Princeville’s 18-hole Prince course and 27-hole Makai course will offer free golf lessons in May as part of the PGA’s Free Lesson Month. Resort pros will provide personalized 10-minute lessons any day, with reservations.
Lessons will be tailored to the golfer’s level of experience. Beginners will receive a brief introduction to golf, casual players might get [...]

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Cory Oride continued to set the pace in the Kaua‘i Interscholastic Federation golf field, shooting a 1-over-par 73 to lead the Saturday match at the Princeville Makai Course.
The brisk trades appeared to take its toll on Kapa‘a and Waimea golfers, but Oride remained steady, carding a 1-over-par 37 on the front nine and finishing with [...]

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The Makai Course is one of two golf courses at the Princeville Resort here on the North Shore of Kauai.
The original golf course at Princeville, the Makai consists of three nines: the Lakes, Ocean and Woods. Of the three, the Lakes and Ocean nines offer multiple coastal holes with spectacular scenery, with the signature par-3 [...]

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Kohler’s Whistling Straits and the Princeville Resort’s Prince course in Kauai are infamously known as two of the toughest resort courses in America.
I’ve had the pleasure to get sliced and diced on each in the last year.
They are similar in a lot of categories. They’re both magnificent, one-of-a-kind courses, but stressfully scenic, if you know [...]

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Longtime Kaua’i golf professional and former major leaguer Frank Sullivan might have lost vision in one eye, but he can still see the funny side of life.
“Now my golfing buddies are only half as ugly,” said the 78-year-old Sullivan, who will take one final bow in baseball later this year.
He is one of six players [...]

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The Kaua’i Visitors Bureau announces that several of the golf and resort properties in its golf-destination co-operative – Kaua‘i: Discover Golf’s Ultimate Island Green – have been voted onto Golf Digest Magazine’s biennial ranking of the “75 Best Golf Resorts in North America.”
Princeville at Hanalei – home to 45 golf holes designed by Robert Trent [...]

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