Waialae Country Club
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Waialae Country Club is a private country club
Country club
A country club is a private club, often with a closed membership, that typically offers a variety of recreational sports facilities and is located in city outskirts or rural areas. Activities may include, for example, any of golf, tennis, swimming or polo...

 in Honolulu, Hawaii
Honolulu, Hawaii
Honolulu is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Hawaii. Honolulu is the southernmost major U.S. city. Although the name "Honolulu" refers to the urban area on the southeastern shore of the island of Oahu, the city and county government are consolidated as the City and...

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Founded in 1927 and designed by Seth Raynor, it features a 7,125 yard 18-hole course. It annually hosts the Sony Open in Hawaii
Sony Open in Hawaii
The Sony Open in Hawaii is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour, and is part of the tour's FedEx Cup Series. It has been contested at the Waialae Country Club in Honolulu, Hawaii since the event's modern-day inception as the Hawaiian Open in 1965. Starting in 1971, the tournament was held...

, though the event has had several corporate sponsors. It was also featured in the Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
The Super Nintendo Entertainment System is a 16-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America, Europe, Australasia , and South America between 1990 and 1993. In Japan and Southeast Asia, the system is called the , or SFC for short...

 video game, True Golf Classics: Waialae Country Club
True Golf Classics: Waialae Country Club
True Golf Classics: Waialae Country Club is a Super NES golfing game that was originally released in 1991.-Summary:The video game is based on the prestigious Waialae Country Club, located in Hawaii. It served as a launch title for the SNES during its American debut. This game is also on the PC9801...

, and a Nintendo 64 game Waialae Country Club: True Golf Classics
Waialae Country Club: True Golf Classics
Waialae Country Club: True Golf Classics is the second golf game by T&E Soft for the Nintendo 64, and first for that system outside of Japan.-Summary:This video game is set in the prestigious Waialae Country Club, Honolulu, Hawaii...

, as well as in the most recent golf title from EA Sports, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters is a golfing simulation video game in the Tiger Woods PGA Tour series developed by EA Tiburon and published by Electronic Arts. It was released in North America on March 29, 2011 and was released in Europe on April 1, 2011 for the PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360,...

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