Nanea Golf Club
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 18 holes · par 73 · Private. Opened 2003.
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 1,090 ft the ball carries about 1% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 148. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 9, where the green sits 74 ft above the tee and plays about 25 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 18, where the green sits 146 ft below the tee and plays about 49 yards shorter.
- 15 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 | Blue | Gold | Black | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 11 | 432 | |||
| 2 | 4 | 13 | 408 | |||
| 3 | 4 | 9 | 477 | |||
| 4 | 5 | 5 | 576 | |||
| 5 | 4 | 15 | 334 | |||
| 6 | 5 | 7 | 554 | |||
| 7 | 4 | 3 | 441 | |||
| 8 | 3 | 17 | 175 | |||
| 9 | 4 | 1 | 414 | |||
| 10 | 4 | 6 | 445 | |||
| 11 | 3 | 12 | 205 | |||
| 12 | 4 | 2 | 455 | |||
| 13 | 5 | 8 | 524 | |||
| 14 | 4 | 16 | 350 | |||
| 15 | 4 | 10 | 423 | |||
| 16 | 4 | 4 | 386 | |||
| 17 | 3 | 18 | 236 | |||
| 18 | 5 | 14 | 629 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Male | 7500 | 76.1 | 138 |
| Gold | Male | 7119 | 74.1 | 132 |
| Black | Male | 6627 | 71.6 | 129 |
| Red | Male | 5337 | 65.7 | 115 |
| Red | Female | 5337 | 71.7 | 121 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 409-68 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 414 · 432 · 450front · middle · back
- Green size
- 37 × 42yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 26 ydswide at 225
In play
- Bunker across the hole: 199 to reach, 215 to carry
- Bunker left: 248 to reach, 308 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 23 yards shorter: the green sits 68 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 259 yards.
- Fairway bunkers on the left: 248 to reach, 308 to carry. Drives that finish short of 248 stay clear; otherwise the right side is the safer line off the tee.
- The fairway is about 26 yards wide at 225 and narrows to 16 at 205.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- The green is 37 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 383-75 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 389 · 408 · 422front · middle · back
- Green size
- 35 × 40yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 34 ydswide at 219
- Green slope
- 1.5%falls to the front-right
In play
- Bunker left: 160 to reach, 188 to carry
- Bunker across the hole: 191 to reach, 199 to carry
- Bunker right: 291 to reach, 314 to carry
- Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 380 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 25 yards shorter: the green sits 75 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 62 yards.
- Hazards on both sides of the fairway from 160 yards; a tee shot that finishes short of 160 keeps them out of play.
- The fairway is about 34 yards wide at 219 and narrows to 25 at 189.
- 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 1.5%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 35 yards deep: a back pin can play about 2 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 3 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 462-46 ft
- Green · Blue tee
- 456 · 477 · 491front · middle · back
- Green size
- 36 × 25yards deep × wide
- Green slope
- 3%falls to the back-left
In play
- Bunker right: 246 to reach, 262 to carry
Playing notes
- Plays about 15 yards shorter: the green sits 46 ft below the tee.
- Fairway bunkers on the right: 246 to reach, 262 to carry. Drives that finish short of 246 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
- No hazards mapped around the green.
- The green falls from front-right to back-left, about 3%. Finish on the back-left 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.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 55 · Par 46 · Par 57 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 514 · 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
- 50 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].