First set out by Jack Nicklaus within a 36-hole golf facility known as Kauai Lagoons Golf Club in the late 1980s, the remodelled Ocean course at the Hōkūala resort winds through mango and guava groves on a dramatic clifftop property.
First set out by Jack Nicklaus within a 36-hole golf facility known as Kauai Lagoons Golf Club in the late 1980s, the remodelled Ocean course at the Hōkūala resort winds through mango and guava groves on a dramatic clifftop property.
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Jun. 18, 2025
3.5
Michael Welsh
This course is probably worth playing if you're on Kauai, especially if you don't feel like making the drive up to Princeville.
Feb. 19, 2024
4
Steve MacQuarrie
It’s said of Jack Nicklaus that he designed courses to favor his left to right ball flight.
Jan. 26, 2019
5
Peter Wood
Jack Nicklaus designed 36 holes of golf on the coast in Lihue, Kauai in 1987.
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