Ka'anapali Golf Resorts (Maui)

Played this course on a Saturday and teed off at 7:20 and finished in 3 hours.

The course was in great condition.

The tee boxes are fairly level and had lots of grass.

The fairways are easily identifiable and make visualizing a shot easier.

The bunkers lacked a little sand and were heavy but played fair.

The greens were in great condition. They rolled at about a 9 on the stimpmeter and everyone seemed to fix their pitch marks.

Great experience, the most beautiful course I’ve ever played on. Would recommend to anyone on the island!

What a beautiful, well laid out course. I had such a fun round but was quite disappointed with my rental clubs given what was paid and expected. My irons were a mixed and matched set of titleist and my hybrid and 3 wood had significant dents. I will be back but I will take care and time in reviewing the set of clubs provided.

The views and layout are amazing. The way the course is managed is sub par - grouchy and rude. On the day we played - it was raining. We decided to play anyway. The group in front was playing horribly slow and it was impossible to play through. After asking the cart host if they could help - nothing changed. Basically a 5.5 hour round with only 4 or 5 groups on the course.

For the amount of money - play elsewhere

Overall it’s a nice course because of the view and the challenge. That being said, it was 80 degrees and they did not have beverage service on the course (or at least the cart never came to my group). I called the clubhouse twice to figure out if they were coming, but went to voicemail twice after a number of rings. In addition, the grounds crew was still out for about the first 9 holes (I had a 7:34 tee time, so I understand the first couple holes) and the course was left with all of the leftover tufts of grass. The people at the shop and tending the bags were great, but the total package was lacking. If someone would have picked the course up, put it where I live (Pacific Northwest) as opposed to Maui and charged $50, I would have thought it was about right.

Course was a fun time. Golf carts offer good technology in terms of lining up distances and things like that. This course does have the feeling of playing in the backyards of the people living near the fairways. The holes also felt sort of same-y, especially the beginning of the back 9. Course is a little higher up so the views of the water are quite nice.

Had an excellent time playing the course. People were friendly. Course is in great shape. Highly recommend!

Pace of play is the only thing that needs some improvement.

The course was in so so shape. The sand traps were all in very poor shape and were being made over it appeared. No one warned us to f that

Overall we enjoyed the round but the 4 of us were dehydrated by the end. There are no water facilities provided at the club house or on the course. We saw the facilities cart once during the round and had to share two $5 bottles of water as there wasn't any more for sale. This isn't satisfactory for a golf course in Maui's climate.

With the pandemic still going on Kaanapali Royal still puts up the good service. Had a great time playing on the royal course. Fairways bunkers greens we’re all in such great shape. I’ll recommend the Royal to anyone.

Mahalo to the staff at Kaanapali Royal

Beautiful views. Fun course. Play was a little slow but it gave us time to enjoy the views.

Course layout is good. The variables wind made it more challenging!