Played here when my sister lived in Kaneohe..... tragic man..

Sad, but a serious miscalculation on the environmental conditions. It will never come back.

The only way to make this place playable is with a very expensive sub-air system on just about the whole course. You can't mow often enough, most of the year, when it rains like it does there.

Beautiful spot though.

Initially was going to be a rich Japanese club. Japanese market crashed around time of completion, tried as a public course, changed hands a couple times, bought by a Presbyterian church (who wanted the clubhouse and parking). Church leases the golf course to management company. They bailed after 2 years. Currently run by a pro who does lessons and maintains 9 holes as a practice course, and the other 9 basically as an outline of what was (just keeping it from being completely overgrown, not playable)

But rain is a problem. Gets a ton more rain than locations a couple miles away because of the micro-climates you get from the mountains in Hawaii.

Thanks

Enjoyed watching that. Thanks for posting.

BigHitterDaLama said:

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Enjoyed watching that. Thanks for posting.

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Hope you're well my friend

bowhuntr said:

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The only way to make this place playable is with a very expensive sub-air system on just about the whole course. You can't mow often enough, most of the year, when it rains like it does there.

Beautiful spot though.

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I wonder if they could put a plan together to do so in a staged way to lesson cost and get some revenue.

Maybe do the par 3's on the back nine (and convert a short par 4 if need to get 3 playable holes). Then convert 3 other holes to par 3's and add the system. Then the last 3. Then add the system to what was the par 4s to stretch the back to par 4s. Then the 5s.

If the back 9 was a playable course in 10 years it could drive revenue to maybe do the front 9.

AgLA06 said:

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bowhuntr said:

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The only way to make this place playable is with a very expensive sub-air system on just about the whole course. You can't mow often enough, most of the year, when it rains like it does there.

Beautiful spot though.

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I wonder if they could put a plan together to do so in a staged way to lesson cost and get some revenue.

Maybe do the par 3's on the back nine (and convert a short par 4 if need to get 3 playable holes). Then convert 3 other holes to par 3's and add the system. Then the last 3. Then add the system to what was the par 4s to stretch the back to par 4s. Then the 5s.

If the back 9 was a playable course in 10 years it could drive revenue to maybe do the front 9.

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Maybe. I would want to see how the neighbor course, Royal Hawaiian, was doing from a financial perspective. There are no resorts close by, so it's not the most convenient location. I played this course in 2010 and it was in great shape. Came back in 2015 and it had fallen to pieces.

Mahalo for posting. The video brings back so many memories. Played here often from '10-'16.

Anniversary trip 2007 $50 round trip biz.class (+ frequent flier miles)
Got to play w/escort, Aussie
WOW .... "Jurassic Park" nickname, fun, difficult, landscape rare/awesome
A Must DO back then.

Wife as spectator that escort picked & fed her native druits along the way, explained all that and even sap that becomes high-dollar hair treatment, etc. etc.

You go don't deep into this jungle looking for a ball .... nor do you hike deep into the snake valleys of our local Traditions Golf Course.