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Kaanapali Kai is an 18-hole resort golf course in Lahaina, Hawaii.

Designed by Arthur Jack Snyder, ASGCA/(R) Nelson & Haworth. It plays 6,388 yards from the Lava tees, rated 71.6/136 (checked 2026-08-15).

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18
holes
70
par
6,388
yards (tips)
136
slope (lava)
The shape of the round · Lava teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — LAVA TEES376370225308390193395541373384182558391220360402372348142433445463748594104113125134143154164174184PAROUT 3,171 YDSIN 3,217 YDSFIRST NINESECOND NINE
The published card in playing order, 18 holes with the two nines split — hole number under each bar, its par below that.

The course

designer
Arthur Jack Snyder, ASGCA/(R) Nelson & Haworth reported
access
resort
address
2290 Kaanapali Pkwy, Lahaina, HI 96761, USA
elevation
12 ft derived
opened
1976
on site
driving range · putting green · lessons · club rental

20.91795, -156.69091 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes, their lines predicted by a model from USDA NAIP aerial imagery and numbered against the scorecard. Its greens, fairways, bunkers and water are predicted the same way. The course outline is predicted too, drawn around the predicted holes and wide of the mown ground, so the real property line may sit wider or tighter.

110 features across 6 layers for Kaanapali Kai, all 110 predicted by a model, drawn over NAIP 2021 to 2023 aerial imagery.

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110 features across 6 layers for Kaanapali Kai, all 110 predicted by a model, drawn over NAIP 2021 to 2023 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

© OpenStreetMap contributors · Holes and outlines predicted by a model trained on OpenStreetMap data · GeoJSON

Holes and outlines predicted from USDA NAIP imagery · Contains information from SatlasPretrain, which is made available under the ODC Attribution License

18
Holes · predicted
17
Fairways · predicted
55
Bunkers · predicted
1
Water · predicted
18
Greens · predicted
6,388yds
Lava tees
558yds
Longest hole
182yds
Shortest hole

All 110 predicted by a model from aerial imagery, hole lines and edges unchecked · USDA NAIP flown between December 2021 and January 2023, the survey’s full span

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-15

All 7 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 7 rows.

LavaM70638871.613631713217
SandF70601076.013329833027
SandM70601069.413329833027
FernM70556367.312727402823
FernF70556373.012427402823
HibiscusF70452266.711322272295
HibiscusM70452262.311022272295

Every figure as published; a blank cell is one nobody publishes. Front 9 and Back 9 are summed from the per-hole yardages on the scorecard.

Scorecard — every published tee

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-15

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 443443454435434444 70
Lava 376370225308390193395541373384182558391220360402372348 6,388
Sand 358351213300357177365510352361155536368194340387353333 6,010
Fern 323332189259331159327486334335139509340176319373319313 5,563
Hibiscus 293246142233254140186414319251119372279160275262306271 4,522
Handicap 971513317511114182816106124

The Studio

The Studio can't plan Kaanapali Kai hole by hole yet.

We hold its scorecard and 110 of its features, all 110 predicted by a model, but not a model of every green, which a plan aims at.

It plans 4,579 courses hole by hole today, and it charts your bag anywhere.

  • The approach, planned A Studio approach map on the aerial photo: a lob wedge aimed at the island green, its spread drawn as a dashed ring over the water, and the side it most often misses. Example from another course: hole 15, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • The green, from LiDAR A Studio green view on the aerial photo: arrows for the slope a LiDAR survey measured, the area a cup could be cut, and the safer side to miss. Example from another course: hole 15, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • Every shot, tee to green A Studio plan on the aerial photo of a desert par 4: the driver off the tee and a 7-iron into the green between the bunkers, each shot with its landing spread drawn as a dashed ring. Example from another course: hole 2, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale

See the courses it plans Open the Studio

Pictures: Studio output for a sample golfer, drawn 2026-10-15. The Studio needs a free account. AI can make mistakes.

© OpenStreetMap contributors

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Rates change by day and by season, so we send you to Kaanapali Kai's own booking page rather than quoting a figure that was true the week we captured it.

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Also bookable nearby: Royal Kaanapali (0.0 mi) · Kapalua Resort The Bay Course (6.0 mi) · Kapalua Resort The Plantation Course (7.0 mi) · Kahili Golf Course (13 mi)

Measured against comparable courses

How hard and how long this course plays against comparable courses — never how good it is.

FigureThis courseIn HawaiiNationwideAmong its peers
Longest6,388 yds62nd of 82=6,872nd of 12,025457th of 601 resort courses · =3,471st of 7,004 courses you can book · =6,809th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 136=15th of 60=1,956th of 8,710=168th of 477 resort courses · =767th of 4,936 courses you can book · =1,911th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 71.649th of 57=4,569th of 7,615=333rd of 446 resort courses · =2,158th of 4,145 courses you can book · =4,512th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread1,866 yds between tees=24th of 80=3,014th of 11,523=222nd of 593 resort courses · =1,488th of 6,653 courses you can book · =2,967th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 197627th of 64=5,176th of 9,368=204th of 516 resort courses · =2,803rd of 5,526 courses you can book · =3,676th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level12 ft derived =81st of 84=11,935th of 12,437=570th of 616 resort courses · =7,050th of 7,274 courses you can book · =8,723rd of 9,106 18-hole regulation courses

A published figure is compared only against the courses that publish it too, which is why the totals differ from row to row — a state's length field is the courses with a scorecard, not the courses in the state. Height above sea level is the exception: we derive it from a coordinate, so its field is very nearly every course we render. Ties share an ordinal and are marked =. How this is computed →

What's on this page

In progress4 of 6 built

4 of 6 parts of this course page are built, and we're filling in the rest.

  • Scorecard, built.Par and yardage for every hole, from 7 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 7 sets of tees.
  • Course map, built.All 18 holes and their greens are drawn, predicted by a model from aerial imagery and shown over it.
  • Per-hole distances, built.Every hole's line of play is predicted from aerial imagery, so carries and distances to the front, middle and back of each green are measured along that predicted line.
  • Green contours, not built yet.We haven't built the green contours for this course yet.
  • Course details, partly built.5 of 7 background details — we don't hold a phone number and the grass on the greens.

The site is in beta and the database is still being built, so expect gaps. Know something we don't? Help us fill it in — a link to where it's published is worth more than anything else you could send.

Sources

Gathered from the course's own site and public records — every figure on this page is traceable to who published it and when. Spot an error or a gap? Tell us.

Location and identity seeded from OpenStreetMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Last checked 2026-08-15. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

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Kapalua Resort The Plantation Course

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Straight-line distance from this course's coordinates, within 60 miles — not driving distance, and it crosses state lines where the nearest courses are over one.

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