GOLF WATCH
Happy golf year
IT'S a happy 2001 for Hawaii's swingers and Tiger Woods, starting with the PGA Tour's Mercedes Championships next week at Kapalua, Maui.
Here's the 2001 golf calendar you can clip and save:
January
11-14 -- Mercedes Championships, Kapalua Plantation.
18-21 -- Sony Open in Hawaii, Waialae CC.
19-21 -- MasterCard Championship, Hualalai Resort.
27-28 -- Senior Skins Game, Wailea Gold.
February
8-10 -- LPGA Takefuji Classic, Kona CC.
9-11 -- Hawaii Pearl Open, Pearl CC.
15-17 -- Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open, Kapolei GC.
15-17 -- TaylorMade Intercollegiate, Waikoloa.
17-18 -- HPLGA Four-Ball, Makalena GC.
16-18 -- Hilo Invitational, Hilo Municipal.
21-23 -- John Burns Intercollegiate, Leilehua GC.
24-25 HPLGA Four-Ball, Makalena GC.
March
5-6 -- Pro Link Pro Pro Championship, Ko Olina GC.
8-11 -- Hawaii State Amateur, Pearl CC.
19 -- ILH Championships, Oahu CC.
19-20 -- HSWGA Team Challenge, Kapolei GC.
24-25 -- Big Island Candies Scotch Four-Ball, Hapuna.
27-29 -- Rainbow Wahine Invitational, Olomana.
April
16 -- OIA Championships, Oahu CC.
19-22 -- Mid-Pacific Open, Mid-Pacific CC.
24 -- Senior Women's Better Ball, Hickam Mamala Bay.
May
3-4 -- HHSAA Girls Championship, Dunes at Maui Lani.
4-6 -- Navy-Marine Invitational, Navy-Marine.
5-7 -- Verizon Hawaii Hall of Fame, Kapalua Plantation.
10-11 -- HHSAA Boys Championship, Kapalua Bay.
12-13 -- Francis Brown 4-Ball, Makalena GC.
18-20 -- Jennie K. Invitational, Mid-Pacific CC.
19-20 -- Francis Brown Four-Ball, Ewa Villages.
26-27 -- Hawaii Okinawan Invitational, Pali GC.
June
1-3 -- Maui Open. (TBA).
4-9 -- Manoa Cup, Oahu CC.
15-17 -- Sports Shinko Rainbow Open, Mililani GC.
22-23 -- Moanalua Women's Invitational, Moanalua GC.
22-24 -- Ashworth Kapalua Clambake, Kapalua Resort.
25-29 -- HSWGA Match Play Championship, Oahu CC.
July
5-8 -- Mauna Kea Pro-Am, Mauna Kea Resort.
12-13 -- Pua Melia Women's Tournament, Olomana.
12-13, 15 -- OCC Men's Invitational, Oahu CC.
15-16 -- Aloha Section PGA Club Pro Championship (TBA).
16-17 -- Waialae Women's Invitational, Waialae CC.
17 -- USGA Women's Amateur Sectional Qualifying, Mid-Pacific CC.
25-27 -- Golf Concepts Aloha Section 4-Ball Match Play Championship, Oahu CC.
August
3-5 -- Army Invitational, Leilehua & Kalakaua GC.
5-8 -- AT&T Stroke Play Championship/ Club Pro qualifying , Mauna Kea Resort.
7-9 -- HSWGA Stroke Play Championship, Mid-Pacific CC
20-21 -- Aloha Section PGA Assistants,, Ko Olina GC.
27-28 -- John Burns Governor's Cup, Koolau GC.
30-Sept. 1-2 -- Barber's Point Invitational, Barber's Point.
September
1-2 -- Hapuna Roundup, Hapuna.
5 -- HSWGA Senior Women, Navy-Marine GC.
8-9 -- Korean Invitational, Pali GC.
11 -- USGA Mid-Amateur Qualifying (men) , Oahu CC.
9-12 -- Aloha Section Match Play, Makaha West.
14-16 -- Hickam Invitational, Hickam Mamala Bay.
28-30 -- Waikoloa Open, Waikoloa Village.
29-30 -- Mayor's Cup, Ala Wai GC.
October
5-7 --Kaanapali Classic, Royal Kaanapali North.
20-21 -- HSWGA Neighbor Island Tournament (TBA).
23-24 -- State Senior Amateur, Leilehua GC.
24-27 -- Williams Hawaii State Open, Makena South.
November
9-11 -- Kauai Open, Wailua.
20-21 -- PGA Grand Slam of Golf, Poipu Bay Resort.
December
5-6 -- EZ Go Pro-Assistant Championship, Hualalai.
10 -- Aloha Section PGA Sony Qualifying, Waialae CC.
