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MAKENA
NORTH COURSE
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First Hole
If you enjoy the peaceful escape the Makena Golf
Course provides, then you’ll love the addition of the new North Course,
another 18-holes of championship golf designed by Robert Trent Jones,
Jr.
Opened in 1993, the North Course goes out of its way
to make golfers feel at one with their natural surroundings. There are no
distractions on this course-unless you considered the unobstructed views
of the blue pacific, neighboring islands, and humpback whales breaching
during whale season to be a bit distracting.
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In fact, to make it feel more like a nature
walk and less like a golf course, even cart paths on the North
Course are tucked away and hidden from view. You will have some
obstacles to overcome, however. |
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Tenth Hole |
| Natural Hawaiian
rock walls are left right where they were found, and they play an
integral part in the course design. Natural gulllies and streambeds are
also left intact, along with Makena’s indigenous kiawe trees.
The best view of the North Course comes where
you’d expect to find it: part-way up the mountain on the thirteenth
hole, overlooking the clubhouse and the natural rolling terrain that
leads right up to the ocean. |
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Thirteenth Hole
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The fourteenth hole is special too because of
its 200-foot elevation drop between tee and green.
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Fourteenth Hole
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bonus to save golfers some time looking for lost balls, Robert Trent
Jones, Jr. designed most fairway so that everything slopes back towards
the center.
North
Course Tour
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