Links Living: Hapuna Beach Estates at Mauna Kea Resort

On the Big Island’s most spectacular oceanside property, new residences are rising on one of Hawaii’s last remaining beachfront opportunities Imagine having your pick of oceanfront property on the Big Island of Hawaii. And imagine having this opportunity before the island was developed. That’s exactly what Laurance Rockefeller had in the 1960s when much of […]
Cavendish: Hawaii’s Free-to-Play Golf Course
By Erik Matuszewski At the end of a non-descript road in Lanai City, there’s a golf course unlike any other in the heaven-on-earth that is the Hawaiian Islands. The tee boxes and fairways are a bit shaggy. Drainage can be a problem. Worm casings cover many of the greens, and deer hoofprints crisscross […]
LINKS Golf Podcast Episode 41: A Week Discovering the Best of Maui

LINKS Digital Editor Al Lunsford recounts his recent trip to the Hawaiian island of Maui where he played more than 100 holes of golf in six days. Al is joined by LINKS Insider contributor Erik Matuszewski who also enjoyed a trip to Maui to play the rejuvenated Plantation Course at Kapalua. Later in the episode, […]
My Experience Playing in the Kapalua Pro-Am

Playing in a PGA Tour Pro-Am is a sure-fire bucket list item for any golfer. Playing in the Pro-Am event for the winners-only Sentry Tournament of Champions on the Hawaiian island of Maui takes that experience to a whole other level. Not only are you playing in paradise at the Kapalua Resort’s impossibly scenic Plantation […]
Plantation Course at Kapalua Reopens Following Coore & Crenshaw Renovations

Ben Crenshaw and Bill Coore faced a daunting task three decades ago: How to create a golf course on a mountainside in Maui that would be playable and enjoyable. The building of the Plantation Course “absolutely tested us to the max,” Coore says of a project that served as a springboard for arguably the preeminent […]
A Guide to the Best Golf in Hawaii

Times have changed considerably for the better in our glorious 50th state since February of 1779, when Captain James Cook found himself caught between some lava rocks and a hard place (the latter being a flash-mob of Hawaiians devoid of the welcoming “Aloha Spirit” you hear so much about nowadays). May he rest in pieces. […]
Where Would Coore & Crenshaw Be Without Kapalua?

Just imagine a golf world without gems such as Sand Hills, Bandon Trails, Cabot Cliffs, Friar’s Head, and Streamsong Resort’s Red Course. Such a scenario might have been reality if it wasn’t for the success of the Kapalua Resort’s Plantation Course in Hawaii, which shut down in February 2019 for a nine-month renovation costing upwards […]
Kauai’s Prince Course is Reborn
By Erik Matuszewski For years, the Prince Course on Kauai has been shrouded in mystery. The challenging layout, a visual stunner which plays over and through valleys, ravines and rivers on Kauai’s lush north shore, hasn’t been open to play since the end of 2014 yet somehow remained on various top 100 course ranking […]
The 5 Best Halfway Houses in Golf
There’s been considerable discussion about pace of play in the game of golf, so if you’re fixated on finishing fast when you tee it up, this might not be to your taste. However, if you appreciate spending a little extra time to soak up the experience of a special course—not to mention grab some great […]
Something Special at Kukui’ula, Kauai
Don’t confuse kauai with the “other” Hawaii. The farthest west of the state’s five big islands, Kauai is sparsely populated, wonderfully wild, and relaxed in a way the rest of the world can only dream of. As is Kukui’ula, the only private golf club and community on the island, where the emphasis is on spending […]