Hawaii Kai Golf Course

Very nice executive course. Took the missus here with fam for her first golf outing. She loved it. Course is reasonably maintained, the carts are in good shape.

January 2025. Hosted by my Honolulu resident fellow golf nut friend. My first time here. He downplayed his description of the course before we came. And after the round we just completed I know why he did not raise my expectations.The golf course is in ratty condition. The fairways barely have any green grass. There are way too many bare spots and burnt out areas where a fair shot lands.The putting greens are slightly better, just slightly. Sand traps do have a great looking amber color, but the sand is just 1/2" deep on top of hard pan. Most were raked nicely.Honestly the municipal golf course close to my home in Sacramento California that charges a $25 green fee is in way better condition.For the high price that a visitor must pay this golf course is not a good value.

I've been to Hawaii Kai Golf Course many times in the last 7 years or so. Today, I feel the course has been the greenest I have ever seen it!The Championship Course is loooonnnggg! Make sure you're hydrated! The front nine has many loooonnnggg fairways, but the back nine has a lot of dog leg turns! It gets you.Anyway, nice, long, fun Course. The price is pretty good, and the food too, not bad.The course is pretty busy, even on a Monday, so make sure you can keep up with the group ahead. Have fun!

Called them to get their driving range hours. Korean man answers and says they are open until 7pm. When I asked if that means last call for buckets at 7, he said "yes". I drove here and parked at 6:30, only to show up to a sign saying "last call for balls 6pm, gate locks at 7" .Their website has no hours posted, and you can't trust the guy that works at the range because he will just waste your time.

Let's start with the "Bad"....which I think could be turned into a positive.The overall conditioning of the Championship Course is only "Okay." Lots of bare dirt patches, uneven sand in the bunkers and big clumps of weed growth on the greens. I think if Hawaii Kai did a marketing shift to billing themselves as a "Links" styled course, and fully embraced it, would help the business. The scruffy nature of the course, along with its ocean side location and strong winds, could be seen as a challenge, rather than a negative. I would try to address the weed growth on the greens as this should not be considered acceptable at any course.Now, to address the "Elephant" in the room - staff's attitude's. I found every staff member to very attentive to all of our needs. We did have some booking issues, but these were acknowledged as a technical issue and were addressed without question at check-in. All of the staff from check-in, cart loading, course Marshall, on-course food service and 19th hole were exemplary and made our foursome feel very welcomed.Pace of play was fine....no issues at all. Overall value was good (price, experience, etc).I'll likely play HKGC again in the near future.....I noticed that they allow walking, which is a big plus for me.

This course has been in increasingly worse condition every time I visit. The fairways consist mostly of dead grass and dirt, the greens are full of crabgrass, the tee boxes are lumpy, and the layout is terrible. It's extremely frustrating to pay full price to play on a course in such poor repair.

Terrible wait to get a golf cart. Driving range terrible. Golf course looks like a course in Arizona in August. Worst Hawaii experience I have had. Great food though!

Some of the employee's vibe match the dry dead weeds you play on for the executive course. What's with all the gloom around here? Executive course: -The "cart path" (if you can call it that) is a series of cracked pot holes and mud.-My husband stepped in a bee watering hole 3 feet from the white tee box so BEE on the look out! -To our bad luck (or awful timing) on multiple occasions, sprinklers were on for 4 of the holes and we found it hard to squeeze back into the flow at the end of our game since we were walking. We didn't have the time, patience, and endurance to walk around the course over and over again to fulfill our game so we were SOL. *Pro Tip: Ask for the times of sprinklers so you can plan accordingly (if you're walking).Championship course: We (group of 4) on 2 DIFFERENT occasions took the day off to have a nice day of golf and reserved 2 carts because we had 2 in our party who couldn't walk the entire course. When we arrived, we were told that they made a mistake and a tournament would need all the carts so we had to walk it! After telling them it wasn't an option for 2 of us, they said we should try one of the different courses on the island because there was nothing they could do. I know things happen but the "oh well" attitude was off-putting.

I golf the championship course and the Executive course about once a week. The championship course has tons of potential, but the greens are very patchy and inconsistent and the fairways are sometimes like hitting into the rough if you golf after a couple of rainy days. That said, the course is long and challenging for myself (newer to the game older golfer). Great for Kama'aina with friendly staff and reasonable rates. Heard tourist rates are pretty high though. The Executive course is awesome...greens are so much better than the championship course. A great way to work on your short game. They hidden gem is their driving range with multiple areas (mats, covered, grass) and only $10 per bucket. Cafe is good when open. Could use earlier AM hours and a food cart on the course every day would be a nice feature to add.

The course conditions are terrible. Weeds all over and uncut. Greens are inconsistent. Course can't even refill the water jug for the players on a hot day. Save you time and money. Go to a municipal.