played sun 2/23, 8:30am, cool day with a moderated breeze. Course in decent muni shape. Not ideal, but very playable... divots in the fairway, ball marks not repaired, etc. Greens running a fast 10... bumpy, lots of ball marks. The one bunker i landed, hole 16 greenside. it was hard packed, no sand.. was able to chip it out. I always enjoy this course, not long, but not easy. Can go low here due to shorter holes, but overall, need to hit it straight and putt well on these huge greens.

played sun 2/2, 8am shotgun. I think this might be my favorite resort/public course in the area. Haven't played here in many years, and it was a fun time. Course in good shape, the worst conditioned of the 3 i played. But overall in good shape. Tee boxes were surprisingly subpar. Greens firm and fast, an 11. They were the bumpiest of the 3 due to small ball marks not being fixed. Fairways lush, bunkers nice. The course is carved into the mountainside, and looks the most natural of the 3 Dye courses I played. 16 interesting holes, 2 or maybe 3 pedestrian holes. Overall had a great time on a beautiful warm day.

played sat 2/1, 8am shotgun. course in fabulous shape. Greens are firm and fast, running 11. Course lush, rough semi dormant. bunkers were mostly playable, but seemed inconsistent. The greens here, out of the 3 i played, were the most undulating and the pins were demanding. It was near impossible to hold a green, and chipping to some pin placements were impossible and you had to play away from the pin. You definitely needed to know where to miss, and even then, you had to miss right. I hit some good shots that normally would've given me a makeable putt, but they ended up rolling off the green, one time 50 ft. Part of it is knowing where to aim to play it, which requires playing it over and over, part of it felt unfair. the facility is amazing, and we had a great time on a beautiful day.

played fri 1/31, 12:15 tee time, 5:15 round, finished in the dusk. First time here in a long time, so I can't remember what it was like before the renovation. Course in fabulous shape, coming off the pga event 2 wks ago. Pretty immaculate, really. Greens firm, running 11. challenging course with water all over. Rough is dormant, but playable. Fairways running fast. A strenuous test all around.. need to keep it out of the water off the tee, hitting the green is no given, and putting is challenging. beautiful day as well. carts have a great speaker system for your tunes, but the gps was a bit sketchy. Overall had a great time.

Played 12/23, walked on as single at 7:10, teed off at 7:30. 4 hr round as a 3 some. I was determined to hit this course on this trip, as it's the best visitor deal around, and no one seems to know about it. course in much better shape than my last visit. Fairways had good coverage. greens in great shape: a fast 10 down grain, slow 9 into the grain. Very fun course. carts with gps, though they don't seem to take care of their carts. interesting holes with mostly wide fairways. Greens challenging. Tough par 3s. Helps to have course knowledge of the greens to know where to aim on approaches. Had a great time

Played Fri 12/20. Walked on as a single at 7:15am, they got me on at 8:30 (so went and got breakfast nearby, recommend Kapiolani coffee shop). First off, it's now called Pearl at Kalauao. It was closed for like 2 years for course renovations, and just opened 12/18 i think. Not sure what they did.. I think redid the greens and bunkers, reseeded , cut some vegetation... the routing seems very similar. Anyways, was excited to get back out here, as I feel this is the best public non resort course. It's all I remembered: interesting holes, elevation changes, great views of the harbor. Course in above great shape. Greens grainy, firm, fast 10 downgrain, slow 9 into the grain. A tiny little bit bumpy, as ball marks were shallow enough not to be fixed cuz of the firmness. ball settled down in rough, but playable.
New carts with gps. Putting green is closed until next month. Fresh spam musubi in the pro shop for sale. Slow round, but had a great time.

played sun 12/15, 7:45, 4:40 round. another socal nostalgia stop for me, must be a decade since I played here last. Actually, the clubhouse was not finished. So, cold morning. Course in pretty good shape. Greens firm and fast. lots of unfixed ball marks.. small ones, cuz the firmness, so had to smooth out a lot of marks on my line. very grainy, which i never fully figured out. Probably 12 downgrain, 10 up grain. Rough is dormant. Bunkers not raked all over. Need to have good course knowledge to score here. Had a good time.

Played back 9 on Sat, 12/14, 7am.. walked on as a single and was able to go off the back, otherwise pretty busy. 2:15 as a 3 some. First time here in a decade, so nice to have the nostalgia of an old course. Sometime since I was last here, they flipped the 9s... Greens in good shape, slow 11, so pretty quick. Course in good muni shape. Had a good time.

Played shotgun on 11/23 Sat... I've been out here once before maybe 15-20 years ago, before all of the housing... I don't remember it at all. But it was a fun course. Challenging off the tee, lots of forced carries and tight landing areas. Greens are big and undulating. Forecaddies are required, and a huge help. I don't think I would've enjoyed it as much without, as I would've made a lot of course knowledge mistakes. Greens running a slow 11. The course is in great shape. Nice to play to cross it off the list, but I think it'd be a mental grind to play here regularly.

Played Fri and Sun 11/21 and,24... Fri 12:18 4:40 round finished in the dark, Sun 8am shotgun, about 5 hr pace. Course in fabulous shape. Greens running about a fast 11.. huge and undulating. Always love coming out here when I get the opportunity. Rained overnight Sat, course no issues, greens a little softer and slower, but felt like they returned to Fri speeds on the back 9. This is my favorite So Cal public course.

Played sunday 10/13, 10:20 tee time; played 4 1/2 hrs. course in good shape. greens are recovered from the punching about 5 weeks ago, but greens slow and bumpy, about a fast 9. I always enjoy playing here.

Played Wed 10/2, shotgun scramble... after never playing here in over 20 years of golf, I've now played here twice in 3 months. Greens were even slower than last time. Overall decent muni shape. It's golf... I had fun.

EDIT: i see according to the GK page, this course punched 3 weeks ago... I couldn't tell. They were completely healed, soft as heck... but that might explain why they haven't been mowed in a while.