by Nick Fogelson
Was Hawaii Kai paid for this review?
An opposing thought -
This course is lousy, for the following reason.
1) It has two of the stupidest holes in golf. Both are Par 5s that require snap hooks off the tee to stay in play. No, not draws, but snap hooks. On one hole (#3) there is a huge backstop that blocks 80% of the fairway off the tee, in an effort to protect the nearby houses. This is retarded. They built the houses there, they knew it was a golf course. To ruin the hole for this reason is retarded. It would be better just to move the tee up a bit and make it a long par 4. The other retarded hole (#9) is OK from the white tee, and requires a gentle draw. Since there is no room to move the back tee back, they instead move it back behind some trees, and now it requires a snap hook to stay in play. Its just stupid.
2) the marshalls are not cool at all. I once hit about four balls off a tee into a fairway since the group ahead was being so slow. They were 250 out and I was hitting wedges so they weren't remotely in danger. The marshall just freaks out. Ridiculous. They treat the Japanese tourists like gold and the locals like crap.
3) the course just isn't that great, even the two holes that aren't the two stupidest holes in golf