Waikoloa Beach (Kings')

Tom Weiskopf and Jay Morrish are experienced at adding additional nines at properties that already have well-regarded golf courses. Consider the par three Cliffs course they added at the famous Olympic Club in San Francisco. They faced a similar task at the Waikoloa Resort, where much of the property was dedicated to the Robert Trent Jones-designed Beach and Lakes nines, which are traditionally combined for the main 18. Unlike at Olympic, however, Weiskopf and Morrish’s work has usurped the existing course, and their Kings’ nine is considered by many to be the best golf challenge at Waikoloa.

Part of the appeal was its “links” inspiration; although it’s slightly fanciful to imagine creating links on the black lava terrain of Hawai’i, the duo did create wider fairways and deeper bunkers, so that players could take different routes depending on their risk aversion (and potentially suffer for getting too aggressive).

The second hole, a par five, is named “Ho’omanawanui,” which translates to “patience.” Players should exercise that concept on No. 5 as well, since the 330-yard par four beckons big hitters but threatens with lava rock hazards.