Puakea Golf Course

Nicely conditioned course with some great mountain backdrops. Meandering layout through houses on some holes. A couple of dramatic elevated tees on part 3s with forced carries over water. Very playable with generous fairways & strategically placed bunkers in fairways & around greens. A lot of fun to play. Decent Nike rentals.

Along with Wailua Municipal, Puakea is one of the best bargains on Kauai and a must-play, especially right off the plane or before you leave since it's just minutes from the airport. This Robin Nelson design might not have the ocean holes like the resort courses, but it's pretty scenic in its own right with mountain backdrops, elevation change and well above average conditioning. A par 3 that drops more than 100 feet are among the highlights.

Booked as a Golf Now Hot Deal! Great course with varied holes, all in excellent shape! Go play! You will have fun.

This course has lots of bunkers strategically placed. The front nine has a totally different feel from the back nine. The day we were there it seemed like we had our own private course. There were other golfers but we seldom saw them.

Front 9 was ok with signature hole # 6, back 9 was very nice with mountain views throughout. I will play it again.

Course is in good shape, played nine at 3:30pm, no one on course , good value

Great course -Course employees excellent- made things very pleasant for us!

Courses here for vacationer are extremely expensive and this was the only course available through golfnow so I was a little apprehensive of what to expect. I have played Prince Course (approx $200) and this course for $35. While the Prince Course is very upscale and extremely challenging, I found Puakea to be a nice layout, beautiful backdrop of mountains and in great shape. Not a fancy club house, but nice staff there. And what a deal! I would definitely go back.

As a visitor I have played here about 10 times the last three years. This course is the best maintained course I play. Overall an excellent value. Only warning to visitors is to bring an umbrella and a towel as short intense bursts of rain is normal on the Garden Isle.

Course is in very good shape. would have rated it 4 stars except for pace of play.. We played mid week at 10 AM. Took more than 5 hours to play.. Had extremely slow 5 some a couple of groups ahead of us. Called clubhouse twice to try to speed things along. They did send someone out to move things along, but pace continued to be slow. A couple of players in groups ahead quit after 12 holes because of pace of play. I am not sure I would play course again due to the slow play.

Staff very friendly , course offers many options, great views, some pin placements tough but fair. Plan to play again soon.

Great round and good value for the money. It always irritates me to show up and be greeted by rude starters or pro shop personnel that act like they are doing me a big favor to let me play and take my money. Well, not here. These folks couldn't have been nicer and it sets the tone for the round. Very well organized as well. Course conditions were good but the greens were pretty slow the day I visited. Overall it was Avery nice day of golf and the course is centrally located.

My husband and I loved playing this course. It was very well maintained and interesting. The surroundings were just beautiful.

On the island of Kauai there is plenty of courses to choose from. My son & I wanted to play on a course that was nice but would'nt break the bank so we picked the Puakea course. Reserved a tee time on golf now, and really enjoyed our golfing. The rental clubs despite being well used were a good quality brand, and as for the course, it was in very good condition. Would DEFINATELY play again

What a great course and close in town. I never would have known the course was located there, almost hidden from view. The elevated par three over a pond is a real challenge. I will play this course again!

We loved the course so much that we played 3 days while on the island.

The club house is pretty average but once you get past the first hole it is truly a beautiful course. Quite challenging as well; a truly fair test of golf. If I get back to Kauai I will definitely play Puakea again and would highly recommend it.

Course is great track with plenty of elevation changes, hole variety, and spectacular views. Staff is friendly and helpful. Fairways are wide and greens large to accommodate the wind. Greens in great shape, but not easy to read. A truly challenging yet
fun place to play. Par 3s offer great variety of shots, and there are 4 sets of tees with significant variance in distance, all in all, a great place to play, especially with the spectacular views of the surroundings.

Booked with Golf Now and got a good rate! Very enjoyable golf round.They met us at our car with a cart and were extrememly friendly and helpfull. Although I found myself in a lot of sand bunkers, but the sand was soft and easy to get out of. This was my second time playing here , first time was last week. It was a great price booked this way and so much more resonable than some of the other high rate courses. Great deal and very enjoyable!
Will definitely play here again when we come back to Kauai next year.

Excellent course, electric power carts and course play had no line ups or people pushing from behind.