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Island:  Hawaii / Big Island

Course: Mauna Kea Golf Course
Par: 72
Yardage: 7370
Fee: $155-$250

Activities: golf, tennis, spa & fitness center, pool, dining, beauty salon, shops, beach & ocean activities, children's program, luau and more. . .

Resort: (800) 9-PRINCE

Golf: (808) 882-5400

Hotel: (808) 882-7222

Website: http://princeresortshawaii.com/big-island-golf.php
Mauna Kea Resort

The Mauna Kea Resort first opened to rave reviews back in 1965 and was founded by Laurance S. Rockefeller. The Mauna Kea Resort has re-opened early this year after completing a $150 million repair and renovation of the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel and Mauna Kea Golf Course. And now they are better than ever. One of the most notable design features that remains at the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel is the museum quality Pacific and Asian art collection, over 1600 pieces were gathered by Mr. Rockefeller when the hotel first opened. In keeping with Rockefeller’s signature “understated elegance” Mauna Kea is poised once again as a landmark for luxury on the golden Kohala Coast.

The Mauna Kea Golf Course is legendary on Hawaii’s Big Island. When Robert Trent Jones SR initially created the Mauna Kea Golf Course it was the first ever built on lava. Now his son Rees Jones, the US Open Doctor has put his stamp on this magnificent and truly championship layout. Without really changing the essential character of his father’s design Rees Jones has overseen a total renovation of the course. The most notable change may well be in the bunkering. Bunkers have been moved, added, and deepened. These hazards are not only aesthetically beautiful but now more than ever truly become areas that need to be avoided whenever possible. The greens have been re-contoured and grassed with ultra dwarf Tif-Eagle Bermuda grass a wonderful surface for smooth putting. Robert Trent Jones SR put a real premium on shots played into these greens and that still remains the case. Because of the undulations putts coming from the wrong side of the hole can be very difficult. The fairways here at Mauna Kea are for the most part quite generous and they along with the roughs and teeing areas have also been totally re-grassed.