Princeville Hotel, Grand Hyatt Kaua’i Resort & Spa, Kaua’i Marriott Resort & Beach Club Earn Distinction, Reinforce the Garden Isle’s Reputation as a Top-Line Golf Destination
(Kaua’i, Hawaii) – Travel + Leisure Magazine’s avid, discriminating travelers have spoken – and Kaua’i is a resounding theme. The magazine’s “13th Annual World’s Best Awards Readers’ Survey” results were recently announced and three Kaua’i hotels, as well as the island itself, were cited as among the best in their respective categories.
Grand Hyatt Kaua’i Resort & Spa, Kaua’i Marriott Resort & Beach Club and Princeville Hotel garnered status as “Top 25 Hotels in Hawaii,” while Kaua’i was voted a Top 10 Island worldwide.
All three of the Kaua’i hotels honored are frequently acclaimed resorts with highly regarded golf courses. They along with award-winning standalone courses Kiahuna and Puakea, offer a combined 117 golf holes and six courses under the tagline “Kaua’i: Discover Golf’s Ultimate Island Green.”
Princeville is home to the Prince and Makai courses, Grand Hyatt Kaua’i proudly offers Poipu Bay Golf Course as an amenity, and the Kaua’i Marriott Resort & Beach Club includes Kaua’i Lagoons Golf Club among its many activity options.
The characteristics Travel + Leisure readers considered when voting for top hotels were rooms/facilities, location, service, restaurants/food, and value.
For islands the subjects included natural attractions, activities/sights, restaurants/food, people, and value.
“Kaua’i is honored by these objective endorsements because of the source – Travel + Leisure readers – people who are experiencing first-hand what each property has to offer for a wonderful getaway,” said Sue Kanoho, Executive Director of the Kaua’i Visitors Bureau.
Kaua’i’s natural wonders include the 3,567-foot deep Waimea Canyon, dubbed “The Grand Canyon of the Pacific”, and the 3,000-foot towering mountain cliffs overlooking the Napali Coast along the northwest shoreline.
A wealth of outdoor activities like kayaking, snorkeling, hiking, mountain tubing, horseback riding, ATV adventures, zipline aerial tours, helicopter and boat tours, offer memorable vacation experiences for the whole family. For more information about the Garden Isle, visitwww.kauaidiscovery.com/activities/golfing/ or call 800-262-1400.
For more information about the Garden Isle, visit www.kauaidiscovery.com/activities/golfing/ or call 800-262-1400.
About “Kaua’i: Discover Golf’s Ultimate Island Green”
Kaua’i is colored by lush, numerous shades of green – flora and fauna blanket the mountains and serve as a painter’s palette and “carpet” of nature’s unspoiled wonder. Surrounded by the turquoise waters of the Pacific Ocean and buffeted by soothing trade winds and slack key guitar notes wafting in the breeze, Kaua’i offers more than 50 miles of white sand beaches – more beach per mile than any other island in Hawai’i. Only four percent of the island is developed for commercial and residential use.
The unique attributes of the golf destination cooperative “Kaua’i: Discover Golf’s Ultimate Island Green” include a combined 117 scintillating holes and the following.
1. Kiahuna Golf Club (www.kiahunagolf.com, 808.742.9595)
* Outstanding greens feature Seashore Paspalum, Kauai’s only course to offer them
* Designed by world-famous golf course architect Robert Trent Jones Jr., the course weaves around many ancient remnants of authentic Hawaiian culture
* Voted “Kaua’i’s Best” by the readers of The Garden Isle newspaper, Kiahuna is a 6,925-yard, par 70 with a rating of 73.5 and slope of 134
2. Puakea Golf Club (www.puakeagolf.com, 866.773.5554)
* Rated the 7th best course in Hawaii – Golfweek Magazine
* Adjacent to the lush site where Steven Spielberg filmed “Jurassic Park”
* Owned by AOL co-Founder Steve Case
3. Kaua’i Lagoons Golf Club (www.kauailagoonsgolf.com, 800.634.6400)
* Home to Golf Digest’s No. 56 rated course in “America’s 100 Greatest Public Golf Courses” (Kiele Course)
* Currently 18 of 36 holes designed by Jack Nicklaus are in play. The back nine holes of the Kiele Course and front nine of the Maile Course are currently closed and in the process of receiving extensive upgrades, including the addition of two new ocean holes at Kiele. Completion date of the Kiele back nine is expected sometime in early 2009 and the entire project sometime in 2010)
* The Kiele Course front nine holes feature the par-3 5th green encircled by a tropical Mango and Guava tree forest
4. Poipu Bay Golf Course (www.poipubaygolf.com, 800.858.6300)
* Along with Grand Hyatt Kaua’i Resort & Spa rated No. 32 in Golf Digest’s “Sublime 75: America’s Greatest Golf Resorts”
* Four closing holes play atop a 150-foot sea cliff
* Home to the PGA Grand Slam of Golf from 1994 through 2006, it has frequently hosted players like Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Vijay Singh and other major champions
5. Princeville Golf Courses (www.princeville.com, 800.826.1105)
* Home to Golf Digest’s No. 39 rated course in “America’s 100 Greatest Golf Courses” (Prince Course) and the No. 1 rated course in the state
* 45 holes of golf – the 27-hole Makai nines and the 18-hole Prince – all designed by Robert Trent Jones II
* Overlooks exquisite Hanalei Bay
Contact:
Dan Shepherd, Buffalo Communications
703-891-3320, dshepherd@billycaspergolf.com
