Turtle Bay Golf

Front nine is more challenging than the back 9. The many (maybe too many) sand traps and many water hazards can frustrate a mid to high handicap player. If you're a bogey golf visitor just go with the flow and don't worry about losing too many golf balls. Play and enjoy.The course condition, January 2025, is quite good. Fairway grass is nice texture and mowed well. The rough is not too punishing. There's lots of moguls, the terrain can be roly-poly on some holes. It's more interesting than fear inspiring. Putting greens are smooth, though not fast. I'd say the greens average 9 on the Stimp scale.Practice putting green is excellent condition. It's a good facsimile of the course. Driving range balls are included with the green fee. The balls are in excellent condition. Bag drop guys are friendly and helpful. Same with pro shop check in person.Pro shop is pretty basic. Mostly apparel. The good stuff. Luxe resort prices.Location is quite a schlep from Waikiki. Took us an hour to drive here. There are plenty of Honolulu area golf courses that are less expensive and just as much fun. But if you are staying in Turtle Bay, of course you must play here.

The Palmer course should be a gem, but its not being maintained well, there is bull-grass and crabgrass around the green in in some of the tee boxes. I've played other resort courses and this doesn't get a b for condition of the course . Took a couple of pictures of the greens tee boxes and 18th fairway.

The communication and conditions were not the best. There was no food service on the course. EXTREMELY dissatisfied and disappointed for paying over $250. We had a tee time at 11:10 and couldn't play until 12 noon. They sent workers home so the restaurant was even understaffed and ran slow. I would like to get my money back but I booked through golf now. Also, pictures on website are VERY misleading.Won't be back, sorry to say.

A bit disappointed with this course - it's pretty mediocre by Hawaii standard. I was imaging more ocean view with it on the tip of north shore but you only have that on hole 17. The view on other holes otherwise was nothing to write home about. If you're staying at the resort it's worth going for the convenience, otherwise you can find way better view at courses in the same price range elsewhere on the island. It's also a long drive from town.

Great course design and the greens were fantastic. The course is beautiful and definitely have to have course management to score well. Good greens and good fairways...can't complain

Golfing as a single..asked for back 9. Denied. 3 4somes and a two some in front where the lady shot 70 after 7 holes.In Wisconsin it's a $70 course max..$200 for 9 holes and 2 hours after 7 holes..Drove off the course.. came on vacation to get a heart attack.. I guess Hang Loose on Hawaii means that for golf also..Scenery and greens was 10 for 10, wind was steady but fair.

Best golf course on island by far. the views were great along with condition. Don't understand the 3.5 stars.

Course staff stole our range finder.Course was in good condition, but wasn't a standout compared to other courses in Hawaii. The attendant that unloaded our carts and bags didn't return one of our range finder to our bags. We wanted to make sure we had everything so we started packing our things but he was insistent on us leaving it to him and we had to use the restroom before our drive so we did. When we got back, cart was gone, all the staff were gone, and our bags were placed in the pickup/drop off area. We found out when we got back to where we were staying that we didn't have one of our range finder. Would have been a better experience if it wasn't for this, staff were friendly and the course wasn't crowded. But we called immediately about it, and they supposedly went to the cart shack to look for it. They told me they looked and there was nothing there in the cart that we used. Said he will ask the attendants tomorrow, no call back.We called a couple days later, spoke with a lady at the pro shop, she asked us to hold so she can go to the cart shack to look into it but never got back to us. We sat there for a while, a man came on and asked why I was on hold. Explained the situation to him and he said a cart attendant or somebody probably took it if there was nothing in the carts when someone already checked the day of. Told me he will chat with the lady that first answered the call and get back to me, nothing.I called the day after, and they said they are still working on it and if they find it they will ship it to me free of charge. I've expressed how we were very unhappy with the situation and his answer was, the bag attendants usually are good about range finders and such. Didn't offer anything to help the situation. It was a $500 range finder, no discounts on rounds, no vouchers for anything, zero. Just explained that these things happen like it was normal. It could have been an honest mistake that their staff took advantage of, but I couldn't tell the difference between this and theft from my perspective. Basically, someone that works for the course stole my range finder and the course had no accountability and didn't want to take any action to make it right, fully or partially.All in all, ended up costing us $1,000 for a round for the two of us.

Make sure to check clubs. Given clubs with a dent it in and didn't check until hole 9 then had to pay for someone else's mistake. Complete joke.

If you can get a discount on a round it's fine. For the normal price there are much better courses on the island. Conditions vary by hole. It's north shore so the wind blows hard. Course was in decent shape.