Hawaii Kai Golf Course

This course definitely isn’t for beginners. The front 9 on the championship is extremely tough some blind holes and tight fairways and tee boxes don’t provide a lot of room for error. The fairways could use some love and the greens are very inconsistent. Definitely recommend someone who likes a challenging course but the price is a little high for the quality of a municipal course.

Greens less than average, weeds in the bunkers, dry greens. Very disappointing for the price.

At every tee box the ball washers were dry or had a scant amount of dirty water. I would say 8 out of 18 were broken and completely unusable. How does Hawaii Kai justify this degree of neglect?

Course is well kept and layout is challenging. Got some nice elevation changes and nice distant par 5 holes. Plan on coming back for sure

Thank you, GolfNow/GolfPass for the Hot Deal and reduced rate. Otherwise I think the non-resident rate for this course is way too high (although this is true of most Hawaii golf, imho). I will be playing this course again. Great value for what I paid via GolfNow and GolfPass. Lots of locals (singles) not interested in pairing up which made pace of play a little more slow. Staff was super friendly - aloha spirit!

Course needs major investment, very poor condition and definitely not worth the money. Frankly an obnoxious price for a less then average public course.

I have a 5.8 handicap, and was looking forward to playing there, and being that it was the first time in Hawaii I figured most courses would be I good shape, but I was wrong!! Pictures of the course on GolfNow didn’t do any justice at all!! For what I paid to play I would never go there again! Long story short, I was very disappointed. 👎🏻👎🏻

The Good: Pro shop staff was friendly, check in was very easy, and all staff members were helpful. I love the course layout. It has a lot of fun holes, but is plenty forgiving for mid to high handicappers, with wide fairways and a safe side on most holes in the event of a bad miss. Most greens have enough break to create some fun putts, but they read and roll true. Some felt much quicker than others, but most were on the slower side.

The Meh: Course wasn't overly crowded and pace of play was decent. Fairways rolled out well, but rough is a touch longer and can eat your distance. Greens were receptive and mostly in good shape... Maybe one or two 3x3 dead spots on an otherwise consistent green, on average. The views aren't really anything to write home about, and are better at other courses closer to the mountains or further up the coast.

The Bad: Sand traps were hard packed, but this has been the case for three courses I've played this trip. I think it's more a product of the season and recent downpours, which did a number on most the courses here. Some dead patches in the roughs, and a few fairways were a bit spotty but well mowed. A couple of tee boxes were chewed up, but I've seen worse this week.

Overall, I really enjoyed my afternoon. I found a good deal on my tee time through GN, and at under $100 I feel very happy with my experience (considering non-local rates in Hawaii). If I was paying the full greens fee, there may be better maintained options on the island, but overall this course is fun, forgiving, and long enough to keep you entertained for the afternoon.

I booked this course because it said there was waterview from every hole. The course layout was wonderful and there was a slight breeze from the ocean. However, they charge $75 for renting a golf bag and we paid less than that for the round. And the course was in terrible shape. The greens were slow and the fairways full of patches. The forward tees were right in front of the white tees so not very friendly to the ladies. .

The pace was very slow. I was the first tee time after a group of high school girls began 9 holes of team trials. Other than that, it is a ok course, not great. The fairways were a little burnt out in spots and the greens were average. But for the price it’s about average. There are nicer courses in better conditions but at much higher prices. So it’s a trade off.

I was playing from the most forward tees, and the tee boxes had overgrown grass to even set my tee up. Some part of the holes were nice , however, there were lots of areas where it was not attended to.

I enjoyed a nice round with a retired couple from Connecticut and the weather was perfect. But the course itself was not maintained very well. The greens were SLOW, the sand was hard packed and muddy, and the fairways were either too sparse, or totally uncut. The guy in the pro shop told me when I arrived that I couldn't play early because the course was booked up, a total fabrication, as it was empty and the group in front of us had 2 players. it's a $40 course at best.

I paid full through golfnow. Would refund it as soon as possible