Getting

There

Direct fl ights are offered via SFO on United and US Air. All other fl ights from San Jose, Oakland or Sacramento to the island require a change in Los Angeles or Honolulu.

Princeville

gardens. The Hyatt is an impressive property situated on 50 oceanfront acres with four-story buildings that conform to the island’s code that no structure can be higher than the tallest coconut tree. The Seaview Terrace, in the lobby atrium, is the ideal spot for a continental breakfast in the morning and live entertainment with cocktails in the afternoon. With the breeze and ocean view, it’s diffi cult to want to do anything else. The 602 guest rooms will undergo a multi-phase renovation to be completed in 2011. A perfect introduction to the resort,

The Makai Golf Club, the other

course associated with St. Regis, also just debuted a renovation. Robert Trent Jones Jr.’s fi rst solo design and the fi rst of his eight courses in Hawaii, the refurbishing incorporated new bunkers, more yardage and reshaped greens. The course’s two encounters with the ocean produce memorable sequences— the 6th and 7th holes (the 7th with a dramatic ocean carry tee shot) and the 13th and 14th holes. The course is more player-friendly than the Prince, with wider fairways and less punish-

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ment for missing a target. The club has an additional nine-hole course, the Woods, which reopened April 1 and is perfect for the beginning or developing player. Moving to the southern side of

the island, a 90-minute drive on the island’s winding roads, the climate is more arid, sunnier and windier due to the mountainous interior stopping some of the wet weather that begins in the north. The open-air and luxuri- ous Grand Hyatt Resort and Spa is set on Keoneloa Bay amidst tropical

or after golf, is a lomilomi massage at the adjoining Anara Spa. Dine at Tidepools at the resort, a restaurant that fl oats over a koi pond, with fl ora and waterfalls to complement the decor. Also consider Merrriman’s, a nearby restaurant that served as a pioneer in the “Farm to Table” concept, using only the freshest products, at least 90% of which are locally grown or caught. Poipu Bay GC, adjacent to the

Hyatt, hosted the season-ending PGA Grand Slam, featuring the four major championship winners each year from 1994-2006. With that kind of tal- ent playing the course, low scoring is inevitable, so it is no surprise that Phil Mickelson’s 59 is the course record. But amateurs will be severely tested by the stiff winds that demand strategic

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