By Janis L. Magin – Senior Editor, Pacific Business News

The Mauna Lani Golf South Course, which has been closed because of the Covid-19 pandemic, will reopen on Friday, ahead of the Nov. 15 reopening of the Mauna Lani, Auberge Resorts Collection hotel on Hawaii Island. 

“We are thrilled to reopen and get back to golf at Mauna Lani,” Chris Noda, director of golf at Mauna Lani Golf, said in a statement. “In other markets, golf is seeing a nice resurgence in rounds played, in part because it can be played outside and in amazing locations. Hawaii Island and our stunning South Course at Mauna Lani certainly qualify as an amazing locale.”

The 333-room hotel, which reopened under the Auberge Resorts brand in January after undergoing a $200 million renovation and rebranding, is set to reopen exactly one month after Hawaii started allowing visitors with a negative Covid test to bypass a mandatory 14-day quarantine.



The hotel has partnered with Vault Health to offer pre-travel Covid testing.

Mauna Lani’s golf operations are managed by Troon Golf, which is based in Scottsdale, Arizona.