Imagine you’re working on a movie and you’ve been tasked with finding the perfect setting for golf. Your mind goes through the standard
checklist: ocean vistas, mountainous backdrops, dramatic elevation changes and beautiful, exotic trees to frame every shot. There are few places that have everything on your list, but after a visit to Kauai, you discover there is no locale
on earth that fulfills every criterion in such an intensely gorgeous manner.
It’s as if the beauty meter maxed out
and blew a gasket; almost every aspect of a striking landscape exists in abundance here. Verdant, lush and dramatic at every turn—even for Californians used to beautiful panoramas—Hawaii, and especially Kauai, take many of the differ- ent aspects of the Golden State to their
GARDEN ISLE GOLF
Kauai delivers a world-class golf and resort experience
BY SCOTT SEWARD
ocular max. To say the views here are postcard-worthy is an understatement. With 95% of the island undeveloped and most of it inaccessible by car, the “Garden Island” represents the ideal of “getting away from it all,” while still pre- senting numerous intriguing resorts and golf courses for the discerning traveler. Take the St. Regis at Princeville on the north side of the island. The
property reopened last October after an extensive renovation. Now one of only 18 St. Regis properties in the world, the facelift added a spa, upgraded rooms and a fitness center, fulfilling the ideal of a complete resort. With Bali Hai visible in the distance, the landmark famous for its appearance in the movie version of “South Pacific,” sunsets have
Poipu Bay
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