Outdoor Activities - Honolulu, Waikiki and Oahu - page 234

Kaena Point jutts into the Pacific.
GOLF
It is possible to play top-notch golf in Hawaii without having to take out a second mortgage
on your home. Oahu has nearly three dozen golf courses, ranging from bare-bones municipal
courses to exclusive country clubs with six-figure annual membership fees. Golfers unfamiliar
with Hawaii's courses will be dazzled by some of the spectacular views, from shimmering
ocean to majestic mountains.
Golfers will also come to know that the windward golf courses play much differently than
the leeward courses. On the windward side, the prevailing winds blow from the ocean to the
shore, and the grain direction of the greens tends to run the same way—from the ocean to the
mountains. Leeward golf courses have the opposite tendency; the winds usually blow from
the mountains to the ocean, and the grain direction on the greens matches. Below are a variety
of courses, with greens fees (cart costs included) and notes on scenic views, challenges, and a
taste of what golfing in paradise is like.
For last-minute and discount tee times, call Stand-byGolf ( & 888/645-BOOK [645-2665];
www.hawaiistandbygolf.com ), which offers discounted and guaranteed tee times for same-
day or next-day golfing. You can call from 7am to 2:30pm and 6 to 10pm Hawaii Standard