Ka'anapali Kai

I wish they had a 10 pass card. Their regular rates are too high. Thank you golf now for hot deals.

You can't take your cart to the driving range area, you have to walk with your clubs. Stupid rule.

I didnt research much on this course as i thought is was the ugly kid sister of the royal. Boy was I wrong. Awesome views and interesting hole layouts. greens are challenginf and fun to play.

Fun round in Maui. Staff are very friendly. The greens are not in great shape as it seems they punch new holes often and they are not smooth. Sand traps need alot more sand and tilling. Maybe 1/4 inch of sand before you hit hard spots.

We love thee Kai course - it is much less expensive Royal, and it has great mountain vistas, fun elevated tees, wide enough fairways to not worry about getting in too much trouble., but plenty of challenges.

Golf now often has hot deals where you can get better pricing also.

There is a nice putting practice area where you wait for your turn to go out. The range is fine as well and is nearby. You must buy your balls in the shop ahead.

Be sure to get some drinks & snacks from the vending machines ahead of your round, since there is only one refreshment cart and it makes a 36 hole round covering both the Royal and Kai courses so you'll only see it once.

Have fun

Staff was great, super nice, helpful and friendly. Course itself is a 4/5. All good. No big deal. Had fun.

Greens are very challenging. Course in good shape. Great views from most holes.

Greens were perfect and was just challenging enough but not too tough! Overall great day!

I’ve played here many times over the last 15 yrs. Beautiful layout, perfect greens. Fairways ever so slightly “tan” this time. Great value however!

practice putting green was good, but greens on the course were not so. On course greens were not mowed tight, and, as a result , were VERY slow, unlike most good courses in continental U. S.

Never played a golf course with greens so poor, if there was a stem meter of zero I would grant it a zero. I am not sure what they put in those greens but no matter how hard you hit the ball. It was always short.

There was never a time you could to put a green very often unless you chipped within 3 feet.

First time I’ve ever been to Maui and the first time I’ve ever played this course. I will say the pace of play was outstanding, we teed off around 2 o’clock, and we played a pretty quick round of golf. Drove the ball well and lots of good second shots, but the greens are the absolute worst I’ve ever seen in my life. I consider myself an outstanding putter and short game and every single green just about I had to three putt because the ball doesn’t move. There was absolutely no way of figuring out these greens as they are in terrible condition and really ruins your score.

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Sun was out all during the round . Although the wind was blowing, it was not extremely windy as in the past.

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.