Makalei Golf Club

This course needs to put some $$ into improving the overall course conditions. Most of the tee boxes are uneven and rutty. Bunkers don’t have sand in them. They are doing work on the fringes currently. The greens are in real good shape. This can be a really good course with those improvements. It’s a very challenging but fair layout.

Interesting course in a higher elevation that was a challenge.

Love this course.... third time played it and getting to know the nuances of where trouble lurks from the back tees. I love the fact that it challenges your ability to shape shots off frequent up- and down- and side-slope lies... it has made me a better golfer. The views and bird life are spectacular, and the staff very friendly. Diversfy your game from the flat Kona coast resort courses while you pay half as much for a memorable round, even if your score suffers!

Looks like this was once a good course. Really disappointed. The entire course was over run by weeds.. sand traps filled with weeds, there really were not any sand traps. To bad, whoever is responsible for the course doesn’t do more for it.

Maybe they should just let it go wild and become a bird sanctuary.

This is the hilliest (if that's a word) course I've ever played. That isn't bad necessarily, especially cuz you're on the Big Island, it's a good value, and the views are really spectacular on some holes. We played with a really, really nice local guy. The hills affect some drives which made the first time playing the course a bit challenging. Take extra balls, you'll probably need them. But it was a lot of fun and a great value. Just be mentally prepared for the hills, because this entire upcountry course is built on the side of the mountain.... or volcano.

The course has some very pretty holes but there was a large amount of bunkers that was in very bad shape and way too much ground under repair not marked.

Great challenging course with nice layout. They had just reopened after the storm and the downed trees were incredible. Very destructing. But course was fun and had a good time. It’s higher up so not as warm. Lots of peacocks and chickens

Fairways , tee boxes and bumpers a mess .

Love layout , greens good . Golf carts on last legs

Good time out with two buddies shot best round for year

This course looks nothing like the pictures shown. Only green grass is on the greens which were pretty good. Fairways and tee boxes all brown covered with weeds. Bunkers don't exist, either overgrown or just gravel.

This might be the worst golf money I have ever spent.

Negatives:

The only sign of green grass on a fairway or tee box were weeds and some were knee high.

All bunkers were either GUR, overgrown, mud, or gravel.

No way to know where to hit your tee shot as the “rough” and “fairway” are both just brown hard pan, dirt and weeds.

Cart went twice as fast down the steep hills as a normal cart and appeared to be 20 years old, no padding, & blood all over the sanitized seat.

Positives:

Greens were actually pretty good.

Layout is pretty good

Cart paths are excellent

Beautiful trees

Drives go 300-400 yards as the “fairways’ are rock hard with no grass. Who knows where it might end up.

Course is very challenging and a couple rounds would help with the aiming and placement for improved scoring opportunities.

Fairways need water