Volcanoes Natl. Park · HI
Est. 1921 · Arthur Jack Snyder (1968 redesign)
Why we love this place
There's nothing else like teeing off at 4,000 feet beside an active volcano, the air cool and thin, the ball soaring farther than it has any right to. We love Volcano for its century of history and its edge-of-the-earth strangeness. It's proof that golf belongs in the wildest, most unexpected corners of Hawaii.
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About Volcano Golf & Country Club
Golf has been played at Volcano since 1921, when the course began as three stake-marked holes near Kilauea in the Big Island's cool, misty highlands. The Volcano House hotel formalized a nine-hole layout the following year, and the routing grew to a full eighteen around 1946, making it one of Hawaii's oldest courses. Sitting near 4,000 feet, it is also among the state's highest, where thin air lets the ball fly and volcanic terrain lends a distinctive character. In 1968 C. Brewer acquired the club and commissioned architect Arthur Jack Snyder to redesign it, later adding a clubhouse. After a pandemic-era closure and lease changes, the course reopened in March 2022 simply as Volcano Golf Course, still offering rare high-country golf beside a living volcano.
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