Kahului, HI

Kahului DGC

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Hector Chain
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 15.9 years 222 played 191 reviews
3.00 star(s)

The kind of course you fly 12 hours to play 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 1, 2018 Played the course:once

Pros:

Are you bored by the lush peaks of Western Maui, the yawn-inducing Haleakala National Park, the tiresome beaches, the copious sunshine, and the beautiful women? Congrats, there is a disc golf course here to fill your time!

The course is mostly holes under 300 feet, which is good because you only packed one mid range disc (well, I only packed one). They have to fit a lot of holes in a small area - a lot of this island is wasted on tourist-focused space, after all - but the design is surprisingly fun. The course puts the creek ravine and the rolling hills to good use. You didn't come to Hawaii for sunsets, you came for a ravine!

Holes 14 and 15 are the best, a downhill tunnel shot ace run followed by an uphill blast back up part of the mound.

Cons:

You'll need the map here for sure. Even with it, I never found the tee paid for 5 or 16. But you didn't come to navigate the Road to Hana! You came for some technical disc golf!

The first hole is right next to a fenced-in shack, and I put my drive right on top. But who needs aggressive climbs on the Sliding Sands Trail when you can climbed a barbed-wire fence for a beat-up Buzzz?

The hole that tees off next to the tennis courts has a blind spot from walkers on the trail (there weren't many on the Saturday afternoon I was there). But if you can't handle a little danger, go back to the mainland, amiright?

Other Thoughts:

Let Mom and Dad go to Lahaina for the luau. There's hucking to be had!
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Dickie B
Experience: 10 played 10 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Bring your heavy discs! 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jan 26, 2015 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Challenging hole layout. Hole 3, short, was a "through the eye of the needle" drive from the tee. The basked was under a big tree, so the shot not only had to be accurate out of the hand, it had to be a laser to reach the basket off the tee.
The next hole of interest was #11, across a gorge to the top of a hill on anhyzer approach. Really cool.The course didn't have any trash cans, but on the other hand, I saw no trash at all on the entire course.

Cons:

Wind. Since I was on vacation I only brought 4 discs and really needed by 175-180g's. My 165's were too light to handle the wind. And tall grass and bugs! I even got a thorn through the bottom of my Merrels that stopped me in my tracks.
The baskets were in good shape except that almost all the chains on every basket were rusted . . . which prevented hearing the beautiful chimes when you catch them.
Really need tee pads and tee markers and next hole signes. I had a devil of a time finding my way around even with the UDisc app and the map here. Really long walk from 4 to 5. No tee pad or marker whatsoever for 16, 17, and 18. I finally used my GPS to get me where the tee pad "should" have been and threw from there.

Other Thoughts:

I had a great time all in all. There wasn't anybody on the course the 2 hours I was there. It took so long to play because I was "GoPro-ing" every hole for posterity sake. This was the only course I found on the island. Forget Oahu. I tried to get onto Bellows AFB, and that was a total loss. I finally played the beach park right outside the base. No one was there, so we made our own course using trash cans. Still had a great time.
So, if you go to Oahu, this course is definitely worth visiting. Especially if you are an uber-disc golf junkie like me and there's nowhere else to throw!
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Jiggy202
Experience: 13.9 years 63 played 25 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Nice course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 1, 2014 Played the course:once

Pros:

-Baskets are all in decent condition.
-Good variety of holes requiring different throws
-Nice views of the mountains nearby
-Course/park was almost completely empty (weekday late morning)

Cons:

-Difficult to navigate even with a map.
-Teepads are mostly nonexistent except for a few holes.
-Some holes a little too close to other park users: I.e. swimming pool, playground and soccer fields
-Not a fan of the holes in the dry drainage ditch 7,8,16, and 17, only because it looks like they don't mow that area very often if at all

Other Thoughts:

Very nice course on the island of Maui, just bring a decent map because they layout can be confusing. Most of the confusion could be solved with more defined tee pads/markers. Overall I enjoyed my round at this course and would play it again.
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little oz
Bronze level trusted reviewer
Experience: 12.8 years 102 played 31 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Solid, Fun Course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Mar 26, 2014 Played the course:once

Pros:

-Good use of existing terrain, resulting in a fun variety of shots.
-Well thought out basket positions
-Good use of existing elevation changes. It has some really fun downhill tunnel throws
-Park setting has amenities for other members of your family.
-People using the park actually seemed aware if you were trying to throw and acted accordingly.

Cons:

With a map, you can figure out the course but it isn't easy.
Tee pads and signs would bump this course up at least .5

Other Thoughts:

I was pleasantly surprised when I played this course alone on a weekday. While some of the physical things still need work (pads/signs), you can tell that the course was designed by players for players and has great potential to improve. The shared baskets on a couple of holes don't seem to be problematic. Well done and thank you for a solid course on Maui!
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gt700
Experience: 16.9 years 168 played 13 reviews
3.00 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 29, 2013 Played the course:once

Pros:

Course starts in open field. Tee #1 is near yellow gate and plays to basket surrounded by pine trees. Tee #2 is down hill and basket is a dog leg left. Baskets # 3 & 4 are both out in open. No real tee boxes on any of first four baskets.
Hole # 5 is across parking lot,(follow pathway) thru another yellow gate, in between buildings and by a kids play area. Paint on ground marks Tee box 5. Most of the rest of tee boxes are marked with carpet pads. On hole # 12, you throw across a ditch. There are stairs, if you are looking at basket, on your left to get across.
Holes # 13 & 14 both use same basket. #14 tee box is near tennis courts. Tee box #15 is thru gulley. Little walk to get to it. Also you will want a spotter if grass is still long. Hole # 18 throws to hole # 5 basket, ( towards pool house building)

Cons:

Difficult to navigate. I asked a park employee where hole # 1 starts and they said " just start anywhere."
I found a couple of locals playing and they helped alot!
Hopefully a course map is made or maps put on-line.

Other Thoughts:

This is a permenant course near Maui's airport and shopping is also nearby.
Lots of wind and lots of potential!
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Spectralmonkey
Experience: 12.7 years 186 played 9 reviews
3.00 star(s)

first permanent public course on maui 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Mar 2, 2013 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

some nice elevation and other challenges
a valiant effort has been made by the locals to keep the course safe, challenging and fun.
a good variety of shots required in the middle section...
a fun course if you want to play some disc without the mission of poli poli ;)

Cons:

wind makes what might be an otherwise easy course very difficult.
plays in and around soccer fields, and pedestrian walkways... can be dangerous if your disc gets blown around or you dont have a spotter or have a bad shot.... could be disasterous
no tee pads... some tee off areas are not apparent whatsoever.
cris-crossing and shared baskets add to the confusion.
navigation might have been impossible without the help of some locals.

Other Thoughts:

we played doubles on wednesday afternoon and that was a nice way to learn the course. however after school lets out all the fields and walkways fill up with people. best to go in the morning.

it is a work in progress... baskets have been moved, and navigation re-routed a number of times and all the work was done by volunteers.
if you can imagine the work that has gone into the course it makes it worth a play just to honor all the efforts put forth. aloha!
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