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Senior PGA Tour
sets sights on Hawaii

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Star-Bulletin staff

Pick a player on the Senior PGA Tour.

Any player.

Chances are he's going to be here for this week's $1.5 million Turtle Bay Championship at the Palmer Course of the Turtle Bay Resorts.

Hale Irwin?

He'll be here.

So, too, will be Bruce Fleisher.

And if you add such notables as Bob Gilder, Jim Thorpe, Dana Quigley, Bobby Wadkins, Allen Doyle, John Jacobs, Hubert Green, Don Pooley, Isao Aoki, Gary McCord and J.C. Snead, the 54-hole tournament that starts Friday looks to be up for grabs.

The favorite, however, has to be Irwin.

Since joining the senior circuit in 1995, Irwin has won 35 titles -- including the Seniors Championship and U.S. Senior Open. He leads the tour's money list with $2,604,041 and combined with his winnings on the PGA Tour, Irwin has pocketed more than $8 million.

Last year, Irwin held off a fast charging Jacobs to finish with an 11-under 205 and a three-stroke victory.

The win was No. 32 for Irwin and worth $225,000.

Tickets are $10 per day or $20 for a three-day pass.

For more information, call 808-545-1588.

Waikoloa to host its first Women's Golf Challenge

The Waikoloa Beach Resort will host its first Waikoloa Women's Golf Challenge Oct. 25-27, an event for the fledgling Hawaii State Women's Golf Foundation.

"We're very proud to be the headquarters of the Hawaii State Women's Golf Foundation's first event," said Thos Rohr, Waikoloa Land Company president. "We intend to make it a fun and stimulating weekend that the women who attend will be talking about for a long time."

Play will begin Oct. 26 at the Kings' Course and move to the Beach Course on Oct. 27.

The inaugural tournament will feature a golf clinic by Waikoloa Touring Pro Cindy Rarick.

"We appreciate Waikoloa's interest in supporting women golfers, by joining our Founders Circle and by putting together such a great inaugural tournament for us," said Lily Yao, co-chair of the Foundation.

Registration packets are available by calling 808-886-7888. The deadline is October 7.

Junior Achievement's annual golf classic set

The Junior Achievement of Hawaii will hold its annual Golf Classic on Oct. 8 at the Kapolei Golf Course.

The fee is $450 for a three-person team, $150 per individual, and includes two mulligans per player and special hole-in-one contests on par 3s.

According to a news release from the Junior Achievement of Hawaii, more than 13,000 students and 500 volunteer mentors will work together in Junior Achievement's economic education program this year.

Volunteers can sign up for classes on Oahu, Maui and Hilo.

Junior Achievement of Hawaii has educated and inspired thousands of young people to value free enterprise and learn success skills since 1957.