Kapalua Resort The Plantation Course
Kapalua, Hawaii · 18 holes · par 73 · Resort. Designed by Crenshaw & Coore, opened 1991.
A caddie's yardage book for every hole: plays-like distance from USGS lidar elevation, reach and carry numbers for every bunker and water hazard, green front, middle and back, which way each green falls, and the lay-up zone on par 5s. Distances are from the back tees along the mapped hole; for a shorter tee, take off the scorecard difference.
Course profile
- At about 210 ft the ball carries about 0% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 150. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 4, where the green sits 105 ft above the tee and plays about 35 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 18, where the green sits 125 ft below the tee and plays about 42 yards shorter.
- 16 greens tilt 2% or more. Each hole below says which side of the hole leaves an uphill putt.
Maps: tee at the bottom, green at the top. The dashed line is the mapped hole; the gold band is the lay-up zone; the arrow on the green points downhill.
Scorecard
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tour | Male | 7596 | 77 | 144 |
| Championship | Male | 7284 | 75.5 | 140 |
| Combo Championship/Regular | Male | 6938 | 74 | 137 |
| Regular | Male | 6701 | 72.8 | 134 |
| Regular | Female | 6701 | 80 | 146 |
| Combo Regular/Resort | Male | 6407 | 71.6 | 130 |
| Combo Regular/Resort | Female | 6407 | 77.9 | 139 |
| Resort | Female | 6077 | 75.4 | 135 |
| Resort | Male | 6077 | 70 | 127 |
| Combo Resort/Forward | Female | 5544 | 72.5 | 129 |
| Forward | Male | 5181 | 65.5 | 116 |
| Forward | Female | 5181 | 70.2 | 124 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 485-115 ft
- Green
- 506 · 523 · 540front · middle · back
- Green size
- 36 × 27yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 76 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 2%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker left: 283 to reach, 313 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 501 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 38 yards shorter: the green sits 115 ft below the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 283 to reach, 313 to carry. Drives that finish short of 283 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 76 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 59 at 200.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 2%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 36 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 2 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 213-4 ft
- Green
- 195 · 214 · 231front · middle · back
- Green size
- 39 × 32yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the right
In play
- Bunker across the hole: 141 to reach, 159 to carry
- Bunker front of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
- Bunker right of the green
Playing notes
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from left to right, about 3%. Finish on the right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 39 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 437+49 ft
- Green
- 406 · 421 · 434front · middle · back
- Green size
- 29 × 24yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 34 ydswide at 230
- Green slope
- 3.5%falls to the front-left
In play
- 2 bunkers right: 198 to reach, 257 to carry
- Bunker right: 324 to reach, 341 to carry
- 2 bunkers front-right of the green
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker back-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 16 yards longer: the green sits 49 ft above the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 198 to reach, 257 to carry. Drives that finish short of 198 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 34 yards wide at 230 and narrows to 28 at 200.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 3.5%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 56 · Par 47 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 510 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 516 · Par 417 · Par 418 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 64 hazards with reach and carry
- 14 green slope reads
- 3 par-5 lay-up zones
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Hole maps, hazards and playing notes come from mapped course data and USGS 3DEP elevation (public domain), not a visit. Plays-like numbers use the Skitty caddie's rule of one yard per 3 ft of rise, from the longest tee; altitude uses 1.16% of carry per 1,000 ft. Tees, hazards and conditions change; check with the course before you play. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0) via OpenGolfAPI. Scorecard yardages and ratings as published. See a mistake? Email [email protected].