Doug Wright:
Sorry it took me a while to respond to your note but I've been away, unforunately NOT playing golf.
I had an awful day there for many reasons. There was a foursome in front of us, and contrary to someone else's post, they had caddies. They were horrible and we waited on every single shot. They also never even considered letting us play through.
After the front nine, I told one of the Assistant Pros about them and he refused to approach them, even though it took us 3 1/2 hours to play the first nine holes, which was the back side.
The same continued on the front, and after 6 hours 45 minutes, myself and one of the fellows I was paired with drove in from the 9th tee. My wife and daughter were waiting for me in Lahaina for lunch, and it was now 2:45. Yep, that's right, I teed off at 8:00. Imagine how screwed up the course was for the whole day because of these jerks.
Hey, the layout as I said, is spectacular. In spite of my anger I still have a modicum of knowledge and appreciation for course architecture. I just thought that some of the rolls were too unfair and simply led one into the native stuff. I'm a 6 handicapper now, and was 3 then (1998), and didn't actually play badly. The greens were too severe for my liking. As I also said, I thought it more closely resembled a miniature golf course from that perspective.
Perhaps I'd try it again, but I don't think I'd go out of my way to do it.
The worst part of it all..................I treated myself to the round on my birthday!!!!!
Best regards.
BF