Kapalua Plantation Course Outshines All Other Maui, Hawaii Golf Courses
posted in Golf Vacations |Unlike some PGA Tour courses, selected more because of deals with the sponsor or the availability of parking than on merit, the Kapalua Plantation Course, which hosts the season-opening Mercedes Championship, lives up to every expectation. It is, hands down, the best of the Maui golf courses you can play, and some would say it’s the best among all Hawaii golf courses. Designed by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw (one of their first, from-scratch designs after teaming up), this is one of the grandest Hawaii golf courses. The fairways, seemingly wide enough to land cargo jets on, sweep down from the hills and provide panoramic views of the Pacific Ocean and Molokai Island beyond. There are deep, jungle-like ravines and chasms to boldly cross or your ball will never been heard from again (and the same goes for you if you were to fall into one of them). The bunkers are massive and the greens are large enough to virtually assure a putt of more than 60 feet at some point during your round. (continued at www.GolfVacationInsider.com)
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