Olomana Golf Links

Its been a while since I played but still same old course. Play was a bit slow but what I expected on a Saturday. Course its self looks good. I forgot how bumpy the course is.

This course touts itself as "links-style". What this mainly means is the fairways have a lot of undulations. Go slow with the cart or your "okole" will bounce off the seat. You will have difficult lies. Front nine has more water hazards; back nine much more hilly. Course tends to flood in heavy rains. Some fairways lack grass. Greens can be inconsistent at times. Overall beautiful, relaxed setting. On clear days the Koolaus are absolutely beautiful, especially with the morning sun.

This north side of Oahu course is a fun course that tests you when the Trade winds are blowing. On a calm day, it's relatively easy. On a windy 20 MPH day, the 1st, 2nd, 7th and 11th holes can be real challenges. The greens are always nice and maintained very well. THey have just enough water and trees to keep you focused on where is this shot going so I can make my next approach. Some traps have a good sand base, bit a few are like hitting off concrete with a thin sand layer. These are a real test.
Food and beverage in the restaurant are pretty good. Their club sandwich seems to be the best buy.

This is course is good value for Hawaii residents. As a visitor I couldn't imagine paying regular rack rate. My only knock on this course is that they pack on the tee times and they allow 6-somes, creating a severely congested golf course in most situations. This particular time we were completely surprised and finished in 3.5 hours only because we got out before all the big groups. At one of the turns we saw for golf carts and an 8-some!

Another time we played it took an hour to finish one hole. The first tee was stacked 6 deep. We left and played another nearby course.

Overall, the course as a golf course is a fun one but, the way it is operated is very poor. If you book a tee time here expect a much longer than normal round time.

Very fun course! Front is moderately flat with 3 par 5's. Back is challenging with rolling hills. Dog legs, ditches and OB make for a fun course. Great view from the back especially. Staff was very friendly and knowledgable. Pretty good restaurant for after golf activities. (beers and burgers)

Course is well maintained. We played after a ton of rain and the course was still in great shape.

This could be a good course because of the layout and the interesting holes, but much more attention will have to be paid to maintenance etc. Fairways are not good; greens are OK. It was slow the day we played.

Standing water on a number of holes. Fairways in rough condition. Got a discounted t-time. No way would pay full price.

I play this course every weekend because of the convenience, the staff is friendly and the casual attitude is nice. But, they have new ownership and the prices have gone up. If they are going to raise the prices they need to do a lot of work on the fairways. The fairways are riddled with holes and uneven play, and sparse grass. You'll need to move your ball to grass on almost every shot... The layout is nice and the views are great of the Pali Mountains. The prices are now equal to other very we'll maintained courses on Oahu. This course needs work....I would rate it just below average....

Half of the golf course was flooded and the bad smell of stagnant water, golf carts were in bad shape.

Olomana Golf links is unplayable. A co-worker and I played on Friday, 18 January. The front 9 was completely flooded. There is no water drainage whatsoever. The fairways on all 18 are dried mud and have the feel of concrete. Trying to swing the club not only hurts your hands and arms, but probably damages your clubs. Sand traps are dried and hard as well. Impossible to get under the ball. Greens are dried out and way too fast and littered with leaves and debris. Finally, the pace of play was so slow because the staff allowed a group of SEVEN before us. No course marshal whatsoever. DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME OR MONEY!

Played here on day two of our vacation and was not impressed. Fairways were dead and the greens needed to be cut. The group in front of us was playing a six some and apparently there is no dress code. There are too many great courses on the island to play here. Near the bottom or my list.

I always enjoy playing golf at Olomana as this is an “ancient” Hawaiian golf course with the attributes of a classic track and at the same time, work in progress! As with most courses under new ownership, the course is undergoing improvement and enhancements. The staff is excellent, the course needs work from the standpoint of unintended fairway hazards with dips and valleys, greens with unknown issues that make them inconsistent and difficult to negotiate. I suggest you play the course and make up your own determination of difficulty, playability and enjoyment. President Obama makes this track an annual event, and if it is good enough for him, it’s good enough for me!

Fun course but of course could be way better if they fix it up and patch the fair way and actually had better carts... awful shocks and makes it worst when the fairways are bumps her and there...bad lies whereever you ball lands on the drive...sometimes nice... need attention... badly...

Very easy check in and friendly staff in the Pro shop. Can't beat the price I received on line.

The course seems to be a regular place for local golfers. There was a high concentration of golfers which contributed to very slow play. Ranger patrolled the course but did nothing to speed up play.
Greens had just been aerated, so were very rough and did not roll true. Lots of disease noted on green surface. Fairways were no smooth - lots of very weird bounces on good drives. Lots of unplayable areas in the middle of fairways.

Lady in the pro shop and the lady in the snack shack was rude and grouchy. Bought a beer and a bag of doritos and the chips was super stale and old!!

For the cost it was taken care of like a state course. the greens were in bad shape and the fairway was like hitting off cement. I would not recommend anyone paying to play this course there are to many nice courses in better shape for the money. Also to top it off at the turn we stopped to get a hot dog at about 1:00 and they were sold out "come on man".

Olomana Golf Links can be a great value if you find one of the deep discounts on Golfnow. The pace of play was excruciatingly slow, but then I showed up behind a local golf club that had 12 tee times, some with 5 or 6 in a tee time. Despite the slow pace of play it was a fun course, nothing too spectacular about the course, but then again you're playing golf in Hawaii where the fairways tend to be sparse and the greens fast.

The staff was extremely friendly, with lots of local aloha, which helped make the experience even better.

For the price I paid, I'd certainly play it again--but not on the last Sunday of the month when the large golf club is playing.

I'm most likely never golfing there again, course overall conditions are horrible and it is jut not worth the time

I've played Olomana several times. I like it mostly because each hole has a different personality. You have to use several different approaches to the some very short holes, holes with revines, elevation changes, and dogleg lefts and rights. To me, it's a fun course.

The golf carts are absolutely terrible and need to be replaced.

For the price...I'll play there many times to come.