Makai Golf Club

Princeville, HI Public

Overview

The first solo design of Robert Trent Jones Jr., Princeville Makai is situated on bluffs overlooking Kauai's Hanalei Bay and pipeline surf. Two of its three nines (the Lake and Ocean 9s) were re-grassed and re-bunkered in 2009 by Jones and partner Bruce Charlton, who also re-established the width of several holes. The untouched Woods 9, now considered the resort's walking course, provides a graphic reminder of how golf has changed in five decades.

About

Holes 18
Length 7223
Slope 134
Price $345
Facility Type Public
Designer Robert Trent Jones, Jr., ASGCA

Awards

100 Greatest
100 Greatest Public
Best Courses in Every State

100 Greatest: Ranked for 16 years from 1973-'88.
Highest ranking: No. 92, 1985-'86.

100 Greatest Public: Ranked since 2013.
Highest ranking: No. 65, 2015-'16 and 2019-'20.
Previous ranking: No. 81.
2023-'24 ranking: No. 64.

Best in State: Ranked inside the top 10 since 2013 to current. Ranked 13th, 2011-'12.
Current ranking: 8th.

Panelists

Ratings from our panel of 1,900 course-ranking panelists

4.2

100 GREATEST/BEST IN STATE SCORES

Shot Options
6.8934
Character
6.9258
Challenge
6.8459
Layout Variety
7.0636
Fun
7.2116
Aesthetics
7.5013
Conditioning
6.8267

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