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

Designed by Arnold Palmer. It plays 6,700 yards from the Blue tees, rated 73.7/129 (checked 2026-08-21).

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18
holes
71
par
6,700
yards (tips)
129
slope (blue)
The shape of the round · Blue teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLUE TEES519190421373474460324185485454424362390405202437155440152334445465748395104114124134144153164173184PAROUT 3,431 YDSIN 3,269 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
Arnold Palmer reported
access
resort
address
2290 Kaanapali Pkwy, Lahaina, HI 96761, USA
elevation
12 ft derived
opened
1962
on site
driving range · putting green · lessons · club rental

20.91795, -156.69091 — open on OpenStreetMap →

From above

Aerial imagery of the area around Royal Kaanapali. None of its holes has been traced yet, so nothing is drawn over it, and the frame follows the course's location rather than a surveyed property line.

Aerial imagery of the area around Royal Kaanapali, NAIP 2021 to 2023. None of its holes has been traced yet, so nothing is drawn over it.

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Aerial imagery of the area around Royal Kaanapali, NAIP 2021 to 2023. None of its holes has been traced yet, so nothing is drawn over it. The map itself needs JavaScript.

Aerial imagery only, nothing traced over it yet · USDA NAIP flown between December 2021 and January 2023, the survey’s full span

Tees & ratings

Ratingsreported, not from the clubchecked 2026-08-21

All 10 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 10 rows, showing the start of the table.

BlueM71670073.712934313269
White71626732093058
Keo Makamae/Sandy WhiteF71626776.7137
Keo Makamae/Sandy WhiteM71626772.0125
Gold71583929642875
Kula/GoldM71583969.8122
Kula/GoldF71583974.5130
Red71501626162400
Pu Koko'o/BurgundyF71501669.3120
Pu Koko'o/BurgundyM71501665.3112

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

Scorecardreported, not from the clubchecked 2026-08-21

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 534445435444443434 71
Blue 519190421373474460324185485454424362390405202437155440 6,700
White 502175353359440440306167467433399335362380171412140426 6,267
Gold 449153338302427420285149441413359323343359151393121413 5,839
Red 394135275240339403267135428394260251301272126374100322 5,016
Handicap 515311191317768144121610182

No per-hole yardages are published for Keo Makamae/Sandy White, Kula/Gold and Pu Koko'o/Burgundy, so they are not on the card above.

The Studio

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

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  • 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

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Also bookable nearby: Kaanapali Kai (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
Longest6,700 yds47th of 82=4,383rd of 12,025=324th of 601 resort courses · =2,098th of 7,004 courses you can book · =4,353rd of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 129=40th of 60=4,131st of 8,710=321st of 477 resort courses · =1,815th of 4,936 courses you can book · =4,016th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 73.7=24th of 57=1,718th of 7,615=137th of 446 resort courses · =710th of 4,145 courses you can book · =1,703rd of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread1,684 yds between tees35th of 80=4,208th of 11,523=327th of 593 resort courses · =2,175th of 6,653 courses you can book · =4,146th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1962=12th of 64=3,178th of 9,368=87th of 516 resort courses · =1,490th of 5,526 courses you can book · =2,276th 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 progress2 of 6 built

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  • Scorecard, built.Par and yardage for every hole, from 4 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 7 sets of tees.
  • Course map, not built yet.We don't have a map of this course yet.
  • Per-hole distances, not built yet.The holes aren't traced yet, so there are no measured carries or distances to the green.
  • 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.

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Sources

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