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MEDIA RELEASE Dates: Jan. 16-22, 2012 Course: Hualalai Golf Course; Kaupulehu-Kona, Hawaii Par/Yards: 36-36—72/7,107 Year Opened: 1996 Course Designer: Jack Nicklaus Field: 41 professionals Format: 54-hole stroke-play event with no cut. Purse: $1,800,000 Television: Golf Channel; 1:30-4 p.m. Friday; 2:30-5 p.m. Saturday; 2:30-5 p.m. Sunday THE 2021 CHAMPIONS TOUR: This year marks the 33rd anniversary [...]

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Special to Hawaii 24/7 Gail Masunaga recorded his first hole-in-one Friday, Nov. 25 at Kona Country Club. When everyone was at the stores Christmas shopping the day after Thanksgiving, Masunaga relaxed and went golfing on the Mountain Course at Kona Country Club. It turned out to be a memorable day for the owner of Masunaga [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE The PGA TOUR and Mitsubishi Electric have announced an extension of their official marketing partnership and title sponsorship of the Champions Tour’s season-opening Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai through 2015. The Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai is scheduled for Jan. 16-22, 2012, and features an elite field of the past two seasons’ tournament [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE Tournament officials from the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai have presented charitable donations to the Rotary Club of Kona and the Big Island Junior Golf Association. On hand to present the checks, courtesy of the January 2011 event January, were Mitsubishi Electric Cooling & Heating (HVAC) Senior Vice President and General Manager Bill [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE The award-winning Hapuna Golf Course is offering an unforgettable promotion for kamaaina during the 2011 NFL season called “Kamaaina NFL Sunday Night Football Pick.” Kamaaina with a valid Hawaii Drivers License or Hawaii State ID may come and play a round every week and select the winner of the upcoming Sunday Night NFL [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Francis H. Ii Brown Golf Courses at Mauna Lani are celebrating 30 years of golf on the spectacular Kohala Coast of the Big Island with a 30 percent discount. Receive 30 percent off when you play the Classic Course on July 2 – the original 18 holes that opened in July 1981. [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE Hapuna Golf Course, one of the top rated golf courses on the Big Island, has unveiled the Hapuna Five-Oh Promotion for kamaaina. Kamaaina with a Hawaii drivers license or state ID will have the opportunity to purchase the Hapuna Five-Oh Card for $199 plus tax. The Hapuna Five-Oh Card will enable guests to [...]

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Top-ranked Lynn University won the title at even-par 864. They were followed by Abilene Christian (878), Cal State Monterey Bay and Central Oklahoma (881), Central Missouri State (885), Newberry (890), Fort Lewis and Barton (894), Barry (899), Columbus State (901), Sonoma State and Hawaii Hilo (902), Indiana-PA (906), Colorado State-Pueblo (908), Missouri-St. Louis (928), Cameron (930), St.Thomas Aquinas.

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MEDIA RELEASE The 16th Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament tees off Friday, May 20 at the Hualalai Golf Course. Fun on the Jack Nicklaus Signature links includes contests for hole-in-one, closest to the pin on all par 3s and men’s and ladies’ longest drives. The hole-in-one winner takes home a 2011 Honda Civic 4DR [...]

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Corey Kozuma’s steady play has moved the freshman a stroke behind first place at the NCAA Division II Golf Championship on the Robert Trent Jones – The Shoals Fighting Joe Course in Florence, Ala.

After starting the day with a pair of bogeys, Kozuma went 4-under-par the rest of the way to turn in a 2-under-par 70 and sit at 2-under-par 142 after two rounds.

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The University of Hawaii at Hilo golf team is in Florence, Ala. for the 2011 NCAA Division II Golf Championships held on the Robert Trent Jones – The Shoals Fighting Joe Course, Monday, May 16 – Friday, May 20.

There will be 108 total participants among the 20 teams competing in the tournament representing 14 different states including eight individual qualifiers challenging the 7,126-yard, par-72 course.

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Chad Suzuki of Waiakea is top Big Isle golfer with a 9th place finish. Teammates Casey Tamura (12th) and Dalen Yamauchi (14th) helped Waiakea secure fourth place in the state. — Find out more www.sportshigh.com

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