Kona Country Club
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 18 holes · par 72 · Resort. Designed by Robin Nelson, ASGCA/Rodney Wright, ASGCA/(R) Sanford Golf Design, opened 1966.
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 50 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 16, where the green sits 58 ft above the tee and plays about 19 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 1, where the green sits 62 ft below the tee and plays about 21 yards shorter.
- Driving-zone hazards sit on the right on 8 holes and on the left on 3: a tee shot missed right costs more here.
- 18 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
| Hole | Par | Hcp | Black | Blue | White | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 11 | 371 | 356 | 321 | 244 |
| 2 | 5 | 9 | 508 | 494 | 481 | 444 |
| 3 | 3 | 13 | 218 | 195 | 168 | 147 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 442 | 413 | 388 | 326 |
| 5 | 3 | 17 | 214 | 168 | 156 | 131 |
| 6 | 5 | 7 | 555 | 490 | 478 | 425 |
| 7 | 4 | 15 | 356 | 347 | 339 | 325 |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | 402 | 387 | 372 | 327 |
| 9 | 4 | 5 | 405 | 389 | 374 | 290 |
| 10 | 4 | 12 | 350 | 340 | 340 | 270 |
| 11 | 5 | 8 | 518 | 503 | 496 | 490 |
| 12 | 3 | 16 | 189 | 164 | 162 | 126 |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | 414 | 384 | 367 | 291 |
| 14 | 4 | 4 | 400 | 382 | 375 | 328 |
| 15 | 4 | 6 | 370 | 356 | 342 | 273 |
| 16 | 4 | 14 | 341 | 313 | 305 | 297 |
| 17 | 3 | 18 | 149 | 135 | 122 | 99 |
| 18 | 5 | 10 | 455 | 447 | 440 | 410 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 6657 | 72 | 125 |
| Blue | Male | 6263 | 70.2 | 123 |
| White | Male | 6026 | 69.1 | 118 |
| White | Female | 6026 | 75.2 | 127 |
| Red | Male | 5243 | 65.3 | 110 |
| Red | Female | 5243 | 70.2 | 118 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 350-62 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 361 · 371 · 379front · middle · back
- Green size
- 21 × 35yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 47 ydswide at 219
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker left: 330 to reach, 336 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 21 yards shorter: the green sits 62 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 277 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 47 yards wide at 219 and narrows to 40 at 189.
- Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 4%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- Shallow green, 21 yards deep and 35 wide: distance control matters more than line.
Hole 2 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 508-1 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 495 · 508 · 521front · middle · back
- Green size
- 27 × 23yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 42 ydswide at 235
- Green slope
- 4%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker left: 460 to reach, 464 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 489 to carry
- Bunker left of the green
Playing notes
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 42 yards wide at 235.
- Best lay-up: 70 to 170 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 39 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- 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 4%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Hole 3 · Par 3
- Plays like
- 215-8 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 201 · 218 · 235front · middle · back
- Green size
- 34 × 24yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 2.5%falls to the front
In play
- Bunker left of the green
- Bunker back-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 3 yards shorter: the green sits 8 ft below the tee.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from back to front, about 2.5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 45 · Par 36 · Par 57 · Par 48 · Par 49 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 512 · Par 313 · Par 414 · Par 415 · Par 416 · Par 417 · Par 318 · Par 5
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 47 hazards with reach and carry
- 15 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].