{"id":152,"date":"2023-01-27T00:06:54","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T00:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dickjones.us\/GolfTravels\/?p=152"},"modified":"2023-01-27T00:06:54","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T00:06:54","slug":"favorite-golf-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dickjones.us\/GolfTravels\/favorite-golf-course\/","title":{"rendered":"Favorite Golf Course"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When I share stories of playing almost 400 different golf courses, I often get asked which is my favorite course. I have been fortunate to play a number of courses in Hawaii, spending vacations with the family and doing consulting work there. There are many great courses in Hawaii. Buy a course that used to be called Luana Hills when I first played it 20 years ago is now <a href=\"http:\/\/www.royalhawaiiangc.com\/index.htm\">Royal Hawaiian Golf Course<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The course is on the island of Oahu on the windward side of the Pali mountains.  The property is close to the mountains and frequent rains create a lush tropical background for some unique and challenging golf holes. One of the things that distinguishes the course is the unique set of par 3 holes.  Here is a picture of the four par 3s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"790\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dickjones.us\/GolfTravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/RoyalHawaiianPar3s-1024x790.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dickjones.us\/GolfTravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/RoyalHawaiianPar3s-1024x790.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.dickjones.us\/GolfTravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/RoyalHawaiianPar3s-300x231.png 300w, https:\/\/www.dickjones.us\/GolfTravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/RoyalHawaiianPar3s-768x592.png 768w, https:\/\/www.dickjones.us\/GolfTravels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/RoyalHawaiianPar3s.png 1071w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Early in the round, hole #3, you get the treat of a near island green over water from an elevated tee. Hole #7 is again from an elevated tee to a long par 3.  The snake shaped creek in front of the hole eats up short shots. The back drop of a treed mountain behind the hole creates a scenic &#8220;must take&#8221;  photo.  The 12th is the signature hole of the course.  It is all carry to the green over tropical growth. This hole is where I tried and prayed for a hole in one.  I did hit the flag once for a nice birdie. The final par 3, the 16th, is very challenging with a long diagonal green with a deep bunker in front.  The hole length can change by 30 years depending on pin placement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Royal Hawaiian is not as well known as many of the big name Hawaii courses, but it a beautiful and fun golf experience. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I share stories of playing almost 400 different golf courses, I often get asked which is my favorite course. I have been fortunate to play a number of courses in Hawaii, spending vacations with the family and doing consulting work there. There are many great courses in Hawaii. Buy a course that used to&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dickjones.us\/GolfTravels\/favorite-golf-course\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Favorite Golf Course<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dickjones.us\/GolfTravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dickjones.us\/GolfTravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dickjones.us\/GolfTravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dickjones.us\/GolfTravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dickjones.us\/GolfTravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.dickjones.us\/GolfTravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":155,"href":"https:\/\/www.dickjones.us\/GolfTravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152\/revisions\/155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dickjones.us\/GolfTravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dickjones.us\/GolfTravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dickjones.us\/GolfTravels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}