Played Hokuala on March 30, 2022 during a family trip to Kauai.

All in all, a spectacular day. Wind was not terrible at any point, even though I played in the afternoon.

Checkin was easy. Pro ... Continue »

Played Hokuala on March 30, 2022 during a family trip to Kauai.

All in all, a spectacular day. Wind was not terrible at any point, even though I played in the afternoon.

Checkin was easy. Pro shop staff was very nice. Got me out to the starter booth without much fanfare. Cart girl came around twice. Snack shop staff was great!

Starter was really fun. Really good guy that i could talk to for hours. He got me going to the range (which is a bit of a trek to get to). Starter came and let me know that a group of slower players were going out and got me going ahead of them.

Range was a nice grass range. Callaway range balls were good enough.

Teed off 10 min prior to my tee time. First few holes were standard fare for resort courses. Latter half of front nine got interesting- carries over jungle were fun.

Back 9 was really great, though. Started off playing along airport runway (less noisy than I expected). A few holes in, you get to the ocean holes and they were spectacular! 4 holes along the ocean. 13 plays to the ocean with 14-16 playing with ocean on left side. There was construction on the side of 15 which did interfere with one shot, but was not a huge deal. The green on 16 is on a peninsula and was one of the most interesting holes i have ever played. 16 made the entire round worthwhile.

17-18 played with a lake in play and were good in their own right.

Conditions were really good. Tee boxes were all perfectly level. Fairways were great with no bare areas. Rough was thick but not brutal. Greens were near perfect. Only drawback was the bunkers, which had sand but sand was hardpan underneath the layer of fluffy sand.

All in all a phenomenal experience and very worth the cost for a vacation round. Having played on all of the main islands of Hawaii, it is not as good as mauna lani or kapalua, but it was close.

100% would recommend if you are on Kauai!