Value-Laden Offers Complement the Island’s Idyllic Weather, Culinary Cornucopia, Glorious Golf, Natural Beauty and Award-Winning Beaches
(Kaua’i, Hawaii) – As if!
As if some of the world’s most scenic beaches aren’t enough…
As if some of the world’s most breathtaking mountain and waterfall vistas aren’t enough…
As if award-winning golf courses and resorts that are routinely listed among the best in the world aren’t enough…
As if slack key guitar notes wafting on trade winds and soothing the soul aren’t enough…
If those aren’t enough to entice a visit to Kaua’i here’s more. The Garden Isle’s collection of renowned golf courses – which operate under the brand tagline “Kaua’i: Discover Golf’s Ultimate Island Green” – is offering a number of value-packed promotions.
To wit:
Princeville at Hanalei’s Prince Course is offering its “Tease for Two” – a special package for couples. It includes a round of golf on one of Golf Digest Magazine’s “America’s 100 Greatest Golf Courses” and a 50-minute massage. Deciding who enjoys the Prince’s jungle golf brilliance and who takes the relaxing massage is the tough question. Or the easy answer is each can do both, that way there’s no teasing later! $249 per package; all prices include sales tax and service charge and require an appointment. Inquire about blackout dates; prices subject to change without notice. For reservations, call 800.826.1105
Had enough hassle with airlines? Kaua’i Lagoons Golf Club has the answer with its “No Airlines Hassle Golf Package.” For $175 plus tax, the package includes an 18-hole green fee, premium rental clubs and shoes, as well as two sleeves of golf balls. Kaua’i Lagoons Golf Club is located next door to the Kaua’i Marriott Resort & Beach Club. Call 800.634.6400 for reservations.
Puakea Golf Course (866.773.5554) is widely considered one of the state’s unsung gems. Well, perhaps not so unsung thanks to being ranked in 2008 as the 7th best course in Hawaii by Golfweek Magazine in its annual “America’s Best Courses You Can Play.” But why play Puakea once when you can play twice or more at substantial bargains?! Puakea is offering the Elua Package (two rounds at $170 plus tax), and Illima Package (five rounds for $375 plus tax).
Kiahuna Golf Club is offering impressive savings and incentives for repeat play. Visitors to the Robert Trent Jones Jr. designed course, home to what many consider Hawaii’s best greens, pay the rack rate ($95 plus tax) one time then can play as Kama’ainas (residents) for $55 plus tax for the duration of their stay. No limit! Rental clubs are 50% off after the first round as well for the duration of a guest’s stay. Additionally, Body Wellness, a local spa, has a licensed massage therapist provide chair massages daily for $1 a minute under the big monkey pod tree near the practice facility at Kiahuna.
Poipu Bay Golf Course, former longtime home to the PGA Grand Slam of Golf (1994-2006), is partnering with the luxurious Grand Hyatt Kaua’i Resort & Spa, located adjacent to Poipu Bay, to offer a special package valid through Dec. 30 (some seasonal blackout periods might apply.) The “Hyatt Explore Package” includes choice of room category at the Grand Hyatt Kaua’i Resort & Spa, daily breakfast buffet for two at the resort’s Ilima Terrace Restaurant, and a daily round of golf for two people at Poipu Bay (two rounds per day). Package rates start at $700 per night, based on double occupancy, for a Garden View room. The Explore package is not valid for groups/conventions and may not be combined with other promotional offers. For more information or to book this package, visit the Grand Hyatt’s website at www.grandhyattkauai.com.
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, 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 plethora of 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)
Rated by Travel + Leisure Golf Magazine as Hawaii’s most underrated golf resort/2008
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 three new holes on the Kiele back nine, one of them being a new ocean hole. Overall project to be completed in early 2011.
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 course (18 holes of which are currently being renovated) 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
