[kobe24]

Hi guys, like the topic says I'm going to play some golf but have no idea where to play. Any insider tips on the best place to play without breaking the bank? Thanks in adavnce!

Fred

[illinikyle]

You're going to Maui...consider your bank broken.

The two that I enjoy the most: Kapalua Plantation, Dunes at Maui Lani (a steal @ $125)

[Redhaze737]

The Wailea courses are nice if you're on that side of the island.

[kawika5150]

Here are some suggestions from another poster from another forum. I concur 100% with the content, as I live on Oahu and go to Maui periodically:

Kapalua - A must stop is the Plantation course home of the Mercedes Championship but if you have the opportunity (and they have special rates for second rounds at the resort) then the view on the Bay course are pretty nice. The Villages are an ok play but not recommended if you're only playing one or possibly two rounds at Kapalua. Grab a Guiness after your round and enjoy the view from the Plantation grill... Can't be beat!

Wailea - With three courses, the Wailea resort is a great stop and right outside your door. Gold, Emerald and Blue tracks to test your skills in the Hawaiian trade winds. The Gold is a personal favorite with just the right amount of challenge and playability to keep you interested through 18. Generally speaking, in Hawaii everything breaks towards the ocean and away from the mountains...

Makena - Great views and two great courses (North and South) with the North being the more challenging and the South, the more scenic. Either way, you can't go wrong. Greens can be tricky on both and the elevation changes on the North make club selection FUN!

Kihei - A little known track called Ellaire with paspalum greens and fairways. Windy and tight it's a target golfers dream course. Rates are resonable and the course set-up from the tips is challenging.

Heading towards Kahului the Maui Dunes Golf course sits in the middle of the island. Great layout but really long from the tips and again, windy. Links style and heavily bunkered it's a tough track but a good score can be had if you're patient.

Also located in the center of Maui is the Sandalwood golf course. (I think it's called something else now but it sits right below the King Kamehameha Golf Club at Waikapu) Tightly tree lined fairways and the prevailing tradewinds again make this a challenging layout. word to the wise, bring an extra sleeve of balls...

And my personal favorite: Waiehu Golf Course. A links style course that runs along the ocean, great views and even better conversation can be found here. Maui locals call this place home and you might even run into one of my family members there given that they live a 9-iron away from the course...

Hope this helps and if you can only play 2 rounds, the Plantation at Kapalua is a must and the Wailea Gold or Makena South would be my suggestions... For pure golf, scenery and ammenities you can't beat Maui!

[sandwedge59]

I remember the last time i was there i took the ferry across to Lanai and played the Challenge at Manele and the Experiance at Koele , one was a Nicklaus course and the other was a Greg Norman design , both were very good and the price for both with the ferry ride there and back was $300.00 , but that was 4 years ago so the price might have changed but i thought they were well worth the price and trip .. happy golfing

[themouth1]

I live on Big Island and go to Maui for a week every month. Give me a call when you get there and we will play! My favorite course on Maui is the Dunes. It is a tough SOB but, is great fun. The grooming isn't the best but, it's not a resort course. Just don't walk it. It is long and hilly...As far as price, if you don't have military ID or a Hawaii DL, prepare to pay...

[da master 808]

Pukalani Country Club is the best deal on Maui. Here's the daily visitor rates:

$68 before 11 a.m.
$63 from 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
$53 after 1:30 p.m.

Phone: 808-572-1314
www.pukalanigolf.com

What a shameful plug huh?

[mauiatheart]

Kapalua Plantation is a must play, if you can get a tee time and have some cash to spend.

Wailea Gold is a nice course, but on the south side of the island, Kihei/Wailea/Makena, I rather play Makena South. Makena North and Wailea Gold are my next favorites.

The Dunes at Maui Lani is a great track and is the closest to the airport (5-10 minutes). A little on the tight side and can get extremely tough if the normal trade winds really start to blow.

The old Sandalwood is an OK track. They changed their name a while ago, I think it is Kahili. A lot of side hill lies as it is cut on the side of the West Maui Mountains, but like the Dunes is close to the airport (10-15 minutes). This course is a lot more forgiving (wider) than the Dunes, but usually the Dunes is in better shape.

Kapalua Bay is a nice, scenic course with a couple of oceanside holes. One is a par three that you carry a little bit of the ocean. Nice course, but I think there are better for the money on the island.

The Kaanapali courses have been redone recently, but the word I got was the the prices were kind of steep.

Eleair is a challenging course due to the ever present trade winds.

Pukalani uses some wierd type of grass, but its location on the side of Haleakala, provides gorgeous views of Central Maui. Definetily a course that you don't want to forget your camera.

Sandwedge59 is right, if you can squeeze the side day trip to Lanai, you can't go wrong. Manele and Koele are two gems.

If you are on a budget, Waiehu is the only muni on the island. It's a muni, so conditions will not be as nice as the resorts, but I've heard that recently its been in decent condition. It does boast two oceanside holes and the lowest prices.

Have fun. Maui is the best island on earth. Off course I am biased, just look at my screenname.

[pitbull808]

da master 808, on Aug 29 2007, 01:46 PM, said:

Pukalani Country Club is the best deal on Maui. Here's the daily visitor rates:

$68 before 11 a.m.
$63 from 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
$53 after 1:30 p.m.

Phone: 808-572-1314
www.pukalanigolf.com

What a shameful plug huh?

Plug away Joey! I was thinking today...after reading Rick's post about me planning the 4th Outing. It might be too much to plan for the 4th but maybe for the 6th we could do a weekender somewhere else. Since we do have connections...hmmm....."here today gone to Maui?"

[da master 808]

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maybe for the 6th we could do a weekender somewhere else. Since we do have connections...hmmm....."here today gone to Maui?"

I can definately help with that. Reid, let me know if you need help for #4.

[kobe24]

Thanks for the awesome responses! I really appreciate it. I'll be there on the last weekend of September and the people I am going with do not play (my fiance's friends, yeah I know!), but I did want to get out there and play in Hawaii for the first time! I'l be a single so if you don't mind mouth1, I might take you up on your offer to play, or whoever else that wants to play!! Man I can't wait!

Fred

[BaronV]

da master 808, on Aug 29 2007, 04:46 PM, said:

Pukalani Country Club is the best deal on Maui. Here's the daily visitor rates:

$68 before 11 a.m.
$63 from 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
$53 after 1:30 p.m.

Phone: 808-572-1314
www.pukalanigolf.com

What a shameful plug huh?

Wow, that's a pretty good price. Is that club in the middle of Maui?

I was there last year and the Kapalua is a real nice looking course, though I was only able to hit at the driving range that day.

I keep forgetting the name of the other course I was at, it was in the middle of Maui near the Maui Plantation Tour Museum just North of the hwy. intersection leading from the airport to Lahaina. Anyone know the name? The driving range had a great view onto the ocean over Kihei.

[pitbull808]

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Wow, that's a pretty good price. Is that club in the middle of Maui?

I was there last year and the Kapalua is a real nice looking course, though I was only able to hit at the driving range that day.

I keep forgetting the name of the other course I was at, it was in the middle of Maui near the Maui Plantation Tour Museum just North of the hwy. intersection leading from the airport to Lahaina. Anyone know the name? The driving range had a great view onto the ocean over Kihei.

Pukalani Country Club is in Makawao. I guess you could say it's in the "middle" of Maui. Great course with great views. Big plus is if you'd like to make arrangements there, "da master 808"/ Joey is your best connection with that course.

As for that other course, I'm sure one of our Maui boys or other Hawaii Gwrx'ers will be able to identify it.

[mauiatheart]

BaronV, on Aug 31 2007, 08:57 AM, said:

da master 808, on Aug 29 2007, 04:46 PM, said:

Pukalani Country Club is the best deal on Maui. Here's the daily visitor rates:

$68 before 11 a.m.
$63 from 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
$53 after 1:30 p.m.

Phone: 808-572-1314
www.pukalanigolf.com

What a shameful plug huh?

Wow, that's a pretty good price. Is that club in the middle of Maui?

I was there last year and the Kapalua is a real nice looking course, though I was only able to hit at the driving range that day.

I keep forgetting the name of the other course I was at, it was in the middle of Maui near the Maui Plantation Tour Museum just North of the hwy. intersection leading from the airport to Lahaina. Anyone know the name? The driving range had a great view onto the ocean over Kihei.

There are two sister courses near the Maui Tropical Plantation. They are the Kahili (previously Sandalwood) and Kamehameha - private country club.

Pukalani is on the opposite side of the valley about 15-20 minutes away from the airport on the way to Haleakala.

[kobe24]

Bummed out as I found out the Plantation is aerating a week before I get there! O well, made a tee time at the Wailea Gold. Can't wait!

[Konakid67]

illinikyle, on Aug 29 2007, 06:28 PM, said:

You're going to Maui...consider your bank broken.The two that I enjoy the most: Kapalua Plantation, Dunes at Maui Lani (a steal @ $125)

+1 my wife and I go every 5 years, we actually got married in Maui on a beach. On another note if you do the Road to Hannah as well as Haleakala take dramamine if you get motion sickness. If you do a a Luau I recommend The Feast at Lele. It is my favorite island, enjoy it is Gorgeous there.
Kevin

[wkuo3]

kobe24, on Aug 30 2007, 11:32 AM, said:

Thanks for the awesome responses! I really appreciate it. I'll be there on the last weekend of September and the people I am going with do not play (my fiance's friends, yeah I know!), but I did want to get out there and play in Hawaii for the first time! I'l be a single so if you don't mind mouth1, I might take you up on your offer to play, or whoever else that wants to play!! Man I can't wait!

Fred

Hope you'll have a great time there, buy travel insurance, for Typhoon season runs into November in the Pacific.

[raidernut1234]

OK, I know you Maui boys can re-confirm this... if you go anywhere near Wailea... Ask for directions to the "Taco Trailer" (isn't that right boys?).
Best dam $ 5 Mahi Mahi tacos. get 3 of those and a 6 pack and your ready for dinner on the beach!!!
mahalo!!!

[themouth1]

kobe24, on Sep 17 2007, 12:40 PM, said:

Bummed out as I found out the Plantation is aerating a week before I get there! O well, made a tee time at the Wailea Gold. Can't wait!

The Gold is a great course. I played it a few times last week when I was over. The greens were just punched three weeks ago but, are coming back pretty well. The Emerald is also a good course but, they punched the greens there last week...

[kobe24]

oh man, taco trailer huh? I am all over it!

Thanks for the tip for the road to Hana!