Ka'anapali Golf Resorts (Maui)

Value compared to other courses wa spoor. Course itself was fine. There was NO course / pace management. When finished the guys didn't even offer to clean my clubs, take care of my bag. I would have paid. The group in front were 2 holes behind. No one cares!

Poor.

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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The course is an excellent layout… great views and somewhat challenging… some greens run at. 10 and some are much slower at 8. Don’t expect consistent green speeds… the traps are kept up well.

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.

Absolutely a beautiful course. I really enjoyed playing 18 holes here and would highly recommend it to anyone.

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.

The Kai’s greens were just punched when we were there last week, but the Royal is the place to play. $133 was a fair price to play the only game in town in the Lahaina area.