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The wife and I will be celebrating our 40th anniversary in Maui late in November at the resort!  Bucket list trip for us and she’s allowing that me playing golf is ok.  lol We’re there for 8 days/7 nights.

 

Thinking Kapalua Bay Plantation and a 3 round resort package at our Ka’anapali Beach Resort hotel because its our first trip there.  Being courteous to the wife, I’m planning early morning tee times to spend most of the day adventuring Maui with her.  
 

All that said, what can you share about these courses for a guy that plans to play the white tees with a 10 hdcp?

 

Did I mention she’s an awesome wife?  🙂

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Congrats on the anniversary. My wife and I will be celebrating our 40th in November next year and Hawaii is where we’ll be going. Definitely play Kapalua in the morning. The wind really kicks up in the afternoon making it more difficult. If the idea is to go early and get done then I’d play the resort course. I’ve never played them but I’ve seen them and they look nice enough. Enjoy golf in Hawaii is great.

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I just got back from 9 days in Kaanapali yesterday. Didn't get a chance to play (plantation course was my goal and it was just aerated and closed) but we stayed at the beach resort. I didn't bring my clubs because reviews here said the resort courses were just so so. Well I regretted it as soon as we got there. They looked in better condition than anything I can play locally and had more elevation changes than this flatlander has ever seen a course have. So take reviews saying they are so so with a grain of salt compared to the courses you usually play. 

 

Wailea is awesome I'm sure but it isn't exactly across the street from the resort. probably 45-60min drive each way depending on traffic. Something to consider if the goal is to get back to relax with the wife ASAP.

 

 

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On 5/23/2022 at 7:49 AM, BTE0816 said:

I just got back from 9 days in Kaanapali yesterday. Didn't get a chance to play (plantation course was my goal and it was just aerated and closed) but we stayed at the beach resort. I didn't bring my clubs because reviews here said the resort courses were just so so. Well I regretted it as soon as we got there. They looked in better condition than anything I can play locally and had more elevation changes than this flatlander has ever seen a course have. So take reviews saying they are so so with a grain of salt compared to the courses you usually play. 

 

Wailea is awesome I'm sure but it isn't exactly across the street from the resort. probably 45-60min drive each way depending on traffic. Something to consider if the goal is to get back to relax with the wife ASAP.

 

 


Thank you for that!  I kinda had it in the back of the mind that they’d be just fine for an old midwesterner.  Heck, as a 12, I'm in it for the fun anyways.

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And it’s booked.  Ka’anapali Kai on 12/2 and Royal on 12/5, both 8am tee times.  Gonna try and talk the wife into Kapalua Plantation with her as a  ride along for 12/7.  🙂 

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On 10/29/2022 at 3:40 PM, SnowbirdTom said:

And it’s booked.  Ka’anapali Kai on 12/2 and Royal on 12/5, both 8am tee times.  Gonna try and talk the wife into Kapalua Plantation with her as a  ride along for 12/7.  🙂 

Will also be in the area in December Planning on playing the Plantation course on 12/8 by any chance have you played any other courses on the island this will be my first time there.

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1 hour ago, cassel191919 said:

Will also be in the area in December Planning on playing the Plantation course on 12/8 by any chance have you played any other courses on the island this will be my first time there.

There is the Bay course at Kapalua. Not the Plantation course but nice. The Wailea courses are very nice. A couple of cheaper options are Maui Nui and Pukalani. I played Maui Nui a few years ago since it was close to where we were staying and wanted to play somewhere a little less expensive. It was a  fun course. Never got to play Pukalani. It is on the way up to Haleakala. I’ve heard it’s a fun course and it being up in the mountains you get some great views of Maui.

 

 

 

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3 hours ago, cassel191919 said:

Will also be in the area in December Planning on playing the Plantation course on 12/8 by any chance have you played any other courses on the island this will be my first time there.


Our first trip to Hawaii ever. Its why I asked here too.  🙂  Gotta respect the primary reason we’re going there - the 40th wedding anniversary.  Golf is just an addiction I’m dealing with.

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On 10/29/2022 at 2:40 PM, SnowbirdTom said:

And it’s booked.  Ka’anapali Kai on 12/2 and Royal on 12/5, both 8am tee times.  Gonna try and talk the wife into Kapalua Plantation with her as a  ride along for 12/7.  🙂 

 

As someone that has played the Plantation course multiple times, having your Wife ride along would absolutely be a good idea.  Views from pretty much every single hole of Molokai, and Honolua Bay.  It really is a spectacular round of golf.  Have lunch at the Plantation House afterwards or head to the Ritz and do burgers and a milkshake at the beach restaurant would round off a incredible morning.

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Well, FINE!  Plantation's booked for an 8AM tee time and she's all in.  Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and WOOOOHOOOO!  🤩

 

Only suckage?  CPO because of Sentry TOC.  Is it really that bad of a walk?

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On 11/20/2022 at 12:39 PM, SnowbirdTom said:

Well, FINE!  Plantation's booked for an 8AM tee time and she's all in.  Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and WOOOOHOOOO!  🤩

 

Only suckage?  CPO because of Sentry TOC.  Is it really that bad of a walk?

December 8th, if so see you on the 1st tee lol.

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1 hour ago, cassel191919 said:

December 8th, if so see you on the 1st tee lol.


Darn.  12/6, 8am for us. Bombs and birdies ordered.  🙂

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Well, for all the Maui resort course haters.  🥱

 

Played Ka’anapali Kai today from the sand tees and had an absolute blast. Shot 83 with several missed birdie putts, but did get one to drop.  Customer service was fantastic, brand new carts with GPS and radios. Lots of elevation change, several postage stamp greens and excellent conditions.  Wind was a non-factor coming from Texas.  lol

 

Best of all? $149 vs $450 for Kapalua.
 

Royal K playing tomorrow at 7:15 and it'll be awesome too.

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Ooof!  Ka'anapali Royal had the full monte setup from tournament play the day before.  I quit counting how many greens were three putted after my Grint scorekeeping app crashed and lost all track of scores on the 10th hole.  Pretty sure there were five on the front nine and the same on the back.  No one putts at all.

 

Driving the ball accurately well and short game was pretty decent too.  12th hole was a near chip in from 60 yards, just a foot past the hole with a ball mark *just* left of the cup.  🙂 Got a round of applause from the condo gallery watching.  17 is a par 3, 155 from the white tees.  A stellar 8 iron landed about 6 feet short of the pin and backed up a foot.  One ball lost when I unexplicably sliced my second shot with a 2 hybrid on 18 into the right water hazard. 

 

Several bunkers were shy a goodly amount of sand.  A few greens were showing some dead spots.  All in all, I much prefer the Kai course over Royal.  Royal seemed a bit too manufactured to suit me with stepped slopes and severely contoured greens.  When you land a dead ball sand wedge just on the collar and it rolls 7 feet slow enough to read the logo past the hole that's 8 feet from the collar, ya just gotta say WTF?  My first impression was it was going to stop at or just short of the hole.  After raking the bunker and walking up, I was just slightly peeved.

 

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Approach on 12.

 

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Ball landed just left of the trap and kicked left into a great second shot position.  🙂

 

ETA:  Booked a second round on Royal for dewkicking on Monday morning.  7:10am start.

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On 11/1/2022 at 4:47 PM, cubuffs said:

 

As someone that has played the Plantation course multiple times, having your Wife ride along would absolutely be a good idea.  Views from pretty much every single hole of Molokai, and Honolua Bay.  It really is a spectacular round of golf.  Have lunch at the Plantation House afterwards or head to the Ritz and do burgers and a milkshake at the beach restaurant would round off a incredible morning.

 

Absolutely. Last time I was there I stayed at the Ritz and it is first class. Lunch there on the balcony over looking the ocean is hard to beat and the food is excellent. Great memories

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Sounds like an epic anniversary trip! I just got back from Maui and played Kaanapali Royal on 12/1. I enjoyed it a lot and we battled some pretty windy conditions but ended up posting a good score. They had a few gnarly pins out for us and the conditions were fantastic. I also played Wailea Emerald course on 12/5. We had a glacial pace of play which took away from the round but the course was really fun. I thought the greens were very slow at Emerald but overall conditions were good.

 

I wanted to play Kapalua Plantation course but was traveling with my whole extended family and not sure my wife/kid would have approved of that on this trip unfortunately. We did drive through Kapalua one day and it just made me want to play it that much more, really cool part of the island and gave me more perspective of the course when we get to watch the TOC in a few weeks! 

 

I'll be back and will play Plantation on that trip, whenever it is 🙂

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