Better shape than usual. Greens still a bit slow, but the rain has helped fill out the fairways.

POP is something that needs drastic improvement. Can easily stretch to 6 hours on packed weekends. Tee times are too packed with 7 min internals.

Was able to get a great deal for Thanksgiving. Love playing at this great course. $109 for HI golf. Located right in Kihei and a great way to start the day. Drank my coffee, watched the sunrise and teed off. Course is in great shape. Perfect way to start a Thanksgiving day. Yes there are the big name courses here but why spend the money when all you want is a good round of gol... » More

Was able to get a great deal for Thanksgiving. Love playing at this great course. $109 for HI golf. Located right in Kihei and a great way to start the day. Drank my coffee, watched the sunrise and teed off. Course is in great shape. Perfect way to start a Thanksgiving day. Yes there are the big name courses here but why spend the money when all you want is a good round of golf on a good course. I only hope I have many more years to come here and play. I hope all of you GK members had a great Thanksgiving like I did.
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Early morning time finishing in about 4.5 hours. The staff has always been efficient and friendly in all my years of playing here. The carts have GPS which is probably the most accurate of any I've ever used. The practice facilities are well maintained and convenient for the golfers. The tee boxes all had good coverage and were level with few broken tees. The rough is extr... » More

Early morning time finishing in about 4.5 hours. The staff has always been efficient and friendly in all my years of playing here. The carts have GPS which is probably the most accurate of any I've ever used. The practice facilities are well maintained and convenient for the golfers. The tee boxes all had good coverage and were level with few broken tees. The rough is extremely long from the recent rains and difficult to hit from if one is able to locate their ball. The rough really slowed up play with our foursome losing six balls during the round. The fairways had good coverage with actually a few dry or dormant section scattered throughout. The mostly Bermuda turf was mostly damp and cut extremely short making for many very tight lies. There was a ton of roll for those shots that kept themselves in the short stuff. The traps were all well groomed and raked with mostly adequate sand. I found many and the fairway bunkers do have quite a few pebbles and rocks in them. The greens have almost totally healed from the fall maintenance and have complete coverage. There were not very many ball marks but the softness allowed for footprints which could be noticeable. The greens held shots very well and rolled true. The quickness of the greens is almost back their diabolical speed which quickened as the round progressed. It's always great to have an early tee time here as the play bogs up as the day goes on. Overall the course looks really nice and is in the best condition I've seen it in for years with reasonable weekday rack rates.
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Had a 2:30 reciprocal time On the Ocean course which I had never played before.
Doubted I would finish but they charged me the twilight rate, so I figured maybe 13 or so holes. I have never seen a private golf course so busy. I don't know how many members they have but this place is an absolute golf factory. Full tee sheets on both courses and every stall on the range in u... » More

Had a 2:30 reciprocal time On the Ocean course which I had never played before.
Doubted I would finish but they charged me the twilight rate, so I figured maybe 13 or so holes. I have never seen a private golf course so busy. I don't know how many members they have but this place is an absolute golf factory. Full tee sheets on both courses and every stall on the range in use. The nine-hole course wasn't very busy, but I think that was only because it might have been closed earlier in the day for maintenance.

As expected, the course was in perfect shape, wasn't in any bunkers but I threw a few in on the short course and they had nice fluffy sand, so I assume the same conditions on all courses.

Just a solid old school layout that was really fun to play. Fairways short of the greens were a little thin (perhaps on purpose) and damp (probably always) so chipping was a real challenge for me. I was too afraid, so I used a lot of Texas wedges or bump and runs but the guys I played with seemed to be able to pull em off and spin some wedges.

Like the Lake course I think it was designed in the twenties by Willie Watson and has been redone many times due to storm damage. I believe originally it was on the cliffs by the ocean and the holes got washed away in a storm. Tom Weiskopf did a redesign, and you can see his handywork all over the course. Good mix of holes including a few drivable par 4'S for big hitters and some bunkers right in the middle of the fairways to be avoided.

Wasn't in any of the bunkers but they looked like no bargain, same with the rough.
Fairways are all treelined by huge cypresses but not overly claustrophobic. No water hazards and I was able to play with one ball. The guys I played with sprayed a bunch of tee shots that I thought were deadsville and we found them all. So, a fair test of golf. White tees were 6221 But 71.1/128 for a par 71. Didn't seem to play that tough but there was no wind. I will say not a lot of flat lies.

Been a long time since I played the Lake course, but this one seems to have much more elevation change. Lots of members walking but I would consider it a tough walk even though the tee boxes are close to the greens. We got in 13 holes as it was getting dark, and the guys I played with bailed so that's where the fun began. I had to wait for the foursome on 14 to clear the green and then everyone started bailing. I played 15 and 16 two long par fours with my phone flashlight and hitting the ball down the middle. 17 is what seems a really pretty par three that I played in the pitch black. Couldn't even find the tee box for 18 and was afraid of driving into a tree. So, I packed it in.

Obviously not the star that the Lake Course is, but a very good golf course on its own. Probably gets lost in the shuffle in the radius of so many spectacular courses, but like Del Monte not to be overlooked and a real pleasure to play.
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Never been reviewed so here goes, A little slice of heaven sums it up nicely. 9 hole walking only par three course playing 1,432 yards from the tips. As the name suggests it sits on the oceanside clifftops thru a tunnel on the far side of the property just past the driving range.

Had a picture-perfect day (no wind, clouds, or fog) for these 9 fun par three holes. » More

Never been reviewed so here goes, A little slice of heaven sums it up nicely. 9 hole walking only par three course playing 1,432 yards from the tips. As the name suggests it sits on the oceanside clifftops thru a tunnel on the far side of the property just past the driving range.

Had a picture-perfect day (no wind, clouds, or fog) for these 9 fun par three holes.
Some mild elevation changes and some deep bunkers added to the challenge. They had just finished maintenance (perhaps that morning), so the greens were sanded and small punched
and many of the tee boxes were moved up.

I was charged $50 which I believe was the twilight rate. I think the twilight rate is the same for both members/guests/and others on all courses, but I could be wrong. I was an other, (reciprocal) and didn't expect to play it, but I showed up early and they squeezed me in before my round, way cool.

Was told there were some Sunday bags to borrow because they didn't have a pushcart to borrow. Didn't see any bags so I looked at the scorecard, grabbed four clubs and was on my way. With only the 4 clubs I got creative with the tee boxes, and it worked out perfectly. I hit a 7 iron about 130yds and there seemed to be a tee box somewhere in that range on every hole. I was also able to tee off at the back of some tee boxes and hit a 7-wood on a few holes.

Course holes are not numbered, and the layout is a little confusing, but some members were out there to show me the way. There is also a Billys Burger Shack (home of the famous burger dog) at the end of the range before you go thru the tunnel. Mighty tasty!

I hate practicing and hitting balls, so this is my preferred method of warming up. By the time I finished and for many hours later you couldn't wipe the smile off my face. Just a real treat to play. I found it a similar experience to The Hay but much more of a golf course.
Is $50 too much for a 1,500yd course? Probably, but you can't beat the setting. If it were up to me, I might be able to fart around this course regularly and not get bored. Highly recommend it if you get the chance.
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