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PGA Championship

Quail Hollow Club



    Nanea Golf Club

    Nanea Golf Club

    72-2921 Kaupulehu Road

    Kailua Kona, HI 96740

    United States

    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.

    Golf Digest Logo Panelists

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

    4.7

    100 GREATEST/BEST IN STATE SCORES

    Shot Options
    7.6289
    Character
    7.7893
    Challenge
    7.4001
    Layout Variety
    7.6036
    Fun
    7.831
    Aesthetics
    8.157
    Conditioning
    8.0379

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