Conference 7.286::golf

    Try both the orange and blue courses at Wailea.
    
    steve
    

    STEVE,
    
    I HAVE HEARD OF THE ORANGE AND BLUE COURSES AT WAILEA.  ARE THESE
    PART OF AN HOTEL COMPLEX OR DOES ONE HAVE TO PAY GREEN FEES.  WE
    WOULD PREFER AN ALL IN TYPE OF ARRANGEMENT IF POSSIBLE.  I DONT
    KNOW IF YOU HAVE EVER BEEN TO INNISBROOK GOLF RESORT IN FLORIDA
    BUT THEY OFFER THAT TYPE OF FACILITY.  LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR COMMENTS
    THANKS

    Maui is a great place for golf, Kapalua is a very nice area.  There
    are many courses to choose from, as mentioned in the previous replies,
    Wailea blue and orange courses are nice they are past Kihei, (on
    the south east side) if you go past Wailea you will hit Silver Sword
    it is a very new course, if you go further you have Makena which
    is $55 and a very nice course on the ocean by the Maui Prince hotel.
    Right by where you're staying is Kapalua with the Bay course and the
    Village course both are very nice but cost about $90 a round.  Not
    to far from there is Kaanapali which is expensive like Kapalua.
    If you want a warmup round before you hit the resort courses there
    is Pukalani Country Club which is a municipal 18 hole course, not
    bad but doen't rank with the resort courses.
    
    Have fun and enjoy the scenery,  also try Kimo's resturant on Front
    street in Lahina, good food!

    re: .2
    
    The Wailea courses are open to the public - they are less expensive
    for people staying in the condos (or in the International Hotel?),
    though.  Can't remember the prices at this point, but I'd recommend
    splurging if necessary as the Maui courses are some of the nicest 
    anywhere.
    
    re: .3
    
    There are several good restaurants in Lahaina, including Kimo's -
    have fun!
    
    
    Think about going on a helicopter ride (expensive, but fun - and
    worth it), and on a snorkling trip.
    
    ..........steve
    

	Another good place to eat in Lahina is Longhii's right on the
	main drag.  Dont forget to post your trip report.  We are starting
	to plan a vacation to Hawaii for this winter.  Kapalua is on my
	list.  

	Larry

    You may want to check the May `89 Golf Digest.  There is a special
    advetising section on golf in Hawaii.  
    
    Jim

    
    Try Kapalua Bay, the course was great, I played around three in
    the afternoon, it cost about 70 dollars but it was well worth it.
    If your interested in an all day sail on a 52' catamaran out to
    the Island on lania(sp) try the Trilogy III it was a good time,
    full barbecue for lunch, snorkeling and a quick tour around the
    island. 
    
    ken

    After playing every course on the island during my honeymoon, I
    kept going back to the Village course at Kapalua.  The Bay course
    is the one they hold the tournament on, but only because it can
    accomodate galleries.  The Village course has a links flavor and
    is golf at its absolute finest.   If I could only play one course for
    the rest of my life, if would be either Kapalua, Pebble, or Cypress.
    I second the recommendation on the helicopter trip.  It's a must.
    Take the trip that goes to Moloki.  Have a great trip.
    
    Kk

    Re: .-1

>    After playing every course on the island during my honeymoon, I
>    kept going back to the Village course at Kapalua.  

    Wow, I am impressed.  Did your bride know what she was getting into
    before the ceremony?  I thought I did well playing once on my
    honeymoon.  

    (There are at least 6 resort courses on Maui, for those of you who haven't
    been there.)

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    WE PLAN TO VISIT HAWAII IN SEPTEMBER FOR 1 WEEK TO PLAY GOLF.
    
    WE ARE LOOKING AT THE KAPALUA BAY HOTEL AND VILLAS AND STOIFFER
    WAILEA BEACH RESORT ON MAUI OR THE MAUNA KEA ON THE BIG ISLAND.
    
    THE PRICES ALL SEEM TO BE MUCH THE SAME SO IT IS DOWN TO WHICH IS
    THE BEST.  OUR CRITERIA INCLUDE:
    
    GOOD GOLF
    SOME WATER SPORTS
    GOOD EATING PLACES NEAR AT HAND OUTSIDE OF THE HOTEL
    NICEST ISLAND
    
    ALL SUGGESTIONS APPRECIATED
    
    	

    I am planning a Golf Honeymoon in Hawaii (June).  I've looked at a 
    whole bunch of borchures, and the prices seem to be all within a 
    few dollars of each other whether I choose a package deal or not.  
    
    We are interested in visiting Maui, Kauai, and Hawaii islands. We want
    to stay anywhere from 2 to 3 weeks and have a budget of $7k...  
    
    So far we picked Maui inter-continental in Maui, Mauna Lani point (condo) 
    in Hawaii, and Sheraton princeville or Hanalei Resort in Kauai.  Hanalei
    resort is only half as expensive as Sharton Princevill and they are
    in the same area of the island and offer the same golf courses.  Is
    there anything bad about the hotel?  Are there any bad courses in 
    the entire Hawaiian island where I am going to regret choosing the
    hotel/course?  Also, we don't want to go to a place where people(guests
    and hosts) are all stuck up!
    
    The Kiahuna in Kauai seems to be one of the lower priced golf courses.
    Did anyone play there?
    
    I am looking at two agents "Classic Hawaii" and "Golf about Hawaii".
    Did anyone book a vacation with anyone of the above?
    
    One last question, Which of the 3 islands is best for helicoptor tour?
    We can only offord one tour...
    
    God, soooo many questions,  so many choices, I just can't decide!
    
    Eunhwa 

Well, I can only offer comments about the helicopter tour :-)

My wife and I spent 2+ weeks in Hawaii on our honeymoon.  I was ordered not
to be bring the clubs and the courses were just too expensive for my tastes
anyway.

If I had to choose between Hawaii, Maui and Kauai for a helicopter ride, I
would most definitely go with Kauai.  It is simply beautiful to see from the
air (Waimea Canyon and the Fantasy Island waterfalls are two of the best).

Also, the Na Pali coast on Kauai is inaccesible except by foot or by air.
Seeing it from the air is great.

We took a plane ride around Kauai because it was cheap (it was � the price
of a helicopter ride).  The plane did not get as low as a helicopter could
but we saw the entire island.

Maui would have been our second choice for an air tour.  There are many
waterfalls and beautiful sites.  We never went up so I can't say how good
the ride would be compared to Kauai.

Hawaii would be interesting from the air too as there are active volcanoes
on the big island.

Even though I didn't play golf in Hawaii, I saw several courses while we
toured the island.  There were some nice courses on Kauai near Hanalei
(where you are staying).  There's also a nice one in Wailua.

Maui had some beautiful courses in Kaanapali.  I think there were at least
3 within a 5 minute driver.

Mike

.    We are interested in visiting Maui, Kauai, and Hawaii islands. We want
.    to stay anywhere from 2 to 3 weeks and have a budget of $7k...  

    My wife & I are visiting the same 3 islands in February.  This will be
    our third visit to Hawaii.  Two weeks is the minimum time for three
    islands.
    
.    So far we picked Maui inter-continental in Maui, Mauna Lani point (condo) 
.    in Hawaii, and Sheraton princeville or Hanalei Resort in Kauai.  Hanalei
.    resort is only half as expensive as Sharton Princevill and they are
.    in the same area of the island and offer the same golf courses.  Is
.    there anything bad about the hotel?  Are there any bad courses in 
.    the entire Hawaiian island where I am going to regret choosing the
.    hotel/course?  Also, we don't want to go to a place where people(guests
.    and hosts) are all stuck up!

     They were just building the Sheraton when we were there last.  It has
     have a beautiful view of Hanalei Bay.  One of the pictures that you
     often see of Princevill is of a par 3 from an elevated tee to the
     green below fronted by a pond with Hanalei Bay in the distance.
     Well they built the Sheraton between the green & the view of the bay,
     what a shame.
    
     Princeville is a large resort property with several hotels & condos
     available to rent from.  You may want to shop around because you
     can get some good deals in the off season.  (The weather was great
     in June, generally 80 degress, trade wind, the occassional passing
     rain shower (which is usually one large cloud that comes & coes in
     less than 5 mins.))

     When we visited Princeville had 27 holes, but I think that they have
     opened 18 more.  A great hole is #7 on the the (Ocean?/Woods?) nine.
     It's a par 3 you hit from one tall cliff, across an inlet of the
     ocean, to the green on the other side.  (Don't worry, it's not
     to long & there is plenty of room to chicken out if you want to.)
     The fun thing about the hole that you generally don't pick up the
     first time you play it is that the prevailing trade wind blows your
     ball out to sea.

.    One last question, Which of the 3 islands is best for helicoptor tour?
.    We can only offord one tour...

     We took the helicopter tour on Kuaui.  I agree with -.1 between Kuaui & 
     Maui it's probably the better island to see from the air.  There are 
     several interesting sites you can see from the air that you won't see
     from the ground, like the Na Pali coast.

.    God, soooo many questions,  so many choices, I just can't decide!
 
     A couple of suggestions;  I generally found that there is so much to
     do & see in Hawaii that there isn't time to golf everyday.  (And that's
     from someone who's general vacation requirment is 18 a day minimum on
     vacation.)  So you may want to factor that in when evaluating packages.

     Vacations in Hawaii can get expensive (as your budget shows).  To help
     keep down our expenses we generally rent a condo & eat breakfasts &
     sum lunches in.  Meals can quickly bust your budget in Hawaii so you
     may want to factor that into your plans in advance.)  Also we found
     that we spend very little time in our room so you may want to consider
     a moderately priced room in a nice area to serve as your base of
     action.   

     I know how you feel about choices/questions.  We like to do a lot of
     our own travel arranging in advance the fun part is doing all that
     reading & figuring out what we want to see/do.  Feel free to send
     me mail if you have questions.

     Larry