The Ho’okipa Rate is $79, and includes 18 holes at this local gem, practice balls and a complimentary rider (special rate of $25 for rental clubs). Also, junior golfers ages 7 to 17 play for $1 a hole. For more information call 1.808.245.8756 or visit www.puakeagolf.com.
>> Makai Golf Club at Princeville: The “Limitless Golf Package” includes accommodations at The St. Regis Princeville Resort, unlimited golf at the Makai Course, a sleeve of Makai logo Callaway balls, a custom logo ball marker, and a 15% discount at the Makai Golf Shop. Rates start at $735 per night for two golfers in a Garden/Mountain View room. A minimum two-night stay is required, and reservations must be made at least three days in advance. Visit www.MakaiGolf.com or call 1.866.716.8140 and request plan LZPKAG1.
>> Poipu Bay Golf Course: The former home of the PGA’s Grand Slam of Golf has a “Second Round Rate” of just $120, which is 50% off the regular green fee, if played within 10 days after a first round. Twilight rounds (after 2:30 p.m.) do not qualify for a first round. Poipu Bay is located adjacent to the award-winning Grand Hyatt Kaua‘i Resort. For tee times call 1.800.858.6300 or visit www.PoipuBayGolf.com.
The Links
Princeville Golf Courses
(www.princeville.com)
Offers 45 holes of golf—the 27-hole Makai Golf Club at The St. Regis Princeville Resort and the 18-hole Prince Course at Princeville Golf Club—all designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr.
Ranked as the No. 1 course in Hawaii by GOLF magazine (2012), Prince Course at Princeville Golf Club re-opened March 1, 2012, following an extensive 13-month refurbishment project. The 66,000-square-foot clubhouse features The Tavern Restaurant, by celebrity chef Roy Yamaguchi, and the beautifully appointed 5,500-square-foot Prince Golf Shop.
Makai Golf Club at Princeville (www.makaigolf.com) reopened in 2010 after an extensive 15-month renovation and has since been ranked as one of Hawaii's top courses by both Golf Digest and GOLF Magazine.
The St. Regis Princeville Resort completed a multi-million-dollar renovation and opened the first week of October 2009. Call 1.800.826.1105.
Kaua'i Lagoons Golf Club
(www.kauailagoonsgolf.com)
The Kiele Moana (Ocean) Course, featuring the longest continuous stretch of ocean holes in Hawaii, made its debut in May 2011, bringing back the famous 18-hole Kiele Championship layout.
Kaua'i Lagoons Golf Club features the only Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf experience on Kaua‘i.
The front nine holes feature the par-3 fifth green encircled by a tropical Mango and Guava tree forest
Voted, along with Kaua'i Marriott Resort, one of the "Top 50 Resort Courses" worldwide by GolfWorld magazine in its "2009 Readers' Choice Awards." Also, recently voted 6th best course in Hawaii in Golfweek magazine’s 2012 “Best Courses: State by State,” No. 7 on GOLF Magazine’s 2012 “Best-Of” state rankings and one of the “World’s Most Beautiful Golf Courses” in MSN Travel.
Call 1.800.634.6400.
Poipu Bay Golf Course
(www.poipubaygolf.com)
Along with Grand Hyatt Kaua'i Resort & Spa, Poipu Bay has been honored by Conde Nast Traveler as one of the top resorts for golf in the U.S. from 2000 through 2013, and named to Golf Digest's best-in-state rankings for Hawaii 2011-12 and Golfweek's Top 100 Resort Courses in America 2011.
The course offers four closing holes play atop a 150-foot sea cliff, and was home to the PGA Grand Slam of Golf from 1994 through 2006, frequently hosting players like Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Vijay Singh and other champions.
A 2011 renovation project was highlighted by the installation of the eco-friendly Seashore Paspalum turf on all greens.
Call 1.800.858.6300.
Puakea Golf Course
(www.puakeagolf.com)
Consistently rated a favorite among Kaua‘i golfers in local media outlets and ranked as the No. 15 course in Hawaii by Golfweek.
Golf Course Architect Robin Nelson used the natural layout of the land when he planned this layout, testing golfers of all levels and treating them to beautiful views of Mt. Ha‘upu and deep lush ravines on several holes.
Owned by AOL co-Founder Steve Case.
Call 1.866.773.5554.
