Hawaii Golf Vacations
Many seem to miss it, but Hawaii is as beautiful on land as it is on sea or underwater.
Lush tropical flora and fauna match the luxurious seabed on any of the Hawaiian islands, eternal sunshine and affecting festive mood, abundance in precipitation, all these make Hawaii not only a land of tropical beach fun, but also of majestic golf courses with a backdrop of tropical setting, of links and greens and holes and birdies and yes, of bogeys.
That’s why if you’re planning to have a tropical vacation that not only hints at golf, but also breathes of golf, take the Hawaii golf vacations.
Testament of PGA Tour standard to several of Hawaii’s golf courses has been made. The Kapalua Golf Club, The Plantation Course for instance is site of a PGA Tour championship and a long time standing top spot on rankings of famous golf publications like Golf Digest and Golfweek Magazine. Another timeless entry is the Robert Trent Jones, Jr. design Princeville Resort whose majestically carved landscapes not only presents tough challenge but also a stunning vista.
Hawaii Golf Vacations are not complete if golf courses such as these ones aren’t included in the itinerary. Here are some of the best Hawaiian golf courses you just have to visit in your golf vacations Hawaii.
Kapalua Golf Club, The Plantation Course and The Bay Course
It’s a par 73, and a 7,411 yard course. And it’s the site of the PGA TOUR Mercedes-Benz Championship held every January. Yes, Tiger Woods has played this course, and so do other notable pro golfers, like Davis Love III, Ernie Els, Vijay Singh and Justin Leonard. So what does this give you?
A challenge worthy of Hawaii golf vacations, that is. If you want serious golfing in the midst of your vacation, then you know that among the 30 plus golf courses in Hawaii, the masters only play here.
An Arnold Palmer – Francis Duane creation, The Bay Course is also a championship course but offers the plate in a “resort” way, golfers are treated to majestic panoramas every now and then. It seems that during the creation, Arnold Palmer and Francis Duane not only considered how to best present the challenge using the topography but also how to treat the hole into a major eye candy show. And the result, though may lack a notch in creative challenges, is very heartwarming indeed.
Princeville Resort and Golf Course
In terms of aesthetics, Princeville is magnificent by nature. Softly undulating hills that break away into 300 feet above ocean view presents a majestic vista. And it is surprising that a Hawaiian golf course hints minimally of tropical flora but instead presents itself like any English links is one rare treat this far south on golf vacation Hawaii.
It’s not the scenery of course that made the Prince Golf Course a number one pick of Golf Digest. Designed by Robert Trent Jones, Jr, the Prince Golf Course presents a highly customizable teeing at each hole; you got to choose your own from five different sets of tee according to your skill level. Not only it presents a worthy challenge to pro golfers on Hawaii golf vacations, it also allows intermediate golfers a chance for relaxed play.
Mauna Kea Resort and Golf Course
This time is a design by Robert Trent Jones, Sr. and it is nevertheless stunning. One of the epic visual treats of Mauna Kea Golf Course is its amazing geological features: those large undulating greens and 120 strategically placed bunkers sits on a rugged lava bed that is evident on the most beautiful hole in the course –the famous Third Hole. A truly epic vista, surging sea water races to meet a craggy but marvelous lava rock inlet shoreline. And if you take into account that no shoreline in Hawaii is in no means ordinary –you’ll know what I’m talking about.
Any Hawaii vacation is all about sun, natural beauty and festive spirit. But for golfer vacationers add these top picks golf courses and you’ll have to most unforgettable vacation Hawaii golf.