Golf History in Hawaii & TeeTour of Maui’s Pukalani CC with Ron Huffman

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Josh Karp

Golf, Sports, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 27 January 2026

⏱️ 35 minutes

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GS#480 March 17, 2015 The Pukalani Country Club in Maui, Hawaii is a hidden gem of a golf course. Unlike the expensive resort courses, Pukalani is where the locals go for a great round on a mature course at muni rates. Situated on the North Side of the island, and nestled on the slopes of Haleakela, the largest dormant volcano in the world. At 1,100 feet above sea level Pukalani provides panoramic views of the Pacific Ocean on both sides of the valley isle. In this classic episode from our archives, we speak to Ron Huffman, PGA, General Manager of Pukalani CC about this history of golf in Hawaii and how best to play this course.If you want more from this episode, please watch the short video from my journey that includes advice on golf travel and tips to play this course. https://youtu.be/t_KzzCu40VQFor exclusive content and first access check out Corrected Mistakes on Substack: https://substack.com/@correctedmistake Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, this is John Leland from Greenbrae, California, and I play often at Foxtail North in Roner Park,
0:09.9	at Peacock Gap in San Rafael, at Rooster Run in Petaluma, and welcome to Golf Smarter number
0:16.6	480, published on March 17, 2015.
0:20.1	Welcome to Golf Smarter Mulligans.
0:23.3	Your second chance to gain insight and advice from the best instructors featured on the
0:29.1	Golf Smarter podcast.
0:31.5	Great golf instruction never gets old.
0:34.9	Our interview library features hundreds of hours of game improvement conversations
0:39.7	like this that are no longer available in any podcast app. It's not cheap to play golf in Hawaii.
0:46.2	Absolutely not. It's probably one of the more expensive places to play. Even in Hawaii,
0:51.1	there's still golf courses here that charge different rates for different nationalities.
0:57.0	If you can believe that, the U.S. citizens would pay one rate, and the Japanese citizens that would be coming over to play would pay a higher rate than the mainland visitors that would be here playing.
1:10.0	For instance, I know of a golf course on Oahu,
1:13.3	that the visitor rate for mainland visitors is $225, and the visitor rate for 18 holes for Japanese citizens is $275.
1:24.4	Racial profiling in golf?
1:26.1	Absolutely, here in Hawaii.
1:28.3	Did we just break a huge story here?
1:30.3	Is that illegal in this country?
1:32.3	A golf history of Hawaii and a T-tour of Maui's Pukalani Country Club with general manager Ron Huffman.
1:45.1	This is Golf Smarter Premium.
1:48.4	Here's your host, Fred Green.
1:51.2	Welcome to the Golf Smarter Podcast, Ron.
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