Turtle Bay Resort (George Fazio)

Overview: The George Fazio Course at Turtle Bay is the original golf routing at the North Shore resort. Its 18 holes use broader fairways, large greens and a shorter 6,535-yard scale than the Arnold Palmer course, with coastal vegetation and shoreline views shaping the setting. The operator currently lists the course as temporarily closed.

History: George Fazio’s course opened in 1972 and later became part of Turtle Bay’s two-course golf complex. The resort describes it as a more forgiving walking layout, but because the current operator reports a temporary closure, this profile does not imply current tee-time availability or publish a fee.

Did You Know? Fazio’s Turtle Bay course is his only course in Hawaiʻi according to the course profile. Its broad fairways and smaller scale also explain why it developed a different identity from the Palmer course built two decades later.