Wailea Blue Course
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Holes:
18 holes
Par:
72
Distance (men/women): 6357 - 5298 y
Courcerating (men/women): 72.2 - 64.9
Slope (men/women): 129 - 108
Green Fee: $ 95 - 135
Cart Fee: $ 35
Architect: Nicklaus
Is there a hotel: No
Is there a restaurant: available
Extra info
The first course ever built in Wailea, the stately Blue is a gracious resort course that has been ranked among America's best resort courses by Golf Digest. In its lifetime, it has hosted such prestigious events as the LPGA Women's Kemper Open and Japan's Asahi-Kyosen pro/celebrity golf tournament.
The Blue's fairways offer views of the ocean and Mt. Haleakala, and some of Wailea's stunning residential communities. It features several fountains and lakes, and an abundance of colorful hibiscus, wiliwili trees, bougainvillea and plumeria. The Blue was designed to appeal to a broad range of players. While it has challenged some of the finest professional players in the world, it also offers a measure of forgiveness in its wider fairways and large greens.
Like its sister courses, the worst hazards on the Blue are the visual ones: the sapphire Pacific Ocean (where one can spot humpback whales during the winter months), several offshore islands, a volcanic cinder cone known as Pu'u Olai an