Beach Course at Waikoloa Beach Resort

Reader Ratings / Reviews

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  by Brian
  on May 09th, 2015 20:38

  My wife and I golfed this course on a recent trip to Hawaii. We wanted early morning to escape the heat and wind (a lot of it in the afternoon here). So, we paid non-guest morning green fees of $180 each (by choice) as we had heard so many good things about the "Beach Course".
  
  One would have certain expectations of a course with $180 green fees. I feel they fell short on service. Starting, no one at the bag drop. No directions, or easy to see signs directing us to the golf shop. Had to find it on our own and have the clerk call someone to help us with a cart and our bags.
  
  After bags loaded, two guys standing at a counter where the carts were and no one came up to us to tell us where to go. When I approached them and asked, they said "go to the starter" and a pointed with their hand. The starter, however, was polite and accommodating.
  
  The course was OK for a links course but was inside and around all the condos and roads. One, yes, One hole on the "beach". Aptly named for marketing I guess. A par golfer would find this course challenging, an average golfer like myself (90's) found the amount of sand protecting the holes a nuisance. I'm just whining here.
  
  In summary, I found the course to be over-hyped and over-priced. I would consider returning but will find a far better deal on fees first.
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  by Terance Anderson
  on May 22nd, 2014 10:48

  Beautiful venue, but a bit of a stretch to dub it the 'beach' course; the one hole pictured is it, then it heads back in between condos again.
  
  Sadly the course was not kept in the best of conditions; major problems were unraked bunkers (some looks like week[s] or more), no Marshall so play was backed up, esp. in the back 9, weedy/non-mowed in some areas. A fees break would have been nice since the greens had been recently aerated.
  
  Fairly open course; nice layout.
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  by MikeW
  on December 03rd, 2010 13:14

  A nice layout with good conditions. Some interesting holes including number 7 which is the only hole that is on the beach. We stayed in a condo on the 15th hole and watched a bunch of players dump balls into the pond in front of the green. So make sure you take enough club to clear the pond. ;-)
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  by Brian
  on January 07th, 2010 19:34

  Played the Beach Course in Nov. of 09, and what a fun day it was. I would recommend looking at their website directly to get an idea of the layout, as they have changed a lot of the hole numbers when they consolidated clubhouses with the King's Course.
  
  What used to be the Par 5 12th hole is now the Par 5 7th. This is the signature hole that puts you right up against the Pacific. A wonderful hole (even better since I pared it) and of all things we ran into the cart girl on that hole. Since there wasn't anyone behind us she was more than happy to take a few pictures of us at the hole. Just one of the many nice touches the staff at Waikoloa brings to their courses.
  
  Lots of fun lava running through the course, and nice views everywhere you look.
  
  Not being a golfer that will be joining the PGA Tour anytime soon I appreciated that it was a challenging course, but not an impossible course for those of us that won't be going to Q School anytime soon.
  
  The other nice thing about this course is it seems that everyone wants to play the King's Course, which from what I understand is another outstanding course, but the upside to being the cast aside sibling is the course was wide open, and for all but maybe 2 holes I felt like we had the entire place to ourselves, which made the day that much more enjoyable!
  
  If you're an average golfer looking for a memorable, fun, and beautiful course while you're on vacation, you really can't go wrong at the Beach Course. (Oh and they offer very nice Nike gear as rentals for those who don't want to be bent over any harder by the airlines than you already will be getting over to Hawaii)