Destination Guide: Plan your Big Island golf vacation
When you're the big kid on the block, you better do it right, and the Big Island of Hawaii does just that when it comes to satisfying golfers.
Big Island golf courses and more
When you're the big kid on the block, you better do it right, and the Big Island of Hawaii does just that when it comes to satisfying golfers. At more than double the size of all other Hawaiian islands combined, there's plenty of Hawaii real estate for not just luxury homes and condos, but for some of the most exciting beach golf you'll find.
Golf packagers are always at the ready to provide vacation rentals to travelers looking to get the most golf for their buck on the Big Island. And the golf is spectacular. From Mauna Kea Golf Course, designed by the great Robert Trent Jones, Sr., to the Jack Nicklaus Course at Hualalai Golf Club, and many others in between, Big Island golf will give dedicated duffers great golf, and great weather to take advantage of it.
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... full article »Photo gallery: Francis H. I'i Brown South Course at Mauna Lani Resort
A stunning resort golf layout, the Francis H. I'i Brown South Course at the Mauna Lani Resort is a course where you'll not only want to bring your clubs, but your camera as well. The 6,924-yard, par-72 course was built along an ancient black lava flow, which brings out the striking color of the paspallum fairways and greens as well as the Pacific Ocean, which can be seen from many holes.
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Turn left off the Queen Ka'ahumanu Highway, you'll find an oasis of palms and kiawe, and the emerald green of the two Mauna Lani golf courses. Mauna Lani's North and South Courses host thousands of visitors a year, offering a classic taste of Big Island golf.
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... full article »Four Seasons Resort: Hualalai at historic Ka'upulehu
The 243-room Four Season's Hualalai is not the largest nor the flashiest nor currently the most popular of Hawaii's hotels. However, this resort certainly has all the makings of what will surely become one of Hawaii's most revered destination experiences.
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