b'C H A P T E R 5 | G O L FPA R IN PA R A DISEt is easy to think that golf came recently to the Hawaiian Islands. The magnificently groomed courses we play today, such as Waikoloa Kings and Beach, have come to define Hawai`i golf for the millions of visitors who land on these fair shores each year, as well as for the millions more who watch the professional tournaments that are broadcast from the Aloha State each winter.But golf in Hawai`i has a long and nobleIt wasnt until 1962, though, with the open-history, dating back to the founding of O`ahusing of the Robert Trent Jones Sr.-designed Royal Moanalua Golf Course in 1898 by Samuel MillsKa`anapali North Course on Maui, that resort Damon and his Scottish groundskeeper, Donaldgolf saw its first boom in Hawai`i. After Maui, MacIntyre. In those days, sugar was king in theJones and his then-apprentice son, Bobby, went islands, and Scottish plantation managers werefrom Hawai`i Island to work on the Mauna Kea common. In several cases, these men fashionedGolf Course which opened in 1964.golf courses for recreation as they would haveAt Mauna Kea, one of the seminal moments played in their homeland. in Hawai`i golf course architecture occurred: Scottish-bornAlexBell,whosettledinJonesdiscoveredthatlavarockcouldbe Hawai`i around 1900, designed Oahu Countrycrushed into a very usable base for grass. This Club in 1906, and Maui Country Club in 1927.openedthedoorsforcoursedevelopment Seth Raynor designed Waialae Country Club inon land that had previously been considered 1927, longtime site of the Hawaiian Open; andinhospitable, particularly along the lava flows Mid-Pacific Country Club in 1928. of the Kohala Coast.6 9'