Greatest Golf Vacations in Hawaii
Kauai Golf Destinations Named Four of the Best Courses You Can Play
Mar 12, 2008
It goes without saying that a vacation in Hawaii can be the ultimate in luxury. For golfers, the trick is finding the right balance between staying at a top resort and ensuring that the nearby golf courses are more than acceptable. Hawaii golf vacation packages aren't all the same, after all. It's hard to go wrong with a stay in Kauai.The Kauai golf co-operative, made up of several award-winning courses, saw several of its best courses named in GolfWeek's"America's Best Courses You Can Play."Literally thousands of golf courses across the United States were tested and ranked - it's a tough job, right? - by hundreds of golfers for this "Best Of" issue.
No surprise that the tiny state of Hawaii is overrepresented here, nor that the least developed of the 5 main vacation islands, Kauai, stakes its claim as home to several of America's best luxury golf course destinations. It's about more than the greens and fairways here; it's about the beauty of Hawaii, tempting even the most undistractible golfer to bogey a shot. Not to say the courses are easy in and of themselves; the Prince Course at Princeville ranks among the most challenging golf courses many will ever play.
The 2008 Golfweek America's Best Courses You Can Play on Kauai, Hawaii:
- Kiele Course at Kauai Lagoons Golf Club, designed by Jack Nicklaus - Already an award-winning course, Kiele at Kauai Lagoons Golf Club is rated one of America's 100 Greatest Public Golf Courses by Golf Digest.
- Puakea Golf Course, by golf course architect Robin Nelson - This is the newest 18-hole course on Kauai.
- Poipu Bay Golf Course, designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr. - Poipu Bay is part of the Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort & Spa, named as one of America's top 75 Greatest Golf Resorts (Golf Digest).
- Prince Golf Course at Princeville, by Robert Trent Jones Jr. - Princeville is the #1 golf course in Hawaii, and Golf Digest ranked the Prince Course as one of America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses.
Now, fifteen courses on the islands of Hawaii have ranked on GolfWeek's "Best Of" list. To make the list, golf courses must have superior greens, features, natural setting and variety of holes, as well as overall strength of routing, landscape management and other, more technical, criteria. These four on Kauai, however, are also part of a golf vacation co-operative wherein guests can sample each course. The Kauai Golf Challenge and Kauai Ultimate Golf Challenge includes a golf cart for getting around, and other useful amenities. Yes, that means that a luxury golf vacation can entail a few rounds at each of these award-winning courses. Hawaii golf vacation packages don't get better than this; Kauai is an ideal South Pacific golf destination.
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