Royal Ka'anapali

Greens in great shape. Some great views of Maui. Lot of variety to the holes. Fairways a little splotchy, but hey, just play the ball up as you are not on the tour. For amount of cost, really a big bang for your buck. Add this course to your list of courses to play on the East side when you are in Maui. My son rented clubs and I was really impressed with the Taylor Made Stealth 2 that he got, (woods and irons) plus Taylor Made putter. I have been to some nicer resorts that did not have rentals this nice.

Insuring golf tee times months in advance. Found course was in "aeration mode. Course kind enough to discount the round. I imagine this is beautiful and a challenge course when in perfect conditions.

I booked my tee time for Aug 4th at 2pm through GolfNow at a total cost of $144. A large fire closed the highway that afternoon so I was stopped in traffic and turned back, unable to make my time. I did not want to cancel as I would lose my $24 deposit, but just move my time forward to Aug 5th. I called several times to move my time which the booking agent was able to accommodate. However, I was charged a full price of $156 over and above the initial $24 deposit, so my total cost was $USD180. This was extremely frustrating as the fire was out of my control. Kaanapali said they could not adjust my $156 fee and that GolfNow would be able to credit back the $24, however they refused to honor the original price. I would NOT recommend using GolfNow!

This is the nicer one out of the 2 coureses. Much more scenic. Course was in great shape and we did our around in 3 hours 14 minutes. It was not the cheapest course in Maui but worth playing

Played the Royal yesterday and it was great. Will definitely play it again

Great long course, conditions were excellent and the greens were challenging.

Only complaint was the nats. There was about 6-7 holes that there were a lot of nats. I found a ton of dead nats all over my clothes and body going through them.

Decent course, but definitely not worth the money. The amenities aren't great, the staff isn't friendly, and worst of all, they don't sell alcohol on the course, nor can you take hard alcohol to go from the restaurant.

Beautiful... Getting out of the rough took some adjustment. Greens are protected by sand traps. I will try the Kai course next time we are in Maui..

Excellent golf course with panoramic views. When makes it very challenging for the afternoon. Traps make you think on every shot. Challenging but very playable. Very much enjoyed my round!

I played course before but not again. This is how the day went from beginning to end. The attendant at the bag drop greeted and unloaded the car that pulled in behind me before he came to me. 2) The attendant at check in initially could not find my reservation (840am) commenting that GolfNow reservations generally start at 11am. She found it after I showed my phone verification.

3)cart attendants busy holding very extended conversations with people they seemingly knew thus ignoring others. I was told about the location of the driving range by one and given instructions (walk to range with a few clubs) by another. 4) The greens had sand on them from necessary top dressing (players should be notified on booking). 5)Signage for the direction to the holes across the street was not clear and worse and most dangerous is the lack of a stop sign for car traffic on the street. 6) The beverage cart did not show up until hole 15 green! Beverage cart attendant was pretty laid back, even for Hawaii. 7) The was no one greeting players at end of round. No club cleaning or unloaded to the bag drop. 8) Needless to say, This was not a nearly $300 experience.

I played 4 other $300 golf rounds in Hawaii over the last 2 weeks. Royal Kaanapali was not up to snuff.

Pace of play is great. Fun course. Great staff. Only issue was aerated greens and knew this going in.