• Kaua’i golfers make Sony Open • Girls’ 12U basketball signups end this week • ‘Horse Whisperer’ coming to Kaua’i Kaua’i golfers make Sony Open Ron Castillo, Jr. (36-34-70) of the Kiahuna Golf Club and Pearl Country Club’s David Ishii
• Kaua’i golfers make Sony Open
• Girls’ 12U basketball signups end this week
• ‘Horse Whisperer’ coming to Kaua’i
Kaua’i golfers make Sony Open
Ron Castillo, Jr. (36-34-70) of the Kiahuna Golf Club and Pearl Country Club’s David Ishii (33-37-70) gained the two available spots for the Aloha Section PGA member-only qualifying round for the Sony Open on O’ahu next January.
Jonathan Ota (38-37-75) was awarded the fourth and final spot, winning the first playoff hole between Mike Kim (40-35-75).
A third spot was granted to the Aloha Section PGA Player of the Year, Kevin Hayashi.
Fifty-one professionals teed off at the par 72 Waialae Country Club on Monday, Dec. 8 for the two spots in the 2004 Sony Open.
The Aloha Section PGA will also run the open Monday qualifier for the 2004 Sony Open in Hawai’i on Monday, Jan. 12 at the Pearl Country Club in which four spots will qualify for the event.
Entry forms are available online at http://aloha.pga.com or by calling the Section office at (808) 593-2230.
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Girls’ 12U basketball signups end this week
The 2003-04 County of Kaua’i Agency on Recreation will have registration for the Girls’ 12 and Under basketball program starting on Monday, Nov. 24 through Friday, Dec. 12.
The age determining date for participants is the age they will be on Dec. 31.
Applications are available at all neighborhood centers on the island.
A coaches meeting for the Girls 12 and Under program will take place on Thursday, Dec. 18 at the Lihu’e Civic Center at 7 p.m.
For more information, call 332-7630.
‘Horse Whisperer’ coming to Kaua’i
One of America’s renowned horsemen, Buck Brannaman, will lead a horsemanship clinic at Princeville Ranch in January.
Anyone with a love for horses would agree that there is a neverending relationship of learning between man and horse.
Brannaman has been leading horsemanship clinics for the past 20 years.
He teaches horse owners of all kinds how to better understand and work with animals through a relationship based on respect rather than force.
Brannaman’s method focuses on reading horses’ body language and making them feel secure so horse and rider can achieve a true union.
Brannaman was the main character in the best-selling novel and movie “The Horse Whisperer.” He wrote an autobiography in 2001, “The Faraway Horses.” He’s working on a new book, “Believe the Way We Want to Be.”
Those who are not riding may observe the class for $25 per day.
Call Lucinda Michetti at 635-5152 or 828-1010 to get more details.
