Hawaii Kai Golf Course

What a wonderful course with mountain and ocean view opportunities! I play all over the world and this is now in my top 5 overall. The staff is unbelievable and views are great. Very inexpensive for what you get!!!!

A few years ago the locals had told me this course was very dry and not in that good of shape. I finally played there for the first time and was surprised to find it in great shape. The fairways were lush and the greens were in good shape. Maybe they've received a lot of rain recently. Regardless, I didn't see any dry spots. The bunkers were a little hard. They didn't have the soft white sand high end courses use. The pace of play was a bit slow. We got stuck behind a fivesome of seniors. No reason to rush. Everyone's on island time.

Layout is fun, good time with a couple of regulars that I was joined up with. Course has a number of elevated greens and doglegs, plenty of scenic views. Could use some water and care, number of dry areas, but all in all enjoyable. Driving range and restaurant open later than early tee times so no point showing up for warm up and breakfast.

This course up charges you extra money over golf now hot deal course is terrible conditions pace of play is a joke people don’t let you play thru had to skip a hole to save hours avoid this.course at all costs worst on the island

The greens fees were way overpriced for this course. The tee boxes, fairways and greens were dried out and brown. A significant portion of the course was simply dirt. No grass, just dirt patches. The course website advertises as ocean front, but only one hole had an ocean view.

To top it off, the club rental was $70.

I spent over $250 to play a poorly maintained golf course.

I complained to the pro shop staff representative and his response was:

“You’re preaching to the choir, I won’t play here.”

I asked him for a refund, but was denied.

Overall a very poor experience.

Review as of 10/17

Really enjoyed this course and found it to be a decently challenging layout with the wind playing a large factor on each hole. Greens weren't perfect but they rolled true and decently quick. Fairways were better on some holes than others and don’t be surprised if you end up in some dirt in the rough. If youre coming to hawaii looking for country club level lush and perfection youre better off forking up the $200+ for a higher end course. If you just want a casual round with some pretty solid views and don’t want to break the bank I highly recommend. I think the standard non-resident rate of $100+ is overpriced. I was able to get a hot deal for around $60 and I think that was good value as far as hawaii goes. You wont find a full length course at much cheaper.

Played Hawaii Kai Golf course today for the first time. And here is a quick review…

Course Conditions ( fairways + greens ) fair at best. Very dry fairways and not a single decent green out there.

Course Layout is actually quite interesting with a few quirky holes. Very gettable for all level Golfer’s.

Views are nice but not spectacular. Staff is extremely welcoming and friendly.

All in all not the worst experience but really nothing to write home about.

Hawaii Kai is a nice layout. The greens were in okay condition, and soft, as were the tees. However, the traps were hard with very little sand, and I would compare the fairways and rough to a cow pasture—very brown with plenty of bare spots. There didn’t seem to be any effort on the staff’s part to fill foursomes. There were plenty of twosomes and singles, which slowed down the pace of play. There were no Marshall’s to help speed the pace of play, nor was there a refreshment cart to help quench your thirst. The rental clubs were pretty decent—Callaway Epic woods, and Callaway irons with Mac Daddy wedges. I wouldn’t come back.

The greens were in great shape. Very dry fairways, but not really a problem. Fair course for all levels. Impressed with the helpfulness and friendliness of the entire staff there.

This course is a rip off. I had made a tee time thru Golfnow. They wanted to charge me $70 for a rental set of golf clubs or take their deal to purchase a package for 18 holes even though I wanted play 9 holes. I think golfnow should not sell tee times to this course.

Love the people who work their especially that one aunty she’s the best

Played here for the first time on 1-25-21. Staff were friendly and helpful. Very dissapointed in the course conditions. For this golf course to charge $120.00 for a round of golf is non sensical. Fairways were awful and putting surfaces were at best fair. On almost every shot you had to bump into a preferred lie as playing conditions were a far cry from a championship course as advertised. This course has potential but it is obvious a lack of course maintenance has rendered a promising course to the level of a poorly maintained muni. The lack of revenue due to covid 19 has likely hurt this course upkeep as there was not many players on the the day I played.