Maui Land &Pineapple Co. filed counterclaims in court late Monday night against five entities suing the company over an irrigation water shortage that led the PGA to scrap a prestigious January 2026 golf tournament worth $50 million to Maui’s economy.

The former pineapple plantation operator alleges that the owner of two golf courses, three homeowners associations and one organic farm in Kapalua, which sued MLP in August, jeopardized the safety of the Kapalua community by using water barred by restrictions throughout June and three days in August.

MLP also contends in its legal filing that the water shortage isn’t due to any failure of its own to maintain the company’s delivery system, as plaintiffs contend.

“The problem is not MLP’s system; the problem is there has not been enough rain

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