I walked Volcano GC when I was on the Big Island in February. At its closest the course is about half a mile from the Kilauea crater, but, importantly, above it so it would only be affected in the event of an explosive eruption.
I also drove through the area where the new activity is taking place down the hill toward the beach ... it never occurred to me that lava might just decide to start finding new ways to the surface down there! But it makes sense - all of the Hawaiian Islands have formed over the same volcanic vent as the tectonic plates slowly shift the earth's surface to the northwest ... and the new activity is SE of Kilauea, probably right over that vent.