Waikoloa Beach Resorts (Hawaii Island)

Friendly, helpful staff. Course was in good shape. A forgiving course for the casual golfer. Found a Golf Now special for $98 green fees, which was fair and reasonable I the land of exorbitant resort golf fees. We live locally and will definitely be back as soon as we have our HI drivers license and qualify for local rates.

The greens are very slow and the traps have gravel instead of sand and are inconsistent.

First, Angie, the marshal/concierge got us off to a great start. Our cooler was set up with ice and four water bottles. We got tees and were allowed to hit balls for free at the driving range until or tee time. Angie offered to let us start early but we decided to hit some balls. This course has wide fairways. There is water but easy to avoid. There are a lot of sand bunkers and volcanic rock but again, easy to avoid due to wide fairways. The pace of play was great on Friday. Finished the front nine with a twosome in 80 minutes. My only minor complaint about the course was the condition of the sand bunkers. All bunkers in Hawaii are more like small gravel. I don’t get it. You’re in Hawaii. There should be plenty of sand. Also the restaurant/bar on hole 5 although convenient had rude staff. Not sure if they are affiliated with the course.

Golf in Hawaii for visitors is pretty expensive. The higher priced ones are that way because they are in fantastic shape and or are visually stunning. Waikoloa Village is just a step down from those. The layout is very good and provides every level of skill a chance to score. There are a few patchy spots in some fairways and the bunkers seem like gravel instead of sand. However the greens are pretty good and roll true. The staff is great, carts are peppy (no GPS though) and food cart service is regular. They charge for range but a small is only $3 and balls are in good shape. Overall a good round on a good course.

This course is a lot of fun. The fairways and greens are in great shape. Fairways are wide there are just enough trees to make it interesting. The bunkers aren’t really sand. More like small gravel. Most staff is friendly, especially the lady at the counter with the accent. Good value based on Tri other courses in the area. No ocean views butyou get nice mountain views. There is enough elevation chance to keep things interested.

The staff in the pro shop are not welcoming or friendly to us or our friends we invited to join us! This is almost always the case and this time it was particularly noticeable!

The staff at the restaurant was also short with us!

We don’t find this at any other golf course in the area!

We hope management will read this and take note!

This was my second time playing here The first was right after a rain storm and the course still played well. There is some ground under repair but overall the course was in great condition. The greens didn’t all seem the play the same speed but fair. Still had a few turkeys and lots of nenes. I will definitely be back.

Staff was great... pace of play was a little slow but there was only 2 in our group because of Covid. Great day of golf.