Brian Oar
Matthew Thayer
Matthew Thayer
Scott Campbell Photography
Overview
The Robert Trent Jones Jr.-designed Emerald course at Wailea Golf Club is more forgiving than the Gold—also designed by RTJ—but has the same dramatic elevation changes and scenic ocean vistas as its sibling. Starting with the par-4 opener, there are plenty of downhill tee shots that play to relatively generous landing areas with the Pacific in the background. The views, playability and quality conditioning making the Emerald course an enjoyable track on Maui’s southwest coast.
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Awards
Best in State: Ranked inside the top 10, 1999. Ranked inside the top 15, 2001-'05, 2009, 2023-'24.
Panelists
Ratings from our panel of 1,900 course-ranking panelists
100 GREATEST/BEST IN STATE SCORES
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Reviews
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“Emerald Course is good but Gold Course at Wailea is better."
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“Not the most interesting property in terms of topography and most of it slopes towards the ocean. This does allow for some scenic down hills holes but there ends up being a long of back and forth holes along the contours. Good conditioning and a pleasant resort style, cart-riding type of golf course."
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“I gave this the same star rating as the Gold even of the Gold is a more difficult test. This course is really fun and is a bit easier to score on than its bigger brother."
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“Very nice resort course with superb views."
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“Emerald is a very enjoyable golf course to play in Wailea. It is not too challenging, but offers a lot of dog legs and some rather difficult par threes. The course is usually in very good condition and is a good compliment to the longer more difficult Gold Course. It shares facilities with the Gold Course which works well."
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“Not quite as good as the Gold course but still a fun and scenic place to play."
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“Beautiful scenery and decent greens for Hawaii where things get slow and grainy at some courses."
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