The Village Course at Waikoloa

This course layout is a fair layout. If you are always in the fairway there should be no trouble. But the rough was long and some areas are St Augustine grass which grabs your club and sends shots who knows where. The bunkers are not sand but some kind of rounded gravel. Price was lower than any others but not sure I would go back. Went because we are here for 11 days and can't afford high prices for a lot of days of golf.

good course but is very over priced unless you use the golf now discount

This is an average course. Greens were extremely slow because they had been punched 9 days earlier. Pack of play was slow but I was playing by myself. Without the golfnow discount it was way over priced

Enjoyed a round at this well-maintained course. The rough is very forgiving with usually only grass to catch an errant shot.
Only thing I didn't like was the pebble filled bunkers. Hardpan underneath required an accurate tempo to keep from drilling one across the green.
Only a couple of water hazards.

Great value for the money. I agree with previous commenter about the sand traps being filled with fine gravel. Also agree with his assessment of the course.

Everything from the staff to the grass was good. The only drawback is that the bunkers are gravel rather than sand.

This course was a great course, conditions of the course was great fairways and greens were really nice. Staff was nice, maybe the only thing to comment is club hours could be alittle better, but who cares when the course is a really nice course like this one, i recommend playing this on your next vacation here. we will be playing this course again while here on vacation.

My 14 year old son wanted to play golf while on vacation. I found this course on-line. They have great twilight rates and junior rates. Additionally, they offer discounted club rentals after 2:30pm. The course is average. The negatives were the pea gravel in the sand traps, the ball gets zero roll with this type of grass and the wind at this elevation. However, there are some stunning views and they provide very nice Taylor Made rental clubs. The bonus was a box of Taylor Made golf balls was also included with our rental. It was a fun round watching wild turkeys run across the fairways. Not a resort course. More like a local commumity course.

My wife and I played this course for the first time in the middle of the day. We were practically the only ones on the course. Nene and turkeys were abundant. The course was in very good shape. Many workers were out manicuring the course but stayed out of our way and weren't a distraction. The housing on the course is set back enough that errant shots aren't going to break a window. The bev cart came by at least three times in our round, maybe we were the only ones on the course. Thats a record for what we've experienced at other courses. A cooler was provided on the cart and plenty of sand for filling divots. All in all Waikoloa Village course was a great day at the course.

Mahalo

Facilities are muni style, but the course and conditions above average. Interesting and entertaining track without a lot of trouble to get into. Very much an enjoyable round.

This course is inexpensive to play but there is a trade off. The fairways are so heavy and thick that there is no roll, the ball dies right where it lands. These dense Kikuyu grass fairways act just like rough and deflect fairway woods and irons.

" Kikuyu is somewhat "hairy", if you look at it closely. And the leaves bend over in the middle, forming a spongy mat that traps the club, especially because the ball tends to sink down between the blades, effectively resting on the ground. The trick is to strike down on the ball, as though from heavy rough. Otherwise, the thick mat of interlaced Kikuyu blades trap the club, drastically reducing clubhead speed. " *Golfers Guide to Grasses
Using Kikuyu grass for the putting green is unheard of in the US, and the Waikoloa Village Golf Course is the exception. The putting here does not roll true, it's bumpy and grainy depending upon density.
This track is long and plays into the wind on some of the longest holes. There are so many uphill shots to the elevated greens. There are multiple elevations on this layout with elevated tees and water comes into play especially on the approach to 18.

The bunkers are full of pea gravel and are unplayable. There's limited yardage markers on the course, except for the 150 stakes and some 100 yard, and 75 yard plates in the fairway. Women golfers do not get any real forward tee breaks here. With the high winds and the deep fairways, the ladies will have a tough round.

The pro shop is friendly and Cal the cart guy/starter is efficient. You cannot get your cart until after Cal releases you to the first tee.
The course scores high on looks and scenery with ocean vistas in the distance. The grass is bright green from all the rain.
There are a lot of Nene, Hawaii state birds and a protected species, here.
They don't have a beverage cart, but there's a young women camped out in the midst of the back nine selling sodas and beer. There's no water in the cart nor on the course and no ice or towels either. There's no food available if you have a morning tee time, the bar opens around noon.

This course has some good, interesting elevation changes, friendly but not to friendly fairways Nd of course fabulous views. The only negative would be the kitty litter sand traps.

Again we were paired up with another couple who we thoroughly enjoyed. The round was a little on the slow side - did not see a Marshall. Sand traps are terrible - loose pebbles.

Hawaii golf in March - rates were ok for this course. Views are nice of ocean and snow capped mountains. Disappointed bunkers were made of gravel - not good for clubs - guess there is too much lava rock and sand is hard to find! Not impressed with adjoining restaurant. I ordered curry stir fry vegetable with shrimp and it came as a bowl of soup with rice on the side - not what I expected.

The golf experience at this course is very dependent on the weather. It is often very windy which makes play difficult. On the day we played the weather was perfect - sunny with only a mild breeze. That being said, the course is very enjoyable and in very good condition. Although we rode, this course is walkable. It is a fair test of golf and can be challenging from the tips. The golf here is meant to be enjoyable and it is. This is not a resort course. It is located in the town of Waikoloa Village so a lot of locals play here. The price at $68 on GolfNow (9:30AM tee time) is a good value.

Great course for start of the year lots of room off the tee :0)

Course is in good shape. Rough is tough. Elevated greens cause you to take 1 or 2 longer clubs than you normally would use. The only disappointment are the sand traps. They don't have sand. They have a coarse shard mixture that scrapes up the sole of your club. After the first trap I would lift out and play from grass. Other than that we enjoyed the course enough to play twice in one week.

Self serve refreshments. Thee is a restaurant but I don't think it's part of the course.

We just golf to have a good time and hope for some good golf too. We had both. This course is better than the mountain courses, cooler than the ocean courses, and wider fairways. We plan on coming back weekly. We were paired with nice couple to make the experience even more fun, and met dome great, literally, turkey's along the way.

Enjoyed the course very much - great value, conditions and staff!