Royal Hawaiian Golf Club

The scenery alone is worth every dime.

But bring at least one ball for every stroke of your handicap. There are no good shots at Royal Hawaiian -- only great shots and bad ones. If you miss your target by even 6 inches, you will either lose your ball, have an unplayable lie, or end up with an impossible recovery shot.

Pace of play was atrocious. It took me about 6 hours to play. Some of this is due to the ridiculously tall rough that surrounds every fairway. Most groups spend at 5 mins per hole searching for lost balls.

Four or five greens were in bad shape. They had been aerated 2 weeks prior, but no sand hand been applied, so they were super bumpy.

Finally, don't be afraid to move up to a shorter tee box. This course is full of forced carries and doesn't reward long hitters.

I will play it again the next time I'm on Oahu, but I'll bring lots of shag balls....

A great course hidden in the bush. Fantastic views. Enjoyed the challenge of staying in the fairways!

This course is a short course that was not in great condition and was run like a mini course that had seen better days. I played it on a day that the greens were punched and you had difficulty determining where the fairways end and the rough begins. Patches of grass on the fairway made for uneven texture. You don’t need a driver or a wood to play this course. Keep those in your car! The pro shop had very little inventory. In fact, my local mini 9-hole pro shop had more inventory. It’s worth maybe $75 so play it if you’re a local who can get resident rates. Otherwise, don’t pay $165. No wonder there were tons of tee times available. Lesson learned.

It was a beautiful course and difficult terrain, and even tougher when playing with cart path only. With the way this course layout, cart path only rule make it very hard to play, they need to announce it in advance.

Jurassic Park is an apt nickname for this course. Around every corner is a spectacular view. Rough is very thick, then it is jungle. Staff and pro shop are great. Target golf at finest with several tee box choices. Can’t wit to play it again.

Had tee time at 1PM when made turn the snack bar was closed.

What a beautiful course. The staff are extremely nice and friendly. Thank you guys

This may have been a great course at one time, but the overall facility is run down and seems to be barely surviving. It is truly playing golf in a jungle on a mountainside. As such it is very unique and probably worth playing once for the novelty. The advice was bring one extra ball for each of your handicap points is about accurate, you are going to lose a lot of balls! It seems to rain everyday there because of its location, expect mud. Fairways in poor condition, greens slow. Bag "drop off" process is bizarre, facilities are run down. We checked the box but will not go back.

Staff is amazing. Helpful and welcoming. No driving range. No restaurant. Snack bar available. It rained really hard the day before and morning off so course was soaked. Doesn’t drain well but expected in Hawaii. Beautiful views of the rain forest. Some of the most challenging holes Hawaii has to offer.

Every hole is cart path and the conditions are horrendous.

The course is located in a lush, scenic area but the course design is lacking. Some holes are down a hill and there’s no good landing area. Very difficult to play but the scenery is breathtaking.

A lot of fun playing in the hilly jungles in the middle of Oahu. Course in pretty good conditions but greens could have been in better shape. But overpriced, even at the discounted rate I got, for what it delivers.

Beautiful course and scenery, but all target Golf, Very hilly with carts restricted to golf path only,