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The Wailea Resort Area
Offers 11 tennis courts at the Wailea Tennis Club and 54 holes of golf at
the Blue, Emerald and Gold Courses.
The Makena Resort Area
There are 36 holes of golf at the Makena North and South Courses.
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Wailea Tennis Club The Wailea Tennis Club is one of the
finest tennis facilities in the state, with eleven hard courts, a half-court
for practice, a fully stocked pro shop and a staff of USPTA-certified
professionals. A recipient of Tennis Magazine's top tennis resorts award for
many years, the Wailea Tennis Club creates an environment akin to a "home
away from home" country club.
Amenities and services include a stadium court large enough to
accommodate up to a thousand cheering spectators, a range of activities and
lesson programs, complimentary game matching, rental racquets and ball
machines, and the latest in equipment, apparel and accessories. |
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The
Wailea Gold Course
Wailea's Rugged
Beauty
The new home course of The Senior Skins Game, the Wailea Gold Course is
the most challenging of Wailea's trio. Designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr.,
it has been ranked among the country's best new courses by Golf Magazine and
Golf Digest, and one of the world's best designed by the readers of Conde
Nast Traveler.
Jones flavored the Gold with elements of classic golf course design, then
finished it with a rugged, natural look. Throughout the course are stark
lava rock outcroppings, indigenous Hawaiian grasses, an abundance of kiawe
(a relative of mesquite), and remnants of papohaku, prehistoric lava rock
walls built by early Hawaiians and preserved for their historic value. |
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The
Wailea Emerald Course
Wailea's Tropical
Playground
Rated one of the best new courses by Golf Magazine and Golf Digest, as
well as one of North America's most women-friendly by Golf for Women, the
Wailea Emerald is akin to a lush tropical playground. Flowers bloom in great
abundance: plumeria, bird of paradise, allamanda, gazenia, bougainvillea,
beach morning glory, "firecracker" plants and more.
But don't be fooled by the Emerald's pleasant appearance. It is a
superbly designed course created for pure golf enjoyment, regardless of
one's handicap. Measuring 6,825 yards from the back, the Emerald features
four to six tee boxes on every hole, allowing players to tailor the course
to their playing level. |
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The
Wailea Blue Course
The Grand Lady of
Wailea
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. |
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Makena North Course Opened in 1993, the North Course
goes out of its way to make golfers feel at one with their natural
surroundings. There are no distractions on this course-unless you considered
the unobstructed views of the blue pacific, neighboring islands, and
humpback whales breaching during whale season to be a bit distracting.
Natural Hawaiian rock walls are left right where they were found, and
they play an integral part in the course design. Natural gullies and
streambeds are also left intact, along with Makena's indigenous kiawe trees.
And as an added bonus to save golfers some time looking for last balls,
Robert Trent Jones Jr. designed most fairway so that everything slopes back
towards the center. |
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Makena South Course Designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr.,
the South Course is a 6,739-yard, par 72 course with natural rolling
fairways, undulating greens, and captivating ocean and mountain views.
The proximity to the ocean is exactly why this course is so special.
Besides having two oceanfront holes, numbers fifteen and sixteen, the South
Course also affords an excellent view of humpback whales that visit here
each winter. And since they keep coming back year after year, they must be
on to something good! |
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