Grand Slam festivities begin at Po‘ipu

Get ready to see golf’s best, playing along with amatuers at the 2004 PGA Grand Slam of Golf at the Po‘ipu Bay Golf Course, Hyatt Regency Kaua‘i Resort and Spa. The action starts at 10:30 a.m. today and championship play kicks off between the pros tomorrow and continues on Wednesday, starting at 9 a.m. on both days.

Tickets are available in advance or at the door. Visit PGA.com or call 1-800-PGA-TCKT for ticket info. Tickets for the Pro-Am are $10. Tickets for the entire event (Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday) are $40. Tuesday and Wednesday tickets are $20 each day.

In an effort to encourage attendance of juniors, free juniors tickets will be offered to children 17 years of age and under who must be accompanied by a ticketed adult. Junior tickets are available at all admission gates. Gate hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday, and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday.

This is the 22nd PGA Grand Slam of Golf and 11th straight year its being held on Kaua‘i at the Po‘ipu Bay Golf Course and the Hyatt Regency Kaua‘i Resort and Spa.

The PGA Grand Slam of Golf has the most difficult entry requirement of any event in golf.

Each year, The PGA of America only invites the winners of the four major championships: The Masters, U.S. Open, British Open, and The PGA Championship.

The participants compete for a $1 million purse, with the champion taking home $400,000. The PGA Grand Slam of Golf is a 36-hole stroke-play competition conducted over two days. TNT will televise the PGA Grand Slam of Golf to more than 88.9 million U.S. homes and to an international audience in more than 100 countries in a prime-time telecast. TNT Broadcast Times: Tues, Nov. 23: 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. (HST), Wed. Nov. 24: 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. (HST).

The 2004 participants are Phil Mickelson (2004 Masters champion), Retief Goosen (2004 U.S. Open champion), Todd Hamilton (2004 British Open champion), and Vijay Singh (2004 PGA Championship).

On the Web: www.pga.com /grandslam/2004/