• Results from golf event • Kiahuna to close down nine holes • Race starts on August 16 • Mokihana to hold meet Results from golf event The Koloa Plantation Days Poipu Bay Golf Course Golf Putting Contest was held
• Results from golf event
• Kiahuna to close down nine holes
• Race starts on August 16
• Mokihana to hold meet
Results from golf event
The Koloa Plantation Days Poipu Bay Golf Course Golf Putting Contest was held on Thursday from 2 to 4 p.m.
Tie for first Place
Al Lacro – Visiting from Washington State
Ron Kamibayashi of Omao
First place prizes: One Round of Golf at Poipu Bay Resort, Poipu Bay shirt and cap and Golf Balls.
Second place
Michael Bretting from Michigan
Second place prize: Poipu Bay Shirt & Cap and Golf Balls
Tie for third place
Tim Mira and Myron Jim
Prizes PGA tickets and golf balls.
Kiahuna to close down nine holes
The Kiahuna Golf Club will start the renovation of the golf course on Tuesday as the front nine holes of the course will be closed for approximately two to four months.
After three and half months of planning, the new owner’s of KGC are ready to start repairing the bunkers, ponds and planting of turf at the course.
KGC was designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr. The golf course opened 19 years ago.
The new owners of the course have vowed to “restore the golf course to its original luster.”
The plan is to “correct all of the golf course problems that have been put on hold with the previous ownership and enhance many of the Hawaiian historical features that make the property so special.”
The revonations include, repair bunkers, pond liners, level tees, reestablish green sizes and tee sizes, planting of paspalium turf for the tees, greens and surrounds, planting 419 Bermuda turf for the rough grass and tree trimming and brush clearing.
Race starts on August 16
The Aston Hotels and Resorts HSCA race series will hold the Aston Na Holo Kai Challenge on August 16.
Sailing canoe crews will race from Haleiwa, O‘ahu to Kaua‘i.
All races in the series are “iron style”. This means that crews do not switch during the races, which can range from 40-95 miles long. Sailing crews can reach speeds of 20 knots an hour and waves can reach heights of 15 feet.
For more information, call Terri Galpin at 262-4681.
Mokihana to hold meet
The Mokihana Aquatics Swim Club will hold their fourth annual Fun Meet on August 2-3 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The Fun Meet will feature approximately eight teams from around the state and the mainland. The event will be held at Kaua‘i High School.
Among the teams at the event will be the Mau‘i Gold and Swim Clubs as well as the Kaneohe Swim Clubs.
