GOLF CRUISE with Robert Stock 3 May to 16 May, 2022
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
Travelrite International invites you to join us aboard the Pride of America for the 2022 HAWAIIAN GOLF CRUISE with Robert Stock 3 May to 16 May, 2022 Play EIGHT of Hawaii’s most outstanding courses Visiting Honolulu (Oahu), Kahului (Maui), Hilo (Hawaii), Kona (Hawaii), Nawiliwili (Kauai) RSGOLFHAW20 – GLG0510 RSGOLFHAW20 HAWAIIAN GOLF CRUISE With breathtaking scenery, one-of-a-kind signature holes and championship-calibre course designs, Hawaii attracts golfers of every level from around the world. Discover a variety of unforgettable courses throughout the islands—from greens lined with black volcanic rough to stunning seaside water hazards. We begin in Honolulu staying on Waikiki Beach and play three world class golf courses. We then board the Pride of America for the best way to island hop Hawaii and play five of the islands most spectacular golf courses. Cruise in style, with 15 restaurants, 12 bars and lounges, spacious suites and lots of balconies – perfect for whale watching, witnessing Ko’Lauea. Itinerary DAY 1 Tuesday May 3, 2022 Depart Australia DAY 5 Saturday May 7, 2022 Pride of America Arrive Honolulu, Oahu Embarkation, at sea Today you will depart Australia for Hawaii and arrive the same day. The group This morning is free for sightseeing or enjoying the hotel pools. At midday we will will meet Robert Stock on arrival at Honolulu airport for your transfer to the #1 be transferred to the waterfront to board Pride of America. After settling into your Honolulu hotel overlooking Waikiki Beach. The only hotel on Oahu with its own cabin, come out on deck to watch as the ship slips its moorings and we depart on golf course – the Arnold Palmer designed Hawaii Prince Golf Club. This afternoon our amazing 7-night cruise. In the evening enjoy outstanding cuisine, including will enjoy a sightseeing coach tour of Honolulu & Waikiki with a local guide. We will specialty Hawaiian dishes, in the ship’s high quality dining facilities. After dinner, see the statue of Queen Lili’uokalani (Hawaii’s last reigning monarch), the Royal free time for you to explore the ship’s fabulous facilities. Hawaiian Hotel (1927 art-deco landmark) and Pearl Harbour. #1 of 86 ranked hotels DAY 6 Sunday May 8, 2022 Kahului, Maui in Honolulu, Trip Advisor. Play Wailea Gold Golf Course DAY 2 Wednesday May 4, 2022 Oahu, Waikiki Beach Designed by Robert Trent Jones II, the Wailea (Gold) was honoured by both Golf Play Ko Olina Golf Course Magazine and Golf Digest as one of the country’s ten best new resort courses Ko Olina Golf Club, one of Golf Digest’s “Top 75 Resort Courses in the U.S.” is a when it opened in 1994. Known as a “thinking player’s course”, the Gold offers a challenging 18-hole Oahu golf course built in 1990 by renowned course architect true test to a golfers skills. You will enjoy spectacular vistas of the ocean, Molokini Ted Robinson. Typical of his designs, Ko Olina Golf Club features exceptional water islet, ancient lava rock walls, coconut trees and sparkling white bunkers. The Maui features, multi-tiered greens and large landing areas. Located on the sunny West Historical Society recognized the course for its preservation of prehistoric lava rock Coast of Oahu, just a short drive from Honolulu and Waikiki, Ko Olina Golf Club is walls during construction, and hailed it as one of the world’s best designed courses also home to the 2012 – 2019 LOTTE Championship presented by Hershey. by the readers of Conde Nast Traveller in the magazine’s first golf resorts poll. DAY 3 Thursday May 5, 2022 Oahu, Waikiki Beach The Gold’s 200 foot elevation change from top to bottom enhances the numerous Play Turtle Bay, Palmer Golf Course ocean and mountain views available from virtually every hole. Our golfing odyssey continues today to the beautiful North Shore of Oahu. Opening DAY 7 Monday May 9, 2022 Kahului, Maui in 1992, the Arnold Palmer Course, designed by Arnold Palmer and Ed Seay, was Play Kapalua Plantation Course rated one of Golf Magazine’s “Top 10 New Courses” in America and ranked 4th Today you will play the #1 golf course in Hawaii. The Plantation Course is sure to among Golf Digest’s “Best New Resort Courses in America” the year it opened. be on every golfer’s bucket list. Designed by Ben Crenshaw and Bill Coore, the The Palmer-Seay layout features two very distinct experiences. The front nine will course was designed on a grand scale in keeping with its location on the slopes challenge you with a Scottish Links style layout, while the back nine has a more of the West Maui Mountains and offers dramatic ocean views from virtually every tropical setting as it meanders through a tropical jungle and forest of ironwoods. hole. Its lengthy 7,411 yard par 73 layout challenges the pros but it’s wide fairways The course forms a horseshoe around the Punaho’olapa marsh, an unspoiled 100- and generous greens make it very playable for the average golfer. With dramatic acre wetlands and bird sanctuary. The 17th, the signature hole offers panoramic elevation changes, this course offers plenty of downhill tee shots. You’ll feel like one Pacific Ocean views from the green while the hole is dotted with nine bunkers, of the pros when - with the aid of the aggressive slope of the 18th fairway - you will which makes it as challenging as it is scenic. enjoy hitting one of the longest drives of your life. DAY 4 Friday May 6, 2022 Oahu, Waikiki Beach DAY 8 Tuesday May 10, 2022 Hilo, Hawaii Play Royal Hawaiian This morning we arrive in the town of Hilo, which is Hawaii’s largest island. This Royal Hawaiian is located on the east side of Oahu at the base of the Ko'olau morning we enjoy a sightseeing coach tour of the island’s east coast with a local Mountain Range with colossal Mt. Olomana its background. The course is carved guide including a visit to the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park where you will get through a tropical rain forest and is known for its breathtaking views throughout. close to the action, visiting popular sites such as Halemaumau Crater, the Kilauea Royal Hawaiian can best be described as playing golf in Jurassic Park without the Iki crater, and Devastation Trail. dinosaurs! The astounding scenery begins right away with a 1.5 mile drive through a magnificent rainforest to get to the clubhouse. The Pete and Perry Dye designed DAY 9 Wednesday May 11, 2022 Kailua, Hawaii layout has contrasting nines, with a front side that features a rugged mountainous Play Mauna Lani South Golf Course terrain and an open rolling terrain back nine. With a slope of 138 from the back Mauna Lani’s South Course is home to Hole #15, one of the most photographed tees and a distance of about 6600 yards, this demanding track is certainly an over-the-water golf course holes in the world. Renowned as the former home interesting mix of beauty and challenge. Royal Hawaiian should definitely be on everyone's bucket list! to the annual Senior Skins Game from 1990 - 2000, the course snakes through Robert Stock was born in the UK and has been a P.G.A. Golf Professional for nearly 20 years. Robert has used his Diploma in Education to further improve his golf teaching skills, and takes pride in the successes of his many students. He has lived and worked in France, Belgium, Spain, Italy and Australia, making travel a very important part of Pride of America his life. Robert has played tournament golf throughout Europe, and currently Aloha! Step aboard Pride of America, Norwegian Cruise Lines’ only resides in Melbourne, Australia. He ship that sails out of Honolulu year-round. As you journey from one is highly delighted to be Golf Travel exotic island to the next, learn about Hawaiian culture through the Manager for Travelrite International, the eyes of native ambassadors on board our ship. Island hop Hawaii in leader in exclusive golf tours throughout style; Pride of America has more than 15 restaurants and 12 bars & the world for the past 20 years. lounges. In the evenings enjoy fabulous Broadway-style shows. the stark, rugged a’a lava of the prehistoric Kaniku lava flow. The challenging prepared with enough battery life and storage in your phone as you’ll want to take South Course offers golfers panoramic views of both rugged mountains as well plenty of pictures while on this enchanting landscape. as calming, beautiful ocean. Playing Mauna Lani South is a must for any golfer DAY 12 Saturday May 14, 2022 Oahu – Disembarkation visiting the Big Island. Play Hawaii Prince DAY 10 Thursday May 12, 2022 Nawiliwili, Kauai This morning the Pride of America arrives back in Honolulu. We disembark and our Play Poipu Bay Golf Course coach will take us to play the Hawaii Prince golf course. Designed by Arnold Palmer Poipu Bay Golf Club is always in immaculate shape. With its links style traditional and Ed Seay, this unique course is the only one in Hawaii to feature 27 holes. It set up, spectacular vistas and varying trade winds Poipu was recognized as top occupies 270 acres of sheer beauty and offers stunning views of the rain-carved 15 Resort Golf Courses in Hawaii, according to Golf Magazine in 2014. You may Waianae Mountains. Each of the 9’s are designated “A”, “B” and “C”, and the remember watching Phil Mickelson play here as he breezed through the final abundant number of water features is the dominant characteristic of this track.