Waimea Country Club
Entry to Waimea Country Club
18 Holes, Par 72, 6,661 Yards, Rated 72.1, Slope Rated 132
House Lot Area behind the 7th Green
Waimea Golf course is for sale- asking price is $3.2 Million
It may go for as low as $2.5
It has 237.9 acres that can be divided into 5 house lots & still maintain the golf course!
4 - 40 acre lots and 1 - 77.9 acre lot.
40 acre lots in the same area are for sale at an average of $800K
After sub-division the 4 - 40 acre lots would be worth over $3 Million
So, If the new owner were to sell the 4 lots there would be profit + he would still own a 77.9 acre lot & control of the golf course.
This being said when the economy starts back in the right direction, he could build houses on these lots and capture even more profit.
Andy Anderson has owned this golf course for the last 15+ years.
He lost interest in the Golf Course long ago and has done very little to make it profitable.
The Future of WCC
Mr. Anderson wants to sell it off. He will take less now while the sub-division is underway. After the division price per acre will go up.
Their is a rancher looking to buy it and turn it into a cattle ranch!
Their are hundreds if not thousands of us that would hate to see this happen.
With good management and some very simple ideas this course could be made profitable again and cover it's own costs.
(We have ideas & a path to make it profitable-let us know if you would like to go over this.)
WCC is a beautiful 18 hole 6661 yard Links style course with bent grass greens.
It's know as a very fun, yet challenging course. One of the very nicest courses on the big island.
It has it's own well for irrigation and 4 small to medium lake/water hazards, the biggest being in the house building area.
Houses could be built lakeside on the course with awesome views of Mauna Kea.
Time is of the essence, cattle and putting greens don't mix!
For further information contact, John Reynolds at: jr@cadhawaii.com
More info.........
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This is what Golf Now says about WCC
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The Waimea
Country Club offers 18 holes, par 72 and 6661 yards.
Located in upcountry Waimea, this course provides a comfortable, cool climate. The Scottish links design is set with views of both the ocean and Mauna Kea. The course is a great golf escape where you will find some of the finest greens in all the islands. This is not your typical Hawaiian resort course. It was built on pasture lands and is wide open, yet there are many Ironwood trees that can affect your shots. The front nine is not as hilly as the back nine. All the fairways are defined by a standard cut of rough, and the large greens are slightly sloped and fast. The weather conditions are generally cooler then other areas of the island, so bring a sweater.
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Course Type: Semi-Private Year Built: 1994 Designer: John Sanford Greens Grass Type: Bent Grass Fairways Grass Type: Bent Grass Water Hazards: Yes Sand Bunkers: 38 Yardage Markers: 150 Yard Markers
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The following review is from TripAdvisor.com
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We played Waimea Country Club today.
This is our tenth year playing in Kamuela. We had this beautiful course
all to ourselves on a Monday AM. The course is a plush carpet of green, the
tees, fairways and greens are in pristine condition. They say the weather
always changes here on the Green side of Kamuela, but, we have not been
rained out yet. There are some long par fours that have gotten much longer
as I've gotten older. The folks here are all friendly and laid back. There
is a snack bar for a leisurely lunch after 9. For stress free, and relaxing
golf play Waimea Country Club. The Kama'aina rate is $35 with cart, and the
visitor rate is an awesome $60 with cart. These prices are good 7 days a
week! Best deal on the Big Island. Golf here is no ka oi.
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[Editor's Note: This is the first in a series of articles by George Fuller titled, "The Green Highway - Stories from Golf in America." In the series George will seek the back story behind the hidden gems, out-of-the-way finds, community layouts, mom-and-pop operations and other courses not usually covered in travel features. In his first installment, George writes about the lovely, challenging and affordable Waimea Country Club on Hawaii's Big Island.]
The 9th Hole at Waimea
Of the more than 15,000 golf courses in the U.S., there are precious few I've
played where I've said to myself, 'Now that's a great bargain.'
When you're not paying $80 or more - not a "great bargain" in any economy -
you're often stuck in a slow parade of fivesomes and invariably there's a group
on the green and one in the fairway when you get to every tee. That kind of
round is not a great bargain even at $20.
Waimea Country Club is a wonderful exception to the rule. Priced at $35 for 18
holes for kama'aina (locals) ($60 for out-of-state guests), it's rare to
wait behind another group here. There are many days you will feel as though
you're alone, playing in a tropical paradise. You are.
The 13th Hole at Waimea CC
Sited in the lush green ranchlands upcountry on Hawaii's Big Island, a few
minutes from the paniolo (Hawaiian cowboy) hamlet of Waimea, one tees off
here amidst tall eucalyptus forests with rafters of wild turkeys roaming the
fairways and lowing cattle as the soundtrack. The great mountain, Mauna Kea, is
the 13,796-foot-high backdrop on one side of play and, on clear days, the
Pacific Ocean shimmers on the other.
The course - and all of Waimea - is in the heart of Parker Ranch territory,
still one of the largest working cattle ranches in the United States with some
35,000 head of Black Angus and Charolais cattle grazing on many thousands of
acres stretched across the island; cowboys still ride the range. An annual
Pa'u Parade in September features horseback riders and their mounts draped
in colorful flower leis.
And though this all may sound a bit quaint, the course is actually a very good
design by Florida-based golf architect John Sanford. It was originally built by
a Japanese developer with the intent of being private back in the early 1990s
when Hawaii was experiencing a "Yen Rush" and quite a few private clubs were
being built around the islands with Japanese money.
Waimea Country Club's Closing Hole
"The developer is a friend and client from Japan," Sanford says. "We had
already designed several courses for him when Waimea came up. The site was a
natural for a links-style course with undulating terrain and thick field
grasses, so we minimized the earthwork and tried to lay the course on the
existing topography. We built the course 'in-house' with the owner's
construction personnel and my brother shaping the course."
And though today everyone is welcome and the course is public, the design
benefited from an investment designed to be repaid by membership fees.
Sanford's brother, Mark, after shaping the course, became general manager after
the opening. "The course was built with members in mind," he says today. "The
public was always invited, but it was not ideal for revenues to simply have
daily-fee players alone as that income would always be less than operating
costs.
"It has been 10 years since I have been back," he says, "and it's just nice to
hear that the course still is open in today's economy. It would be a shame to
see it go, as by now I am sure all of the locals have come to truly enjoy their
time there."
The Wild Turkeys at Waimea CC
Even though it is tree-lined and upcountry - two characteristics not
associated with a true links - that links-style flavor John Sanford describes is
exactly what Waimea resident Steve Boyle enjoys about playing the course.
"As member of North Hawaii Rotary," he says, "we'd meet on Wednesdays at noon
for lunch. We had a regular group from the club that would play our 18 on a
weekly basis right after lunch. We'd often invite visiting Rotarians to join us
at 'the greenest course this side of Killarney.' As those of us who had golfed
in Ireland frequently said, 'If you haven't got the time or the money to play in
Ireland, just visit the Waimea Country Club for a similar feeling.' "
Waimea draws its fair share of bargain-hunting golfing guests from the luxury
resorts down on the Kohala Coast.
Hana White, Waimea CC's head professional, agrees. "The only thing that holds us back from being the most popular course on the island is the weather," he says. "But even that changes from one minute to the next."
There's an old saying in Hawaii, "If you don't like the weather, wait 10
minutes." On the Big Island, add to that adage, "Drive 10 miles," because with
10 of the planet's 15 microclimates found within close proximity, it can be
pouring as you drive through Waimea town and be sunny 10 minutes and 10 miles
further east where Waimea Country Club is located.
Sanford's brother Mark sums it best. "Waimea is unique in many ways," he says,
"with the enormous eucalyptus trees, lack of any visible development and just
stunning natural beauty.
"Conditions at the course change dramatically from day to day, as weather
on the top of Mauna Kea is ever changing, but on those
clear days, there are not many courses in Hawaii which can rival its natural
beauty."
Waimea Club House
