I agree with you Ryan on the benefit of a Hawaii stop, not just because it would be good for Hawaii. The Kapalua Classic was positioned to allow the players to make the jump from Mainland to Hawaii to Asia. The LPGA players I spoke with, even the girls not in the multi million dollar brackets, loved playing here and made the trip because it made it worth going to Asia.

If they can’t sell the LPGA after that Solheim Cup and the US win, the LPGA should ask the PGA to please take it under it’s umbrella. The LPGA hasn’t done a good job of selling itself. The LPGA doesn’t do a good job of communicating to the outside. It seems bent on internal strife/affairs rather than performing as a team to win in business and sales, where the money is. It’s been like that since my first encounter at the Takefuji Classic in Kona and the Cup Noodles on Oahu.

The people I’ve come across from the LPGA act as though they are an exclusive club only the privileged can access.
The perfect example was during the Ko Olina fiasco when the media didn’t take pictures because the LPGA wanted to own them. No pictures, no coverage, no glitz.