Kapalua Resort facts for kids
Kapalua Resort is a beautiful place to visit in Kapalua, Hawaii. It's a famous golf and beach resort on the northwest side of Maui, an island in Hawaii. It's close to Lahaina, Hawaii. The resort is owned by a company called Maui Land & Pineapple Company.
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What is Kapalua Resort?
Kapalua Resort covers a huge area, about 22,000 acres (around 89 square kilometers). It stretches from green mountain tops to bays with lava rocks. The resort is surrounded by two nature preserves. These areas used to be fields where pineapple was grown.
You can find three lovely beaches here. There are also exciting Kapalua Adventures zipline tours. The resort has a spa called Kapalua Spa, which is about 5 acres (20,000 square meters) big. You can also find many restaurants and shops. One famous shop is the historic Honolua Store.
Kapalua Farms grows organic food like fresh produce and eggs. They sell these to the resort's restaurants and local people on Maui. You can even take tours to see how pineapples are grown!
The resort also has different places where people can live. These homes are found from the mountain slopes all the way to the beach. The Kapalua Ritz-Carlton Hotel is also part of the resort. You can rent many vacation homes here too. There is also a place to play tennis called the Kapalua Tennis Garden. Other services include the Kapalua Adventure Center and the Cafe Kapalua bistro.
Golf Courses at Kapalua
Kapalua Resort has two amazing golf courses. They are called The Bay Course and The Plantation Course.
The Bay Course
The Bay Course winds through old buildings and pretty tropical gardens. It goes all the way to the ocean. This course hosted a big golf tournament in 2008. It was called the Kapalua LPGA Classic. This was a full tournament for women golfers on the LPGA Tour.
The Plantation Course
The Plantation Course is a traditional golf course. It offers amazing views of the mountains and the ocean. Every January, this course hosts a special golf event. It is the first event of the year for the PGA Tour. Only golfers who won a tournament the year before can play in it. It's called the Sentry Tournament of Champions.
This tournament has had different sponsors over the years. From 2011 to 2016, Hyundai Motor Company was the sponsor. In 2018, Sentry Insurance became the sponsor.
The Plantation Course is special in a few ways. It is the only course on the PGA Tour that plays to a par 73. Most other courses play to a par between 70 and 72. It also has seven holes that are longer than 500 yards. But it also has six shorter par-4 holes (less than 400 yards). The course has big changes in height. For example, the 17th hole starts high on a mountain. The course then slopes down through the 18th hole. The 1st hole finishes the downhill path.
Both The Plantation Course and The Bay Course are owned by TY Management. Since April 1, 2011, a company called Troon Golf has been in charge of running the golf activities at both courses.
History of Kapalua
The Kapalua Resort was started by Colin Cameron. He was the son of J. Walter Cameron and the grandson of Henry Alexander Baldwin.
The resort is run by the Maui Land & Pineapple Company. The name kapa lua means "two borders" in the Hawaiian language. One of the beaches was named "Fleming's." It was named after David Thomas Fleming. He was the manager of Honolua Ranch. He helped bring pineapple farming to the area. His house from 1915 became a restaurant called Pineapple Hill in 1964. It closed in 1996.
