Blue updates tees

The storied Wailea Old Blue Golf Course has yet again raised the bar for resort golf. The first-ever resort course in South Maui recently completed major updates to the tees on all its 18 spectacular golf holes. The work, which was completed with virtually zero interference with play, involved reshaping and rebuilding all four tees, on every hole, using the latest and most lush turfgrass.

“We wanted to provide our guests with the state-of-the-art in terms of quality on all our tee boxes,” course general manager Barry Helle said. “So we brought in the very best, and the results are impressive, even by Wailea standards,” Helle notes.

When you see them, you’ll immediately notice the difference! Now, all of the Blue’s tees are lush and beautiful, thanks to the new Seashore Paspalum (Paspalum vaginatum) turfgrass that they used for the Old Blue. Paspalum is a very salt tolerant warm-season grass with what industry professionals dub as: ‘desirable characteristics’. It is greener, and thrives on brackish water, which is the most environmentally conscious way to keep a golf course green today.

“The ordinary golfer may never notice the changes, as they have come to expect the best from us,” Helle says. “We continually strive to ensure that their experience meets those expectations, and this update is just another example of those efforts,” Helle added.

Wailea Old Blue Golf Course has long been the standard by which all other resort golf courses are measured. Designed by Arthur Jack Snyder in 1971, the Blue Course was lauded by the national media when it debuted, and has been continuously ranked among the best in the nation for decades. Site is many professional TOUR events over the years, the Blue Course continues to be the venue of choice for golfers in search of a haven for scenic views, wide fairways, and inviting greens.