Kiahuna Golf Club

Until yesterday, and probably in the future, my favorite course. However, had several awful interactions with the starter Jason. Spoiled my game and then, for good measure, followed up after we came in to make sure I knew he was in charge. Never have seen anything like this. Mgmt just shrugged. We’ll see. May not return thus visit and just hope he is gone before the next. Sad, as all of us have been golfing there since’84…

It’s a pretty decent golf course in decent condition with some decent mountain views. This was the first of three golf courses that I played on and it was the worst, which doesn’t mean much. It wasn’t nearly as ridiculously priced as the other two. Just don’t expect too much. It’s about as good as your local muni course, but is priced appropriately.

Had an awesome time at this course. I tend to shoot in the 90s and this course had me all over the place, definitely got a 108 lol. Challenging but fun. The wind killed me on the course.
Only downfall was that I came around the 9^th hole and dying for a beer or drink and they had lost their liquor license. Hopefully they get it back soon. But bring your own just in case. Happy golfing!

Play it! What a well-​designed (RT Jones) and cared-​for track. Plenty of risk/​reward and you earn every stroke — especially when the wind is up. We missed the busy season by 2 weeks and had zero problems getting on without a tee time (Two-​some). We planned on playing 1 round there and ended up hitting it three times during the trip.
Service at the Café/​Bar was just okay. Food was decent enough!

First time playing this course and it was a delightful surprise. Fairways and greens were perfect. We go every October to Kauai and will definitely play this course from now on

I loved this course — fun layout and well maintained. Golf shop staff were fun and friendly — and hooked us up with a bounce back rate bc they recognized us as returning customers. Tee times are staggered well enough — many times it seems like we were only people on course. Only criticism might be restaurant staff are S-​L-​O-​W at the turn, oblivious to the fact that golfers need quick attention to get back to golfing.

Always fun to golf in the Islands. Went with my son, we both needed clubs. Rental set was a very nice set of Callaway, also given a few balls, tees, cart with GPS, and bucket of range balls.
Course was pretty quiet and we moved at a nice pace. Had a few rain squalls that went over, it got us wet then we dried off a few holes later. Challenging layout, unfortunately greens were sanded so did not get the best feel.
Enjoyed ourselves, nice views, a few homes plus Hawaiian history along the holes. I would golf again, but would probably try out a few other courses first.

We had great breakfast here. The price was right! Try it!

Enjoyed playing Kiahuna last week. Windy as heck but still had a fun round. greens are super fast. Excellent service in the pro shop and beverage cart, good value for the money at $ 75 prime time with coupon. When I called the pro shop from the mainland the week prior the guy told me about the coupon in the Kauai This Week publication saving 25% on the greens fee, impressive!

Good course, challenging layout (especially if the winds are up) and crazy fast greens. If I could have made a 1 putt anytime of the day I may have shot a whole lot better.
Not much else to say, is a great deal during twilight times!

The pro shop employee on the phone was very friendly, making me look forward to my round with family and friends on ²⁄₂₀. «Dave» at the pro shop in person was a stone-​cold buggah. No smile, no «aloha!», no acknowledgment of my presence until I stood right in front of him (he was staring blankly at his cash register and no one else was in the shop!). After getting his attention and checking in, I left momentarily then came back in and asked him if I could get range balls. He again stared at his cash register, no answer. Did he hear me standing 2 feet away looking at him? A customer then came in and asked to buy range balls; Dave rang him up right away and the guy left. I repeated my question, louder this time. Dave, still looking down at his cash register answered flatly as he stamped my receipt: «I stamped your receipt for them».
Ok, then and oh, well. Maybe he was constipated.
The golf experience is not worth the price charged. The greens, despite the hype, are not «the best on Kauai». Wailua GC has much better greens, for ½ the green fees, with 3x the golf traffic. Kiahuna’s course layout is very confusing; we couldn’t tell, even with the GPS where the hole for #16 was. The landscaping is shabby. Weeds, rubbish, and discarded equipment and jetsam is strewn along the course perimeter. Crabgrass, nutgrass, and various weeds comprise perhaps 50% of the fairway greens. And, when most of our group quit after 9 holes because of torrential thunderstorms and lightning, Kiahuna would not give any rainchecks.
Moreover, the service at Joe’s sucks. Totally indifferent waitresses, 3 of whom were too busy gossiping/​arguing, 2 of whome were too busy eating their own meals (in the restaurant), to bring us menus, drinks (sitting warming on the bar counter), utensils, or even a smile. Maybe they were constipated, too.
Sorry to say, I won’t be back to either Kiahuna GC or Joe’s. And I say this being a kamaaina who loves to visit Kauai almost annually.

I play a round here each trip to Kauai. The rates are reasonable for Hawaii Golf.
Very fun course. Afternoon rates are great.
Golfing at Kiahuna is nice because you rarely have groups ahead or behind you. In fact most times you will have nobody around you for several holes.
Joe’s at the Green is a good place to grab some eats or cocktails.
Standards rates seem to be $ 99 and twilight rates are $ 65. This includes cart with GPS. They run a bounce back special so multiple rounds on your trip cost less.
My only downside to the course is the fact that homes are being built around the course, granted at this time construction has stopped due to the economy.

We played here due to special summer rates. Typically though this course is very challenging, especially when the trade winds are up. This course is a good design and layout with many hazards. Also the putting greens were above average for Hawaii golf. My favorite hole has to be #12 from the back tees. A very difficult par 3 due to the wind. With the development of surrounding properties, it is sad to see that many trees & natural foliage has been removed.

Even with Kama’aina rates this place is pretty pricey. For my husband’s round of golf, the golf cart and me (the walker) it came to $ 70. Yes, it is a beautiful course and we enjoyed ourselves immensely with our friends but I’m not sure it would be the first choice for a regular golf session. They also only have one set of bathrooms on the entire 18 hole course (unless you count the clubhouse) so if you have to pee (and are female) you are doing the potty dance or walking. Don’t forget the sunscreen either because I am STILL nursing the worst sunburn of my life (on my foot lol) because I was dumb enough to assume the golf cart kept me shaded and safe.

Kiahuna Golf Club is located near Poipu on Kauai, in Hawaii. Kiahuna is an incredible gem of a course: fun layout, nice staff, reasonable rates, and an absence of crowds on the course. It seems that everyone who goes to play golf near Poipu goes to Poipu Bay — with its higher greens fees and booked-​solid tee times, because Poipu Bay hosts the PGA Grand Slam of Golf.
But ask any local where they play, and they’ll tell you Kiahuna. Kiahuna cost 45% less than Poipu, and offers really solid island golf. The course was designed by Robert Trent Jones II, and was a fun day of golf. The risk/​reward for every hole offered lots of different strategies from the tee. The fairways were as tight as some of the greens back home in San Francisco, and the greens were stellar.
The staff was friendly, and the on-​site restaurant was a great place to eat whether playing a round or not. My wife, son and I walked to Kiahuna from the Kiahuna Plantation condos, enjoyed breakfast together, and then they went back to the condo while I went out to play alone.
And I mean ALONE. Mid-​June, mid-​morning and there were only two other groups on the course ahead of me. I had the place to myself, and enjoyed a fun, relaxing round of golf with no pressure from the group behind me and no group ahead of me to slow me down. I played 18 in under 4 hours. On a resort course during the high season!
I rented clubs, and they were some of the best I’ve played: Ping G5 set, all with graphite shafts. The cart had GPS and a monitor, and wasn’t cart path only.
There are only two downsides to Kiahuna: the houses have been built so close to the course on some of the holes; and the course wasn’t built right on the water.
But the greens fees were extremely reasonable — I got the round, cart & rentals for $ 50 less than the greens fees alone at Poipu Bay, the staff was friendly (!) and the course is beautiful, offering great views of the ocean and mountains.