It was a phenomenal experience. The staff, Karen, was very organized and worked hard ensuring a good outcome. She was very enthusiastic and kind.
Great course but very difficult for fans to walk. Limited access to water and bathrooms by clubhouse. My wife has limited mobility so to ask her to walk 100 yards for a bathroom is sad for a PGA tour event. Expected more from the PGA charging $150 to walk thru the door. Apparently the only want rich fans to attend.
I attended last January on Saturday and Sunday. I always love watching the tournament on TV and noticed that it is not too crowded. I realized why after attending. Nearly impossible to follow one group; especially, since the players take carts between holes on 4 or 5 holes. We did buy premium seating on 18 and one of the par 3's but did not think the views were worth it. We love Maui, but no plans to attend the tournament again.
I love it! Everything was top notch. A hard walk for a 74 year old though.
Great course beautiful location but if you aren’t local and don’t have a car difficult to get there shuttle bus only runs to one location and then you have to taxi from there it’s a shame the bus couldn’t drop at a variety of locations along the coast road.
Not enough food and drink outlets on the course and the vendors seemed to charge whatever they get like not giving change.
Golf was excellent and volunteers very friendly.
Well run event. Not oversold .Good seating😎
Great tournament. Volunteers were helpful and polite. Cookclub was terrific.
Beautiful grounds. Very efficient people moving throughout the day.. from car to door to car. I would go again.
I had a blast at the Phoenix Open earlier this year. The atmosphere at the 16th hole i.e Coliseum was electric - more like a rock concert than a golf tournament!!! The crowd was rowdy and energy was off the charts. The other holes were a more traditional golf experience but still great.
The weather was perfect and were plenty of food and drink options. They also did a great job with recycling and keeping the place clean - its in the name 😄
The only downside was the parking but it's not uncommon at big events. I'll be back next year!
I am not sure I can give you a great review because I was a volunteer for 5 days and fan for only one. However, I think it is a great golfing event which is enjoyed by many people. I do have a question? Most of the sponsor for this American PGA event comes from Japan. Why not get some support from Amazon, Google or many other American Companies. Not sure if they want more people to attend, but I think they can reduce the price of the entry fee and add a transportation fee of 1,000 Yen for those 18 and over and 500 Yen for any age below for rides from train stations only. Bus tickets must be paid in advance and nonrefundable. The process for getting tickets seems a little difficult for me. Lastly, I would get a better selection of food vendors.
Disgraceful Treatment. Tried for over a year to return tickets. Sent dozens of emails to all parts of Ryder Cup. Not one reply not a single one UNTIL three months out when a general email finally arrived telling me they were non-refundable. I lost nearly £2k on tickets. Would have been my 4th Ryder. Never again.
I must be the only golf enthusiast with coeliac. Absolutely nothing in terms of gluten-free or allergy information. You get told to ask the staff at the different eating venues - guess what? Not a single one I asked provided GF& I asked several. So thanks for leading me to believe there would be at least one place that would cater for GF as opposed to NONE! If you don’t mind starving all day it is a great day out! PS if there is a GF food seller then maybe [they] should have made that clear - no wait maybe I was supposed to ask every single food seller right?
Great golf, beautiful weather, excellent venues!
Lacking places to sit snd rest! Im elderly and it was very difficult to get a breather around concessions ! I jumped on standing golf carts to rest’
The course was great, but there was a lot that wasn't. There was no accommodations for any one with a handicap. The food in the BMW pavilion was the worst. We stayed in the BMW pavilion on the 15th green and we had a perfect view. of that green. We have attended the last 4 in the Chicago area and this one ranked the worst.
An excellent day on the friday....weather perfect.Thousands of people so food stations were a real problem and trying to get in and out of the stands was also a slow progress but once in the stand stay where you are!!
Must mention the park and ride.a complete shambles. Parked in the North car park walked 10 mins to a bus which took us....... not to the entrance gate as expected but over 1km away.Had to walk this never ending distance!!! Then had to get back and que for the bus and to get out of the stupid car park. Would NOT reccommend this to anyone
Brilliant organisation through out - sadly let down dramatically with very poor planning at end on Saturday - we waited 2 and 1/4 hours to get out the gate. - [they] simply weren't organized and just lost control completely- very very poor
Great venue, parking close was a bonus. Just had a really good time.
It was a miracle we could attent the first day.
The busdriver let far too many people into the bus even on the upperdeck people were standing as on the lower one.
Somewhere on the way he crashed into the boardwalk ,the bus nearly toppled over,passengers screaming and falling over each other.
The busdriver did not even bother apologise, stopped the bus kicked the dent and went on in the same way.
Finally on the course there were 3 things which in my opinion need some inprovement next year:
8 people checking bags instead of 4
More garbagebins
beter signage.
Had a great time and thought overall was well run. Improvements could be made with car parking (debacle leaving car park with only 1 exit and staff lost control of situation) + improvement in on line tix booking as I bought a grandstand tix for Sunday unaware that I already had this privilege with tix+ tickets. A warning this is a double up when booking would be helpful
Fantastic venue, great car parking close to entrance, let down by poor quality catering