kapalua Stories - Waggle Room
How A Winners-Only Event Can Become a Loser
There are 28 golfers gathered at Kapalua for the season-opening SBS Championship. All of them qualified for the tournament by winning a PGA Tour event in the season prior. It's kind of like the Pro Bowl - golf's all-star game, but after the season is effectively over. In the same way, the SBS...
Breaking News: PGA Tour Steals Discarded LPGA Tour Sponsor
The PGA Tour literally just sent out a press release saying that Seoul Broadcasting System has agreed to a new 10 year deal to sponsor the season-opening event in Hawaii. PGA TOUR Commissioner Tim Finchem and Sang Chun, President, SBS International, a division of Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS),...
The 19th Hole Golf Show - 1/13/09
On this week's episode: We kick off the show by talking about the decision that Jose Maria Olazabal has to make concerning the 2010 European Ryder Cup captaincy. Then, Jay Busbee, editor of Yahoo! Sports' Devil Ball Golf blog comes on to discuss Kapalua, the PGA Tour season debut, and Golf...
What to Do With Kapalua?
The chatter off the course this week at the Mercedes Benz Championship surrounded the future of the event after next season. PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem was lukewarm on the subject. Kapalua seemed to care, but that was about it. The level of apathy about this event is palpable from many...
The Future of the Hawaii Swing is Uncertain
Paul Arnett has been covering this story well for the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Robert Collias adds in an interview with NBC and Golf Channel analyst - and Hawaii citizen - Mark Rolfing about the PGA Tour's wavering commitment to Kapalua beyond 2010. ''It doesn't mean we will do anything...
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