Waikoloa Beach Resorts (Hawaii Island)

Fairways were great, the rough was tough to get out of. The sand traps are gravel (apparently due to the wind), and there are lots of them! We had so much fun, we decided to play 2 days in a row.

Have played the course many times. Staff are wonderful, pleasant pace of play and course was in nice condition, especially the greens. And given the current state of green fees on the Island, great value.

My wife have been playing this course for 25 years on vacation. The prices have gone way up since last year. Even the twilight rates are extremely high. Not the great value it has been for the past 25 years.

We teed off at 1:30 and were hoping to play just the 2 of us as we like to play fast; 2-3 hours. However, we were told we had to play with another couple. They were beginners!!

It was the SLOWEST ROUND Of GOLF we’ve played in 20 years! Got done at dark!

Missed Happy Hour at Tommy Bahama’s.

I’m sure many of the golfers behind us did not finish either.

Your course will play much faster if you leave groups at 2 people. If you get beginners who don’t want to pick up after 10 shots, then the next group can play through.

Only downside was the bunkers, gravel instead of sand. Damaged sand wedge surface.

Good layout, generous fairways, good greens, tougher than average rough with many tee box options make this a nice course for a mixed ability group. Not overly long even from the Blue tees. Pace of play was OK but not fast.

This is a nice course and kept in good condition. Okay pace of play. Nice staff.

I’ve been golfing on the big island for 6 years and this was my first round at Waikoloa Village.

I’ll start with the good:

It’s a great layout, very forgiving and 18 is a fun finishing hole. Staff were super friendly.

The bad:

Greens were a mess with areas of stressed grass mixed with areas of too long healthy grass along with some dead spots all which made putting really a challenge as the balls’ pace would change drastically through a putt.

The ugly :

Pace of play , got to hole 11 and there were 3 groups on the tee. One teeing off and 2 waiting. Before my round I was on the range and started asked me to tee off early as there was an 8-some behind me they wanted to get out quickly. I get it, no problem but an 8-ball ???? Crazy.

Bunkers are some kind of fine gravel, no sand at all !! So those who do play out of the bunker then spray gravel all over the greens further affecting the putting surface.

Some great views and the wind kicking up now and then added some fun but overall doubtful I’ll play it again or recommend to friends.

I have visited the islands many times, but had not golfed until this trip to the big island.

Waikoloa GC was an interesting track to play. The staff were great to deal with and the rental clubs were top notch. Electric cart came with a cooler full of ice which was a nice addition.

Not a really difficult course to play but the windy conditions exaggerated any fade or draw. Apparently the nickname for that area is "Waikobloa' since it is usually very windy.

Pace of play was very good, and I would play this course again.

Driving range, chipping and putting green were in very good shape.

Thank you to the staff for making it a memorable day.