Wailea Golf, Maui - Hawaii
Dominating the area from the southeast is Haleakala (House of the Sun), the world's largest dormant volcanic crater. Its slopes embrace 500 square miles of tropical rain forest, arid deserts, lush cattle ranches and some of the most spectacular scenery anywhere on this planet.
Golf is available to guests of the various hotels or condominiums of Wailea on three 18-hole layouts. Each of these courses will provide not only a real test of your skill, but views that make it difficult to keep your mind on the game.
The Wailea Blue Course reaches out 6,758/6,152/5,291 yards and pars at 72. While this layout brings water into contention on four holes, it is more open and forgiving than the Gold Course. The Gold Course, also with a par of 72, measures a very healthy 7,070/6,653/6,152/5,317 yards. Both operate from the same pro shop. A third course, The Emerald, opened in early 1995. Parring at 72, it plays to a yardage of 6,824/6,395/5,887/5/444.
Now back to Wailea. In addition to golf, there is a picturesque hillside tennis complex offering 14 courts (11 hard and three grass), a pro shop, and an exhibition stadium seating 1,200. Hotel accommodations are offered at the Maui Prince Hotel, Stouffer Wailea, the superb Four Seasons Resort Wailea, the lovely Kea Lani Hotel, the massive Grand Wailea, Outrigger Wailea, Renaissance Wailea Beach Resort, and Wailea Elua Village.
Although the restaurants at the various resorts are excellent, we also suggest
The Chart House Restaurant, adjacent to the Blue Course at Wailea, at 100
Wailea Ike Drive. You will find it very good indeed. Another great place is the Sea
Watch Restaurant, located in the clubhouse of the Wailea Gold/Emerald
Courses. The food, service and realistic pricing is very welcome, and they are
open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. 
Cock your wrist up (not back), swing your arms back, turn your shoulders and rotate your forearms
Rotate around your axis and maintain the same posture throughout your swing in order to pivot properly
CHRIS TOULSON demonstrates pitching basics including set up, wrist hinge, turning of the body and finish position
The delivery position of the swing is when the club shaft is parallel to the ground, at which point the right elbow and knee should have kicked in towards the center of your stance
Most players shank by pulling the heel of the club at the ball when they should really be tucking their left elbow in and squaring the back of their left hand
Many players start their takeaway too far inside, use this simple drill at home to practice getting the correct takeaway line
