Nanea Golf Club

Kailua Kona, HI Private

Overview

In the early 1960s, Robert Trent Jones built the first course on Hawaii’s Big Island for a very wealthy owner (Laurance Rockefeller), grinding up the site’s volcanic rock to use as “sand” on which to grow grass. 40 years later and just 22 miles away, architect David McLay Kidd also built a course on volcanic rock for very wealthy owners (Charles Schwab and George Roberts), but rather than transform the lava topography, he routed his holes among the black outcroppings and through the site’s meadows of native grasses. Located on a high, exposed plateau beneath Mt. Hualalai, the holes ramble and roll into topsy-turvy greens, each with a sterling view of the Pacific Ocean three and half miles in the distance.

About

Holes 18
Length 7464
Slope 133
Facility Type Private
Year Opened 2003
Designer David McLay Kidd

Awards

100 Greatest
Best Courses in Every State

Ranking history:

100 Greatest: Making its inaugural appearance in 2023-2024 at 49th.

Best in State: Ranked first 2013 to current.

Panelists

Ratings from our panel of 1,900 course-ranking panelists

4.7

100 GREATEST/BEST IN STATE SCORES

Shot Options
7.668
Character
7.9539
Challenge
7.4201
Layout Variety
7.7041
Fun
7.9282
Aesthetics
8.0933
Conditioning
8.0377

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