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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.

Featured Course

Photo gallery: Waikoloa Resort's Beach Course on the Big Island

Waikoloa Resort's Beach Course gets its name from the ocean view on the par-5 seventh hole, which backs up against the Pacific Ocean, but there are plenty of other scenic holes as well. Much of the course plays around inland lagoons and lava fields.
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Kings' Golf Course at Waikoloa Beach Resort presents a royal test

There are two enjoyable courses at the Waikoloa Beach Resort on the Kohala Coast of the Big Island. Hole for hole, the better of the two is the Waikoloa Kings' Golf Course, a 1990 Weiskopf-Morris design that's some 500 yards longer than its sister course. You'll find a good mix of holes on the Kings' Course, and it comes on a pretty good canvas, too.
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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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The Big Island: Five must-play golf courses

The Kohala Coast on the west side on the Big Island is where the resorts are, which means it's also where the best golf courses are, for the most part. Here is a list of five must-play, public-access courses on the Big Island, starting with Mauna Kea Golf Course a splendid Robert Trent Jones Sr. design.
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Mauna Lani gives a classic taste of Big Island golf

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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Hapuna Golf Course: Mauna Kea's little sister is worth checking out

Most golfers arrive on the Big Island with their must-play list in hand, and Mauna Kea usually tops the list. But don't overlook Mauna Kea's sister Hapuna course, an Arnold Palmer/Ed Seay design that has become a favorite in its own right.
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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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Magnificent Mauna Lani Resort: A world-class experience

Long before the Big Island developed it's taste for opulence and grandeur, Mauna Lani Resort set the standard of casual Hawaiian elegance that has since been uniquely the Kohala Coast.
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Mauna Kea Golf Course's legacy grows with each year

Mauna Kea Golf Course will make you glad Laurance S. Rockefeller and Robert Trent Jones, Sr. held onto their dreams and produced one of the most memorable rounds of golf and most memorable views anywhere in Hawaii, or this nation. The course is still a standard others are judged by more than 30 years after it opened.
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Volcanoes National Park: A Must-see on the Big Island

Undoubtedly the best way to experience the Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island is by booking a tour with Hawaii Forest & Trail. No one knows the volcanoes better.
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