The Ko Olina Resort is an area of beach and resort development on the leeward side of Oahu, Hawaii between Nanakuli and Kapolei on Farrington Highway and is part of the City and County of Honolulu. Known officially as "Ko Olina Resort & Marina", it has become a master-planned, active family resort community on 642 acres (2.60 km2).[1] It is currently home to the Marriott Ihilani Ko Olina Resort, the Ko Olina Golf Club, the Ko Olina Beach Villas Resort and the Aulani Disney Resort as well as a public-access beach section at Ko Olina Beach Park. The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation was landowner and Jeff Stone developer.[2]
Hawaii State Senator Colleen Hanabusa introduced a controversial bill in 2003 to offer tax credits of up to $75 million for development of an aquarium at the resort. The aquarium was never built. She defended the controversy when running for US Congress in 2006.[3] Ko Olina Resort eventually returned the tax credit, but the Linda Lingle Administration and Hanbusa disagreed on how to use the returned funds.[4]
Ko Olina Golf Club is a 18-hole championship course with water features on many holes and multi-tiered greens. The club also features the Ko Olina Golf Academy and is home to Roy's Ko Olina restaurant
The 170 acres, par-72 golf course originally opened in January 1990, hosting the LPGA Tour's Hawaiian Ladies Open from 1990 to 1995, the Senior PGA Tour's Ko Olina Senior Invitational in 1992 and the Fields Open in Hawaii from 2006 to 2008.
Ko Olina Golf Club was also featured in the Super Famicom video game: Okamoto Ayako to Match Play Golf.