Strangely, PGA Tour communications manager Doug Milne never got back to me regarding our credential hold-ups at the SONY Open in Hawaii, even after I sent him two emails asking why we were never [...]
The finalé wasn’t exactly picture-perfect, but the Hyundai Tournament of Champions, at the Mark & Debi Rolfing Charitable Foundation, will be remembered, at least by me, for its brilliant [...]
I arrived to see the conclusion of the third round of the 2011 Hyundai Tournament of Champions at Kapalua and part of my mission was to get a PGA Tour media official to ‘fess up’ and [...]
Maui got hit by several heavy storms this week and as of today, The Dunes is among the courses that has been hit very hard. You may recall that only a week ago Kahili was hammered and was forced [...]
While I found myself in the midst of my own tempest during the Hyundai TOC, barely a day has passed after its conclusion before the islands got hit hard by heavy rains, and writers like Rex [...]
The finalé wasn’t exactly picture-perfect, but the Hyundai Tournament of Champions, at the Mark & Debi Rolfing Charitable Foundation, will be remembered, at least by me, for its [...]
A Kona wind turned the tables on the elite winners-only 32-player field at Kapalua today. Normally a 3-wood and wedge for these players, No. 1 was the most difficult hole on course with no [...]
It was a sunny, balmy late afternoon outside of the main cart staging area of the Kapalua Plantation course’s clubhouse, and Jim Furyk’s dad, Mike, was talking story with course head [...]
Justin Rose was out on the 13th green rolling his putts on its huge surface, frying to get a handle on the speed and grain. He’s from the UK (by way of S. Africa), and if you’ve ever [...]
For years, the air at Kapalua was a tad too thick for me, and I just couldn’t bring myself to go up there more than once or twice a year. This was especially bad during the Mercedes days, [...]
While the same names who have brought us so many great years of championship golf at Kapalua continue to be the face of the resort’s famed PGA Tour season-opening event—namely Gary Planos, [...]
I visited the new Village Cafe and Sweet Shoppe today and must say that Stuart and Debbie Katz and two busy bees. For those of you who don't know who they Katz couple is, they run a charity event [...]
I paid a visit to Marry Helle at Wailea Old Blue today and he said play has picked up this week. He had over 150 golfers on S. Maui’s first resort course yesterday, and expected about the [...]
The stormy weather of late caused mudslides at Kahili and the course was temporarily forced to send golfers around the front nine twice. This pushed a lot of play over to the Dunes and elsewhere. [...]
While most were baking cookies or enjoying a family dinner on Christmas eve, a mass of tourists arrived on Maui for the holidays. I was standing in Kahului airport: meeting and greeting them [...]
After two days of light rain showers threatened to cloud the inaugural U.S. Kids Golf Kaanapali Hawaiian Classic, the sun reared its shining face this morning and cast a brilliant Hawaiian light [...]
