Waikoloa Beach Resort - Beach Course

Unique layout, hole 6 on the ocean did not disappoint. Greens/bunkers in rough shape, everything else well kept. Worth playing if staying in Waikoloa. Great warmup/range area (included).

Firm greens, Bunkers had mixture of sand and dirt compacted and unracked.

My wife was at one of the resorts for a conference and I have some time play. I only played 9 holes and needed some clubs. They had my cart ready, with water in the coolers and the clubs on the back. I went to the driving ranch and the ranger was very friendly.
I played the beach 9 (I think that was what it is called) The hole on the ocean was beautiful. since no one was behind me I took my time and just soaked in the beauty of it all.

Front desk lady was cold and robotic, not friendly at all. Starter was very polite.
Fairways were brown, for $230 I was expecting something more like Manu Launi which has great fairways.
Too many tourists letting their kids treat the course as a driving range, no marshal to keep the pace of play up.

Don't waste your time or money. Most of the bunkers were unplayable. Bunkers that were playable had about 1/2" of fine gravel and hard pan. Greens were bad. Bare spots all around. Staff unfriendly. No sandwiches or dogs on beverage cart, just snacks.

Beautiful scenerry. kind atmospher.Challenging course

While this is a beautiful course location and I enjoyed our round there is definitely room for improvement.
While the people in the office were very friendly, the starter was busy giving golf tips to a woman one the driving range and was clueless as to what was happeningon the course. For example, he held us up because he said a foursome had just gone out and walked away. After waiting for another 5 minutes I walked over to where he was talking with the women and asked if we could go to the 1st tee. He said OK, but when we got there we found there was another couple on the tee that we were supposed to be paired with. We were both surprised since the starter had not bothered to inform either couple that we were a foursome.
All four players in our group agreed that the course conditions have deteriorated. Examples here include only about 1/4 inch of sand and liner showing in many bunkers; greens appeared scored and very rough; and some fairways were burned out in spots.
There was no Marshall and pace of play was a little slow on the front nine, but picked up on the back where some players ahead of us dropped out after playing 9. There was also no refreshment cart, but we were provided bottles of water and ice with the golf cart. There is no GPS on the carts so bring your own if you use one.
All in all, we met some great people to play with and had a fun round, but all of us were a little disappointed that the course is not what it once was.

The course was amazing but the wind was very tough to deal with!

Nice course with beautiful ocean views. unfortunately it was extremely windy the day we played, couldn't wear a hat because it kept flying off. It was expensive to play, most golf courses in Hawaii are. Course was in good shape and the staff were all friendly and helpful.

Good day at this course - no wind -sunny - right at 4 hours - all ended up being good

Overall nice layout, great views. Would suggest a cart person to o be a little more available.