Courses · Hawaii

Royal Hawaiian Golf Club

Kailua, Hawaii · 18 holes · par 72 · Semi-Private. Designed by Peter Dye, Perry Dye, Greg Norman, opened 1993.

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 230 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 1, where the green sits 53 ft above the tee and plays about 18 yards longer.
• Biggest drop: hole 10, where the green sits 130 ft below the tee and plays about 43 yards shorter.

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

Hole 1 · Par 4

300 (Gold) · 311 (White) · 379 (Black) · 343 (Blue) · 263 (Red) yards · Handicap 9

Plays like

397+53 ft

Green · Black tee

370 · 379 · 389front · middle · back

Green size

19 × 29yards deep × wide

Fairway

34 ydswide at 239

In play

• Bunker across the hole in front of the green: 365 to carry

Playing notes

• Plays about 18 yards longer: the green sits 53 ft above the tee.
• Dogleg right at about 249 yards.
• No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
• The fairway is about 34 yards wide at 239 and narrows to 24 at 210.
• Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
• Shallow green, 19 yards deep and 29 wide: distance control matters more than line.

Hole 2 · Par 3

111 (Gold) · 118 (White) · 187 (Black) · 148 (Blue) · 94 (Red) yards · Handicap 15

Plays like

176-33 ft

Green · Black tee

172 · 187 · 200front · middle · back

Green size

31 × 24yards deep × wide

In play

• Water across the hole in front of the green: 167 to carry

Playing notes

• Plays about 11 yards shorter: the green sits 33 ft below the tee.
• Water crosses the hole: 106 to reach, 167 to carry.
• The green is guarded on the left by water; miss right.

Hole 3 · Par 4

299 (Gold) · 334 (White) · 377 (Black) · 344 (Blue) · 271 (Red) yards · Handicap 11

Plays like

371-19 ft

Green · Black tee

364 · 377 · 392front · middle · back

Green size

28 × 16yards deep × wide

Fairway

58 ydswide at 235

In play

• Bunker right: 247 to reach, 258 to carry
• Water left of the green
• Bunker front-left of the green
• Bunker back-right of the green

Playing notes

• Plays about 6 yards shorter: the green sits 19 ft below the tee.
• Fairway bunkers on the right: 247 to reach, 258 to carry. Drives that finish short of 247 stay clear; otherwise the left side is the safer line off the tee.
• The fairway is about 58 yards wide at 235 and narrows to 34 at 285.
• Hazards guard both sides of the green; aim for the middle.

Holes 4 to 18

4 · Par 45 · Par 56 · Par 47 · Par 38 · Par 59 · Par 410 · Par 511 · Par 412 · Par 313 · Par 414 · Par 515 · Par 416 · Par 317 · Par 418 · Par 4

The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:

• 15 plays-like yardages
• 43 hazards with reach and carry
• 7 green slope reads
• 4 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].

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