Waikoloa has three 9-hole courses to choose from. We played the King's and Beach course. Both courses were beautiful and the Beach course will take you near the beach with some nice views. The course was well maintained. The course does appear to be wide open, but you do need to look ahead as there are obstacles and OB out there. Tee boxes: The tee boxes were good with lots of grass, not sandy. There are a few holes that have elevated tee boxes. Fairways: The fairways were pretty nice, it is summer so the grass does get a little dry, the rolls farther. There is some undulation on the fairways so don't be surprised if the ball kicks left or right. It is the Big Island, so expect to see a lot of lava rocks on both sides of the fairways on some holes. There are also OB on other holes, trees, bushes and open dirt areas that you can't get to. Expect to see dog legs left and right and a few holes there is water. The Rough: These areas can get a little thick, so fairway is where you want to be. It's not so thick that it closes or opens your club face much. Greens: The greens rolled smoothly and did not see weeds, different grasses or bald spots. They were a little fast, probably due to being a little dry during the summer months. There is some undulation, but not a crazy amount. We still had a few birdies and able to make some longer putts. Look ahead as you get closer to the greens, there are drop offs at the edge on some of them. Most of the greenside bunkers are not deep, but they are wide. The good news is that there was sand in them to make a good bunker shot. Amenities: -Driving Range: they do have a driving range on property and with a round there is complimentary balls to warm up with. There is also a shot game area to practice -Putting green: it's a nice putting green next to the club house to get the feel of the course. Carts: the carts do not have GPS, so bring your own or range finder. -Restaurant: there is a restaurant here, but we did not partake on this trip. Staff: All the staff were helpful and really nice. The starter will give directions to the different courses on property. The club house staff will get you out as quickly as they can. Final thoughts: Great course to play, not the easiest course and you will still need to have good course management. But it was a fun course with some nice views. We will definitely come back on another trip, our time here was very enjoyable.

I golfed the Beach 9 and Kings 9 yesterday. Absolutely beautiful. Green were cut well and rolled true. Shot a 78. I'm a 16 handicap so I'm a happy golfer. Photo is from our hotel room at the Waikoloa Hilton. I think the 6th hole. Par 5 dog-leg left. A very picturesque hole.

Had a great round of golf here with my daughter. They have a great family golf deal after 3pm with rental clubs included. The course was overall in decent condition for the average golfer. It is beautifully situated. If you get a chance to play the Beach course, hole 6 is amazing, right on the ocean. We played the Kings course which was nice especially for a below average golfer like myself. Not too challenging. Super nice staff too!

We played a round of 18 on Beach and Lakes. Beach was amazing and we saw whales in the distance. Lakes was beautiful as well and challenging with some nice trails and lava points of interest. We were able to rent clubs for both women and a left hander. My only feedback was that we only saw the beverage cart once but didn't take away from the experience. Especially once we realized they had a few bottles of water in the cart cooler! Had we known we wouldn't see the bev cart again, we may have purchased a couple more to put in the cooler for later. All in all, it was a fantastic experience and excellent course with great service all around!

Played all three nines over two days, my favorites are the Beach and Lake nines. King is bot bad but a lot of the holes seemed similar to me. Beach has hole 6 along the beach, thus the name while Lakes has, you guessed it, sevetal lakes in play on several holes. The first hole has a forced carry over a lake of about 160 from the whites and about 195 from the blues. Overall this is a resort style course with wide fairways and relatively flattish greens. They had just de-thached the greens so they were slow and bumpy but other than that the course was in good shape. I would play it again. Oddly, they dont have spam misubi at the turn so you'll have settle for a hot dog.