Ko'olau Golf Club

At this price the course should be better manicured and cared for. Very few players but alot of it may be that it’s too wet which may be a bad string of weather
Very tough course, hit the fairway or lost ball.
Greens in poor shape which is maintenance issue, should be rolled.
Sand traps are more hard pack than sand.
Overall course adequate for say $60 but 180 is too much for conditions

Weeds throughout rough and fairways. Greens had weeks hand plucked leaving numerous bare spots. All cart paths above fairway and fairways were slippery mud holes. Course layout interesting in places and downright befuddling in others. For $125 a person this was robbery. I’ve played muni’s with better grass.

Played this course some 15 years ago when it really was great. It's still the same beautiful layout but because the location is so close to the mountains the fairways don't get a chance to dry out - at least in the winter. It was cart path only on the back 9 and some of the holes were unplayable. Many plugged and lost balls in the fairway. The staff were great and you could see they were trying their best but the drainage needs $$$. The greens were poor as well. For some reason the traps were beautifully maintained. The weather was good for us that day but there had been several rainfalls recently. Maybe the course would be ok in the summer but not worth the huge ask ($240).
Why do Hawaiian golf courses think the visitors should pay premium prices for average or less tracks? Their resident"s fees are more than reasonable. I know that avid mainland golfers would play a lot more if they could keep the fees down around the $100 mark. Just sayin'.

Let me preface this by saying I have played a lot of golf courses some good, some bad and I try to be fair when writing my reviews.

First off the scorecard for the course says it was voted #1 course in Oahu!! That may have been the case several years ago but the beauty queen has let herself go since then.

Bunkers, you can’t have bunkers that are mud pits, haven’t been raked in god knows when and don’t have sand in them.

Greens, they need to be rolled!! Looks like they have not been touched in a while and speed was poor.

Fairways, can we have them?? There were several holes where there was no fairway just rough. I think this is due to the amount of rain the course gets and the fact it is on the side of a mountain but again put in the money to better drain the course so that you can keep it properly maintained.

Golf carts, need tires, my cart got a flat as the tires were bald and threads were showing. Not a good look.

So for $80 you are getting an overly difficult course that hasn’t been maintained which is a shame because the views are insanely awesome!! I loved the difficulty too at 150 slope but again you have to keep the course in good shape to support that rating.

Do better!!

I played course around the state's and Caribbean and Mexico. This is definitely the most beautiful course I played and challenging. I would tell everyone to play this course when you come to Hawaii.
Going to play it again before I go back home.

I played turtle bay (palmer) the day prior and I prefer Koolau. Very playable course from the blue tees. Greens are slower than I prefer and they have a few strands of grass that make your putt bumpy but I'm gonna play this course again. Sand traps are also thin but just don't go in them and you'll be fine.

It was cancelled a week ago, but the usage fee was approved today. Never make a reservation.The golf club official, please take quick action.

I got to course a bit sooner than my t time and enjoyed a spam and egg sandwich. Yummy. Then got a bucket of balls for 8.00 for 60 golf balls. Wow what a deal.. a very nice man named Nic checked me in for golf. The draw back of range was Matt's only. I hit forged irons. Never on Matt. Head to first tee and wow is all I can say. The view is one of God's best designs. The trade wind was dead in our face on first shot. From tee to green it was not bad. Greens were full of grass but very slow. Slow for my liking. I like near 10 or 11 on stemp. As you play here you will see majestic views and have to hit very demanding shots. Miss the landing area and you may be over a cliff. .. par threes are long and easy to hit onto. I'd play again no problem.

I have played 10 rounds at ko’olau. Over the past 10 years. Five years ago the course had decent fairways and greens. Today’s round was disappointing due to poor “furry” greens and terrible fairways. It is now a good Muni but it has lost its world class status. The layout is spectacular and holes very challenging but for a visitor the value is not there at $160 per round. As usual I lost many balls but the lack of a good roll on the greens is new.

Normally when I play this course it’s in great shape although I do understand with the amount of rain they’ve gotten it’s tough but fairways not mowed some of the rough is over shin high ithey definitely shouldn’t be charging full price right now hopefully they get it together soon

Beautiful course, very scenic. But the course was soaking wet with very deep and thick grass in the fairways. Several balls plugged deep in the fairway and several were in the fairway but lost. Distance markers were nearly impossible to find as the grass had them deeply buried. Great views but not a great place to play. l

Beautiful course, very friendly staff! Even with hot deal $80 is athe way to expensive for just able to play first 9 holes. Back 9 holes is not playable! There is no fairway, only long grass everywhere! It is impossible to find a ball even the ball is on the fairway!

The course was is terrible shape, too wet to allow golfers to play let alone spend $125 for a round. On many of the fairways, none mowed, you would spin out of your footing when you swung. Don’t play this course until it dries out. The two players I played with quit after 8 holes it was so bad. The grass off the fairways was 6 to8 inches tall and it toke forever to find your ball. Greens were in very poor shape also.