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Kohala Coast Golf - Big Island Golf

Spend your Big Island golf vacation on the Kohala Coast of the Big Island of Hawaii. The Kohala Coast provides the passionate golf player with a huge variety of golf courses on the Big Island of Hawaii, from popular public courses to spectacular championship layouts. There are many enticing options to choose from.

Mauna Kea Golf Course - Reopened 12/20/08 after 2-year remodeling.

The incomparable Mauna Kea Golf Course offers golfers the perfect challenge to match their level of play. Created by Robert Trent Jones, Sr., the 18-hole championship course presents dramatice changes in elevation, large undulating greens, and 120 well-placed bunkers. There are incredible views of the blue Pacific Ocean, rugged lava beds and snow-capped Mauna Kea. The signature third hole (see photo below), a 210-yard par 3, requires a tee shot that carries over 180 yards of ocean to reach the green. Passionate Mauna Kea golfers will find the famous signature third hole the same challenging as before.

Here is what happened with famous Mauna Kea Golf Course. With Mauna Kea's total renovation and remodeling, which started in 2006, decisions were made to overhaul and redo Mauna Kea Golf Course. Among the reasons given were that the grass used in the past was not resistent to steady salt water ocean sprays from high surfs. When redoing the grass, the opportunity for a new Mauna Kea golf course design was grasped. The Mauna Kea golf course picture with snowcovered Mauna Kea summit in the background (first left below), taken from Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, shows you the old Mauna Kea golf course, as designed by Robert Trent Jones many years ago.

Old Mauna Kea Golf Course	New Mauna Kea Golf Course
New smooth grass on new golf course	Spectacular ocean views from 3rd hole.
Get a glimpse at the ocean below	Palm trees at Mauna Kea Golf course

Without changing the essential character of his father's design, Jones is re-planting the Course with highly efficient ultra-dwarf Tifeagle Bermuda grass on the greens and Tifway 419 hybrid Bermuda grass on the tees, fairways and roughs. Look for premier golf facilities that will make your Mauna Kea Golf experience more memorable than ever. Get a Preview of the new Mauna Kea Golfcourse. Mauna Kea Beach Hotel and Golf Course reopened in December 2008. The photos of the NEW Mauna Kea Golf Course with its famous signature 3rd hole. It is probably one of the most beautiful holes in the world, just as R.Trent Sr. had promised Mr. Rockefeller when originally building it.

Hapuna Golf Course

Nearby is the Mauna Kea’s sister course, the Hapuna Golf Course. Built on the side of a hill overlooking the ocean, this championship course includes dramatic views of the Kohala Coast as well as the Mauna Kea, Mauna Loa and Kohala mountains. The USGA ranked the Hapuna as one of the most environmentally sensitive courses in America, as designers Palmer and Seay preserved Kiawe scrubs and endangered ilima plant.

Mauna Lani Resort Golf Courses

Just down Hwy 19 from Hapuna and Mauna Kea, is the 36-hole Mauna Lani Resort. The original Francis Bwon Golf Course was eventually developed into two 18-hole courses, creating the North Course and South Course. The South Course is the former home of the PGA Senior Skins Game. The North Course is the more challenging of the two, while the South is more scenic and features Mauna Lani's two signature ocean-front holes. Its 15th hole, a 196-yard par 3, is one of the most photographed golf holes in the world. It requires a tee shot over the ocean to the green. Rolling terrain and groves of kiawe trees are among the characteristics of the North Course.

Waikoloa Beach Resort Golf Courses

The expansive Waikoloa Beach Resort currently offers two golf courses for play. The Waikoloa Beach Course opened in 1981. This Robert Trent Jones, Jr. design weaves its way through the lava beds down to the surf. Also built next to the ocean is the Waikoloa Kings' Course, opened in 1990.

The Waikoloa Village Golf Club, perched a thousand feet above sea level, offers commanding views of the Kohala Coast. The 6,687-yard, par 72 course is nestled between the Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea volcanoes, and is a favorite of both professionals and novices.

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Kohala Coast Golf Courses at Resorts and Hotels

Mauna Kea Golf Course
Resort -18 Holes - Par 72 - 6365 Yds.
62-100 Mauna Kea Beach Drive, Kohala Coast, HI 96743
(808) 882-5400 Fax: (808) 882-7552

Hapuna Golf Course
Resort -18 Holes - Par 72 - 6029 Yds.
62-100 Kauna'oa Drive, Kohala Coast, HI 96743
(808) 880-3000 Fax:880-3010
TOLL FREE (866) 774-6236

Mauna Lani Resort Golf Courses
Francis H. I'l Brown Golf Courses
NORTH COURSE
Resort -18 Holes - Par 72 - 6335 Yds.
SOUTH COURSE
Resort -18 Holes - Par 72 - 6370 Yds.
68-1310 Mauna Lani Drive
Kohala Coast, HI 96743
(808)885-6655 Fax:(808)885-9612

Waikoloa Beach Golf Course
Resort -18 Holes - Par 70 - 5958 Yds.
1020 Keana Place, Waikoloa, HI 96738
(808) 886-6060 Fax: (808) 886-6546

Waikoloa Kings' Course
Resort -18 Holes - Par 72 - 6010 Yds.
600 Waikoloa Beach Drive, Waikoloa, HI 96738
(808) 886-7888 Fax: (808) 886-0038

Hualalai Golf Club
Private Resort -18 Holes - Par 72 - 6632 Yds.
100 Kaupulehu Drive, Kaupulehu-Kona, HI 96740
(808) 325-8480 Fax: (808) 325-8481
Toll-free in Canada and U.S.A.: 1 (888) 340-5662

Golf on Upcountry Big Island Golf Courses

Waikoloa Village Golf Club
Resort -18 Holes - Par 72 - 6142 Yds.
P.O. Box 383910, Waikoloa, HI 96738
(808) 883-9621 Fax: (808) 883-9682

Waimea Country Club Golf Course
Semi-Private -18 Holes - Par 72 - 6210 Yds.
P.O. Box 2155, Kamuela, HI 96743
(808)885-8053 Fax:(808)885-351

Hamakua Country Club Golf Course
Public - 9 Holes - Par 33 - 2520 Yds.
P.O.Box 751, Honokaa, HI 96727
(808) 775-7244

Big Island Country Club Golf Course
71-1420 Mamalahoa Hwy
Kailua-Kona, HI 96740
(808) 325-5044

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