As if South Maui and its gorgeous beaches weren't enough, the golf enthusiast can truly call the area paradise. With prime golfing weather year-round, there are many luxury properties that any golf aficionado would love to call home, or perhaps their "home away from home." The only dilemma you may have is which golf community you want to claim as your residence. Because from Kihei to Wailea to Makena, you can find several luxury golf properties where you can hang your hat and swing your clubs at some playable courses.
In Kihei you can find the Hokulani Golf Villas, the newest luxury planned community in the South Maui area. The elleair Maui Golf Club surrounds the 152 homes designed within the 40 acre community. Not only can homeowners enjoy a recreation center with infinity pool and spa, but also the spectacular views everywhere you turn! The Golf Club is updating everything from the pro shop to the driving range. Golfers can view the on-cart video GPS yardage or try to beat the course record of 65. To make the course with an average rating of 71 and an average slope of 128 even more playable, the fairways are being widened and the greens are being reshaped and enlarged.
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Wailea Golf Club boasts three courses, Gold, Emerald and Blue and each has wonderful ocean vistas. The Blue Course fairways weave through the Wailea Resort, punctuated by coral sand bunkers and cooling fountains. The course, designed by Arthur Jack Snyder, is on the shorter side, at 6,765 yards from the tips. Of course, the advantage to this is that senior players may prefer this shorter, easier course while still enjoying the traditional Hawaiian resort golf atmosphere.
The Emerald features player-friendly fairways and plentiful views of the ocean and Mount Haleakala. The double green shared by holes #10 and #17 borders a 2.7 million gallon lake and is considered to be a unique and picturesque spot. The average slope on the Emerald Course is in the low 120s and the average rating is 68. The Gold Course is known as "Wailea's Rugged Beauty" and as the most rigorous and longest of the three courses, at 7,078 yards. Designed by Robert Trent Jones, Jr., the average slope is 130 and average rating is 70.8 at the Gold Course.
Indeed, a golfer can find several choices of where to rest after a long day at the links in Wailea. There's the Wailea Golf Estates situated on 30 acres of sloped land above the Blue Course. 61 single family homes may be found behind a gated entrance. Or there is the Wailea Golf Vistas community consisting of 48 homesites with custom designed single family homes, nestled between the 1st and 3rd fairways of the Blue Course. The Wailea Highlands have large half acre lots and overlook the Blue Course's 17th fairway. Gated, with only 24 homesites available, these single family homes are truly exclusive, located just below the Diamond Resort.
Just south of Wailea you can find Makena, known as an area of untamed beauty. The site of two famous Maui beaches, Big Beach and Little Beach, Makena is also home to the 'Ahihi-Kina'u Natural Area Reserve, a popular snorkeling spot. And for golf lovers, Makena manages to make a distinct impression with 36 spectacular holes of golf.
Makena Resort Golf Course consists of two options - a North Course and a South Course. The North Course, designed by Robert Trent Jones, Jr., embraces the natural beauty that Makena is known for...stream beds and gullies have been kept intact and Hawaiian rock walls remain, captivating golfers as they move along the fairways. The Resort course rating is 70.1 and the slope is 131. The South Course, also designed by Robert Trent Jones, Jr., is currently in the midst of renovation. It has won many awards and distinctions, ranging from Best Course Design from Conde Nast Traveler Magazine and Golf Digest's 75 Best Golf Resorts in North America.
Homes in Makena are truly on par with what you would expect for a perfect golf getaway. One new community in development is Maluaka, consists of 69 private residences along the Makena Resort South Course. Ownership at Maluaka includes membership in the Club with amenities such as a spa, clubhouse, concierge and more.
There are many opportunities for the avid golf player to find a luxurious home, either to live in year-round or to use as a getaway, in South Maui. The homes are of the highest quality and surrounded by top-rated golf courses that will challenge the golfer. Why not lower your handicap in paradise?
Golf Course Properties in South Maui
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