An Alphabetical Look at the Courses of Hawaii
January 15, 2016
With the PGA Tour and Champions Tour both in Hawaii this month, our thoughts turn toward those idyllic isles where
everything seems so relaxed and uncomplicated. Heck, even the Hawaiian alphabet is simpler, with only 13 letters—five
vowels, seven consonants, plus something called an “okina” which sounds a bit like a stifled hiccup. None of the
estimated 40,000 words in the Hawaiian vocabulary begins with an okina, but plenty do with the other dozen letters,
including all 108 of Hawaii’s golf courses. Here’s a quick ABC, sorry AEH, of Hawaiian golf.
O is for Ocean Course at Hokuala (Kauai) The former Kauai Lagoons, now a Timbers Resort, is undergoing an $800
million makeover that includes this Nicklaus design boasting the longest stretch of oceanfront holes in Hawaii.