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Day 1: The Weather at Wailea Is Wonderfully Warm and Welcoming
It’s unlikely that the Golf Road Warriors will be here in Maui long enough for me, at least, to figure out the island’s geography. I suggest you call up a map of “The Valley Isle” on the internet and...
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Day 2: The “Other” Hawaii
I’m hardly the first one to comment that there is no one Hawaii. Each island has its own personality, its own karma, and according to both locals and guests, they vary tremendously. Locals who suffer...
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Wailea: A Triumvirate of Colorful, Artistic Golf
Today the Golf Road Warriors took on Wailea’s renowned Gold Course in the morning and the equally fine Emerald Course in the afternoon. I played both rounds with fellow warrior Tom Bedell and the...
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Day 3: A Course—And Clubhouse—Fit For A King
Those of you who do crossword puzzles probably have seen the clue “Hawaiian goose,” sometimes preceded by the word “extinct.” The answer is nene (pronounced “nay-nay”), and I’m here to say that...
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McCallen on the Rocks
Tough lie Only time for a quick post this evening, but since I know all the fellow Golf Road Warriors will be wanting to put this one up, I thought I’d try to sneak it in. This is an actual golf...
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Kapalua Karma
All around the world, the name Ritz-Carlton is synonymous with the finest hotels and resorts. But here on Maui, Ritz-Carlton has another meaning: According to Clifford Nae’ole, this beautiful property...
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The Massive (and Massively Cool) Kapalua Golf Experience
If you’re at all like me, you probably feel that golf is just much too easy. In which case you owe it to yourself to play a round at Kapalua Resort’s Plantation Course– home to the Hyundai Tournament...
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Doing Battle At The Plantation
Whenever golfers discuss the merits of our sport someone inevitably mentions that it is the only one in which amateurs like us can tackle the same fields of play used by the professionals. I don’t...
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Kaanapali: Where It All Began
One of the story lines last year in the TV show “Mad Men” involved a trip to Hawaii. The time was the mid-1960s and the gestalt was all Ray-Bans, Boeing 707s, and groovy loud colors. Don Draper, the...
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Maui Memories
After returning from a Golf Road Warriors trip (and I think this one to Maui was my fourth or fifth), I try to take a few days, gather my thoughts, and write a wrapping-up story with observations...
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