Kaua'i Golf Courses and Resorts Offer Summer Values and Options
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Garden Isle' Golf and Resort Lifestyle Amenities Abound
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Kaua'i, Hawaii) - Value and options -
something all discerning travelers appreciate - are abundant on
Kaua'i this summer.
Poipu Bay Golf Course
(www.poipubaygolf.com
, 800.858.6300) is
world-renowned for its lush landscaping,
ocean-side setting, and award-winning
Robert Trent Jones Jr. design. Adjacent to
the Grand Hyatt Kaua'i Resort & Spa, it was
rated No. 16 in GolfWorld magazine's "2009
America's
Top 50 Resort Courses." In addition to
guests of the Grand Hyatt Kaua'i enjoying
reduced playing rates at Poipu Bay, the
resort is offering a summer fifth-night free
promotion, which includes daily breakfast for
two adults and up to four children, 50 percent off a second room
for children, "bottomless cup" for children 12 and under, 1/2 camp
for one child, one free in room movie and a 20 percent discount at
the opulent Anara Spa. Visit
www.grandhyattkauai.com.
Like the Grand Hyatt Kaua'i Resort & Spa,
Puakea Golf Course (www.puakeagolf.com
, 866.773.5554) in Lihue is family and child friendly. One of
island residents' favorite courses, and rated one of Golfweek
magazine's "America's Best Courses You Can Play" by state in
golf-rich Hawaii, Puakea allows kids to play free all summer long
(ages 7-18), one free junior for each paying adult (June 1 - August
31, 2009).
If golf and spa amenities appeal,
Princeville's Prince Course offers its "2009 Tease for Two
Package." This package includes a round of golf and a 50-minute
massage at the Princeville Spa for $275. Package valid through
2009. As tantalizing as that offer is, there's additional
excitement in store for visitors to Princeville coming soon. The
St. Regis Princeville Resort is scheduled to debut on Oct. 1, 2009.
And the Makai Course, which along with the Prince Course, combine
to offer 45 holes of stellar golf at Princeville, is scheduled to
unveil a substantial renovation to all 27 of its holes on Nov. 1.
For more information and reservations
www.princeville.com , 800.826.1105.
Next comes this offer from Kaua'i Lagoons
Golf Club (www.kauailagoonsgolf.com
, 800.634.6400) in Lihue. Making it affordable for every golfer, or
family of golfers, to experience award-winning golf during their
Kaua'i stay, the club provides adults with an $85, 18-hole green
fee and $25 club rental. The offer includes two sleeves of premium
golf balls and is available after 11 am daily. For golfing
families, children ages 6-17 may play for free and are offered free
club rental when accompanied by a paying adult anytime daily. Both
Summer Specials are valid from July 1 through August 31 of this
year (2009). Kauai Lagoons' Jack Nicklaus-designed layout is
adjacent to the Kauai Marriott Resort & Beach Club. Green fees for
non-resort guests are normally priced at up to $175 and club
rentals at $55, hence, these offers afford players with substantial
savings. (www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/lihhi-kauai-marriott-resort-and-beach-club/)
For more information about the Garden Isle,
visit
www.kauaidiscovery.com/activities/golfing/
or call 800-262-1400.
About "Kaua'i: Discover Golf's Ultimate
Island Green"
Kaua'i is colored by lush, numerous shades of
green - flora and fauna blanket the mountains and juxtapose
brilliantly with the turquoise Pacific Ocean, white clouds and blue
skies. Buffeted by entrancing trade winds, Kaua'i offers more than
50 miles of white sand beaches - more beach per mile than any other
island in Hawai'i. Only four percent of the island is developed for
commercial and residential use.
The unique attributes of the golf destination
cooperative "Kaua'i: Discover Golf's Ultimate Island Green" include
a plethora of scintillating holes including:
1. Poipu Bay Golf Course (www.poipubaygolf.com
, 800.858.6300)
* Along with Grand Hyatt Kaua'i Resort & Spa
rated No. 16 in GolfWorld's "America's Top 50 Resort Courses, 2009"
* Four closing holes play atop a 150-foot sea
cliff
* Home to the PGA Grand Slam of Golf from
1994 through 2006, it has frequently hosted players like Tiger
Woods, Phil Mickelson, Vijay Singh and other major champions
2. Princeville Golf Courses (www.princeville.com
, 800.826.1105)
* The Prince Course was rated No. 67 in Golf
Digest's "America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses 2009-10" and rated
the No. 1 course in the state
* 45 holes of golf - the 27-hole Makai course
(currently closed for renovation, scheduled to open Nov. 1, 2009)
and the 18-hole Prince - all designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr.
* The St. Regis Princeville Resort is
scheduled to open Oct. 1, 2009
3. Puakea Golf Club (www.puakeagolf.com
, 866.773.5554)
* Rated the 13th best course in golf-rich
Hawaii - Golfweek Magazine
* Golf Course Architect Robin Nelson used the
natural layout of the land when he planned this layout, testing
golfers of all levels and treating them to beautiful views of Mt.
Ha'upu and deep lush ravines on several holes.
* Owned by AOL co-Founder Steve Case
4. Kaua'i Lagoons Golf Club (www.kauailagoonsgolf.com
, 800.634.6400)
* Voted one of the "Top 50 Resort Courses"
worldwide by GolfWorld magazine in its "2009 Readers' Choice
Awards"
* Currently 18 of 36 holes designed by Jack
Nicklaus are in play consisting of the Maile nine and the Kiele
nine. The back nine ocean holes of the Kiele Course are currently
closed and in the process of receiving extensive upgrades,
including the addition of one new ocean hole which will create a
mile-long stretch of oceanfront golf.
* The Kiele Course front nine holes feature
the par-3 fifth green encircled by a tropical Mango and Guava tree
forest
