WAILUA — Kauai will host this year’s Big West Conference men’s golf championships.
The University of Hawaii is the host this year, and the league championships will be held at Wailua Golf Course on April 29-30.
“Nine schools in the Big West, and everybody’s in,” said Hawaii men’s golf head coach Ronn Miyashiro during the John A. Burns Intercollegiate tournament at the Wailua Golf Course. “Everybody plays, and whoever wins goes to the NCAA Championships.”
He added: “The schools are on rotation. Every school hosts, and it just so happens this is our year. When we looked at our opportunities to host on Oahu, and there weren’t too many for us. So, we went to the next best thing. We got a really good event on a very, very good golf course here on Kauai during the regular season. It made sense for us to try and see if we can come back here. This has been over a year-and-a-half in planning now.”
UH senior and Kapaa High School alumnus Bryden Salvador has a chance to play on his home course one more time as a collegiate.
“He gets a chance to try. The difference is that in the Big West Championships, only five guys play,” Miyashiro said. “So, he’s going to have to put in the work to get in that lineup for that week, and see if he can finish his career basically on his home track.”
Miyashiro said to his knowledge, Kauai has not yet hosted the league championship tournament.
“We’ve hosted the conference championships. When we were in the WAC (Western Athletic Conference), we hosted one year at Turtle Bay, early 2000s maybe,” Miyashiro said. “But not Kauai for hosting a conference championships, so it’s the first here. So, we’re excited.”
