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Value
4.0
Layout
4.7
Friendliness
4.2
Pace
3.8
Amenities
4.5
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About

Holes 18
Type Resort
Par 72
Length 7078 yards
Slope 138
Rating 74.5

Course Details

Year Built 1994
Golf Season Year round
Architect Robert Trent Jones, Jr. (1994) Donald Knott (1994) Gary Linn (1994)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Clubs Yes
GPS Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School Academy Yes - "Wailea Golf Academy"
Teaching Pro Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Proper golf attire must be worn at all times

Food & Beverage

Bar, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Lounge, Banquet Facilities, Locker Rooms

Available Sports

Tennis

Accolades

Reviews

4.5
78 Reviews (78)

What Golfers Are Saying

This course/club is great for:
Advanced Golfers 6
This Course's Location is:
At a Resort 6

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Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser

Amazing views and a great layout.

A wonderful afternoon at Wailea Gold included amazing views, great course layout and excellent assistance. Fun was had by all. The only complaint would be the difficulty in finding a reasonable cost which Golf Now helped with.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser

This course is awesome

We played Wailea Gold in the afternoon and it was great
the greens and bunkers were pristine and the course is playable for all handicap golfers
will play again

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser

Absolutely beautiful

This course is design for low handicap like my fiance. I have a harder time but I was able to keep the pace and enjoy the view tremendously. I love the course even it was hard for me.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

Course is not for the faint of heart, well kept, very challenging

If my day on the course was to resemble my experience in the pro shop trying to check in ..... I was definitely headed for a bad day. "Reception person" was simply unpleasant, in fact she was downright rude. She could not find my tee time in her system, I had a copy in my phone, didn't seem to help. Had I not pre-paid with Golfnow.com I would have left the course then. I shared my concerns to a fellow player who said "I thought it was just me, ya she's rude." We both agreed it likely wasn't isolated to us and should convey to management our experience of the 1 bad apple. Important to note the Manager and staff otherwise were great.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser

Nice course

Was in fantastic condition, but almost felt like you were playing the same hole over and over again (except for Par 3s which were amazing).

I will say I like Makena better as far as layout and views.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0

Very enjoyable course

Thought the course was in great condition, staff was friendly and accommodating, wonderful scenery.....very enjoyable experience.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser

challenging course in excellent condition.

I enjoyed this course. The play was brisk and the conditions excellent. I just wish that I could walk the course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

Course has great views, lots of elevation changes and lots of sand.

Very enjoyable on a picture perfect day! Hard to concentrate on golf with whales jumping in the background.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

slow greens but nice course

great price saved 80 bucks greens slow but nice condition

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Difficulty Extremely Easy
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser

Truly enjoyable course.

Very friendly management, very good conditions and good pace of play.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 21
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

Great pace,great views,quality course.

The marshals treated us great.Well protected greens that make the emerald course more playable.Emerald has mare dramatic holes.The sand was not well maintained,as we found on the other quality hawaii courses as well.They Sandpro the bunker bases but do not rake the edges.This is unaccetable at these prices!

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser

Can't beat the views

The Gold course at Wailea is worth playing at least once if you visit. Fairways and greens are in immaculate condition and there's a view from every hole on the course. The course is friendly to all types of golfers. Not many forced carries and pretty wide landing areas off the tees but it can be played quite long if played form the back tees. Bunkers seem to be placed with the longer hitter in mind. Greens are very undulating compared to the typical resort course but it makes the course a little more challenging. I was able to book a time for $123.00 thanks to golfnow.com. I definitely would not pay full price to play this course again but I would for the discounted price. Driving range and practice facility are excellent and you can use them all day for the price of a bucket of balls ($12). Overall a great course that I will not forget having played.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

Great conditions, average experience

Ended up playing the Gold course twice on our recent trip. The conditions were superb, greens were smooth and medium-fast. The bunkers are to be avoided, you'll have huge difficulty getting anywhere close to the pin from them. Main complaint is that in both cases they put us with another couple as a foursome but then had all twosomes behind us (we were going out at 11:30 AM). We played at a good pace but of course not as fast as twosomes would so they were waiting as it's not reasonable to expect we're going to let 5 groups play through. Suspect this was due to us being on the GolfNow rate which was a good discount so they weren't that motivated to take care of us.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser

Beautiful course with fantastic vistas of Maui, in wonderful condition!

If you've never played here add it to your bucket list...a jewel in the pacific for sure..

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser

great views and terrain and layout bad customer service

This was my second time to play the gold course. The previous time was 10 years earlier on my honeymoon. I was really surprised in how poor the staff treated us. The check in person the person we rented the clubs from and the entire staff we came In contact with were very short and dismissive. It was very odd. The course wasn't busy but everyone there,except the starter seemed to be in bad mood. Course views and layout awesome.greens very slow. Customer service needs major improvement.

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

sanded, but we were treatled with royalty

Course is one of the best on the island and we will return often

Conditions Poor
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

One of the best options on Maui

The course was in good shape overall. It is challenging but fair with good variety of holes. The pace of play was excellent. I've played every course on the Island. Wailea Gold and Emerald are very good options in terms of overall experience, service conditions and value.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser

This Course Is Why You Play Golf in Maui

Emerald Course at half price is twice the fun. The pace of play was somewhat slowed by the constant taking of photos at each hole to remind ourselves that we were really there. Picturesque is an understatement to describe Wailea Golf Resort. The service is outstanding from the practice facility to the bar. Oh yeah, the course was gorgeous and in top condition. My only problem is that I couldn't birdie a hole after the 1st, which led to my realization that my game is the same on the mainland or in paradise.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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