(LIHUE, KAUAI, HI) – Puakea Golf Course – managed by Billy Casper Golf – was ranked No. 14 among Hawaii’s best public access courses in GOLF Magazine’sSeptember issue.
Puakea maintains elite company, besting 61 courses in the Aloha State to achieve the ranking. This marks the first time GOLF Magazine – one of the nation’s most widely circulated golf publications – has ranked the best courses in each state. The magazine’s rankings panel included editorial staff and well-traveled golf industry sources.
Earlier this year, Puakea was ranked No. 7 among Hawaii’s best courses in Golfweek’s 2008 “Best You Can Play – State-by-State” rankings
“We’re humbled to be honored by such a renowned publication,” says Paul Ito, PGA Director of Golf at Puakea Golf Course. “Puakea offers golfers more than just a traditional round; with unsurpassed natural attributes, consummate customer service and outstanding course conditions, it’s a complete experience.”
Set at the base of towering Mount Haupu, the par-72, 6,964-yard Puakea plays through deep ravines, crosses mountain-fed streams, reveals sweeping views of the Pacific Ocean and treats golfers to stunning island beauty. Designed by Robin Nelson, Hawaii’s most prolific golf course architect, Puakea is golf at its finest. Nelson’s design clearly conveys the routes golfers should take for textbook pars and tempts the more adventurous with daring attempts for glorious birdies and a truly memorable round of golf. Puakea has something for everyone with a state-of-the-art practice facility with more than 30 hitting bays and grass tees. The course also offers a complete schedule of clinics, private and group lessons.
For more information about Puakea or to reserve a tee time, visit www.puakeagolf.com or call 808.245.8756.
About Billy Casper Golf
Headquartered in Vienna, Virginia, Billy Casper Golf was co-founded by Robert Morris and Peter Hill in 1989 along with professional golf legend Billy Casper, the Masters and two-time U.S. Open winner who ranks seventh all-time with 51 PGA Tour wins. The company manages 96 golf courses in 23 states, the District of Columbia and Costa Rica. Combined with Buffalo Communications, the golf-lifestyle PR division of BCG, 24 of their courses were honored in the recent Golfweek’s “America’s Best” state-by-state rankings.
For more information about Billy Casper Golf, visit www.billycaspergolf.com or call 703.761.1444.
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