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Princeville Makai Golf Club is an 18-hole, par-72 resort course on Kauai's North Shore. Robert Trent Jones Jr created the original Princeville layout in 1971, his first solo golf-course design. The present Makai Course reaches 7,223 yards from the back tees and is rated 75.4 with a slope of 134 in published course data.
Jones returned for a comprehensive 2009-10 renovation that reorganised the former 27-hole complex into the 18-hole Makai Course and separate nine-hole Woods Course, rebuilt greens and bunkers and introduced Seashore Paspalum across the fairways and greens. The Makai routing includes six oceanfront holes as well as inland sections around lakes and native woodland. Its par-3 seventh, played from a cliff-top setting overlooking the Pacific, is one of the course's documented notable holes.
The course is an 18-hole resort golf course. It plays to par 72, 6,604m (7,223 yards), course rating 75.4 and slope rating 134. Designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr, the course originally opened in 1971. It is open to the public. On-site facilities include Driving Range, Practice Green, Short Game Area, Pro Shop, Club Hire, Golf Cart Rental, Restaurant.
Princeville Makai originated as a 27-hole project on Kauai's North Shore. Robert Trent Jones Jr began studying the property in the late 1960s and the course opened in 1971. It became an important project in his career because it was his first solo golf-course design.
The routing uses markedly different environments within the property, moving between ocean cliffs, freshwater lakes and inland woodland. Jones's later renovation retained the fundamental routing while rebuilding playing surfaces and reshaping greens, surrounds and bunkers.
Jones returned in 2009-10 for a comprehensive renovation. Seashore Paspalum was installed on fairways and greens and the former 27-hole arrangement became the Makai 18 plus the Woods nine. In 2024 the Makai Course underwent another $3 million refinement focused on bunkers, drainage, cart paths and turf conditions.
Princeville Makai has received the Distinguished Golf Destination designation developed by BoardRoom magazine and Forbes Travel Guide.
The Makai Course remains an 18-hole resort and daily-fee course managed by Troon on Kauai's North Shore.
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| Front 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Par | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 |
| Yards | 464 | 611 | 181 | 385 | 540 | 446 | 213 | 359 | 403 | 3602 |
| Back 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 72 |
| Yards | 399 | 520 | 450 | 255 | 338 | 414 | 202 | 476 | 567 | 3621 | 7223 |
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