Waikoloa Beach Resort - Kings' Course

Tom Weiskopf and Jay Morrish opened the Kings' Course at Waikoloa Beach Resort in 1990 — the higher-rated of the two 18-hole layouts on the property (the other is the Beach Course). The Scottish links-style design has a double green, drivable par 4s, and large pot bunkers, with the duo widening fairways and deepening bunkers to give players multiple lines of attack. The 7,074-yard par-72 routing rates 73.4 with a 135 slope. Top 100 Golf Courses ranks Kings' among its featured courses, and most commentators consider it the more interesting test of the two Waikoloa layouts. Resort-tier pricing in the $$$ band. As a Big Island option Kings' Course is the design-focused alternative to the Mauna Kea / Mauna Lani resort properties — a less famous but architecturally serious round on the same coast.