In Volume 2 of The Confidential Guide to Golf Courses, Tom Doak published that.

“I was a big fan of the Weiskopf and Morrish partnership, but this is one of the dullest courses in their portfolio, removed from the ocean and confined by lava flows. It’s hard to think of $25 million as a low budget for a course, but by the time you barge in sand from Australia and crush lava for the fairways, there’s not enough left to overcome the flatness of the terrain.“

The King’s Course at the Waikoloa Beach Resort received a score of 5 out of 10 from Tom Doak and a score of 5 out of 10 from one of his co-authors.