Ka'anapali Kai

For anyone paying prices outside of Golf Now rates, you are getting robbed until they fix the greens. I used this for my warm up round for nicer courses, but if this was my sole option I wouldn’t play another round while I’m here. I stopped keeping score after the second hold because you can’t putt. You can see a rooster tail of sand behind your ball on every putt and you have to hammer it to get a putt 5-10 feet. I feel bad for the staff as they are probably getting hounded by players after every round. This course shouldn’t be open or severely discounted. The rest of the course outside the greens was fine.

Have a fungus problem. Greens are covered in sand. Otherwise a great course.

Had I known the greens were so bad I never would have booked. They gave a discount but the conditions were unforgivable. Between the weeds, dead spots, and poor mowing, the greens are unputtable. I hope the head greens keeper has been kicked out of the business. Was going to play the Royal too but no way now. With Kapalua closed I guess they figured they could get away with this atrocity.

The greens were truly un-puttable----long, Shaggy grass and all greens had burnt out spots. Course should really have been closed.

The lady in The pro shops said ariation was the reason the greens were in such bad shape, but that is not necessarily true. i think someone should have said that the greens were in terrible shape. i think they lost them, the greens, because the lack of water. which considering water on maui now, that's understandable but something should have been said.

I always enjoy both Kaanapali courses. We played the Kai course today. The greens were very slow, bumpy and in tough shape with dead and rough spots throughout. This was not a result of aeration as there were no plug holes. Unless the September aeration tore them up badly and they have not recovered. They are very unevenly mowed. The rest of the course is in good shape but bad greens make it difficult to enjoy the round and to score decent.

I’ve played all kinds of courses in my life, none as bad as this one. The greens are not playable. I saw some reviews about how bad the greens were and did not believe them and feel stupid now while playing it. I wouldn’t play this course for free if I was given the option. Wai’ehu has some of the best greens on the island and is cheaper than this garbage. Go there instead of here.

Got a good deal on green fees because greens had been areated. There were only 4 greens where work was noticeable and it did not affect play. Well maintained course, great views. No pressure to play faster and cart showed we were consistently ahead of pace. Overall, a great round of golf.

First off yes the course was punched but that wasn’t even the issue. They seemed to take advantage of other course closing. The greens were really bad. The weeds you had to putt through was insane. I felt like I wasted money on just that only.

For the amount of money we paid for to play here, we were expecting a better experience. The greens were not good at all! They were bumpy, patchy, they were dried out, so it was hard to keep your putts on line. We have played less expensive courses on Maui that had exceptional greens. The fairways were also uneven and had patches of dryness at times. We really wanted to enjoy our experience here, but it was a somewhat of a letdown. Now… if the greens and fairways were in better conditions, it would have been an excellent course.

A lot of greens patchy with poa like grass. Bunkers need sand and to be worked on. This is the little sister to the main, Royal course, and it feels like it is kept that way (as an afterthought).

The guy at check-in told us that the Royal had been punched, which we appreciated, so we played the Kia which is up in the foothills not along ocean. Course was in fair shape. Green on few holes terrible.

The course was in great shape with nice greens. The views are spectacular from a lot of the holes. Great value for the area.

Kaanapali Kai is a very solid track, with enjoyable holes throughout. It’s pretty open, so there are not a lot of penalties for errant drives. Tee boxes and fairways are in good shape, but some of the greens have bald areas. Sand traps are very well-maintained and fair. All in all, I’d call it a solid 4 star course that is slightly overpriced, but considering location, it’s worth your time.

Friendly staff, nice layout for a 20 HC; some of the island courses are too difficult unless you’re a scratch golfer. The condition I rated 4 because of areas of burned, or no grass in some of the fairways, but the greens were ok. Very nice views from the holes on the upper elevations.

Clubhouse staff ,range staff and starter were friendly and awesome but cart attendant acted like this was the last place in the world he wanted to be

You have to catch the Kai on a slow biz day, it’s a known course for tourists that haven’t played golf before and are looking for an activity.

It’s a nice course to play when you can play at a normal pace.

No beer sales offered, I haven’t figured this out yet. You buy beer at the restaurant next door and they have you buy some mandatory chips. Even Utah has evolved on beer policies past this.