Looking to play the best golf courses in Hawaii? Welcome to our annual Golfweek’s Best ranking of public-access and private courses.
Following are the rankings for both types of courses, as judged by our nationwide network of raters. The hundreds of members of our course-ratings panel continually evaluate courses and rate them on 10 criteria on a points basis of 1 through 10. They also file a single, overall rating on each course. Those overall ratings are averaged to produce all our Golfweek’s Best course rankings.
- Best public-access courses in each state
- The best private courses in each state
- The details: How we rank courses
The courses on the first list allow public access in some fashion, be it standard daily green fees, through a resort or by staying at an affiliated hotel. If there’s a will, there’s a tee time – no membership required.
KEY: (m) modern, built in 1960 or after; (c) classic, built before 1960. For courses with a number preceding the (m) or (c), that is where the course ranks on Golfweek’s Best lists for top 200 modern and classic courses in the U.S.
* indicates new or returning to the rankings
Best public-access courses in Hawaii
1. Four Seasons Resort Lanai (Manele)
Lanai (35m)
2. Kapalua (Plantation)
Maui (T40m)
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3. Mauna Kea Resort
Kohala Coast (T176m)
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4. Princeville (Makai)
Princeville (T184m)
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5. Four Seasons Resort Hualalai
Kailua-Kona (m)
6. Mauna Lani (North)
Waimea (m)
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7. Wailea (Gold)
Maui (m)
8. Ocean Course at Hokuala
Lihue (m)
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T9. Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort & Spa (Poipu Bay)
Koloa (m)
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T9. Wailea (Emerald)
Maui (m)
11. Turtle Bay Resort (Arnold Palmer)
Kahuku (m)
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12. Mauna Lani (South)
Waimea (m)
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13. Kapolei Golf Club
Kapolei (m)
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14. Wailua Municipal
Kauai (m)
15. Ko Olina Golf Club
Kapolei (m)
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Best private courses in Hawaii
1. Nanea
Kona (m)
2. Kohanaiki
Kailua-Kona (m)
3. Kukui’ula
Koloa (T173m)
4. Hokulia
Kailua-Kona (m)
5. King Kamehameha
Maui (m)