GOLF BRIEFS
State junior golf has four seminars on tap
Advertiser Staff
The Hawai'i State Junior Golf Association's first seminar is Sunday and the early schedule also includes yoga and college workshops, and a rules clinic:
Sunday: Positive Focus, mental skills seminar for juniors, 9 a.m. to noon at Ko'olau Golf Club. Topics include a variety of sports psychology techniques, self control, confidence and positive internal dialogue. Hands-on session incorporates new techniques with juniors' pre-shot routines around the green. Cost is $25 and includes golf edition of "Positive Focus: The Mental Edge." Information: 258-5187 or 728-5443.
Feb. 28: Yo-Golf Workshop, at Naniloa Country Club, Hilo, 10 a.m. to noon. Incorporating yoga techniques to help flexibility, balance, strength, concentration and focus. Adults and juniors welcome. Cost for HSJGA members and siblings is $10 per person, two for $15 or three for $20. Non-members' cost is $20. Call 532-0559 or download application at hsjga.org.
March 14: College Workshop, at Wailua Municipal Golf Course on Kaua'i, noon to 2 p.m. Open to adults and juniors, geared to middle school and high school students contemplating attending college as a student-athlete. Free for HSJGA members and $5 for non-members. Call 532-0559 or download application at hsjga.org. Must register by Feb. 27.
March 28-May 8: Statewide USGA Rules Clinics, free for members, $5 for non-members. Call 532-0559 or download application at hsjga.org. Dates are March 28 (Wailua Municipal, March 15 registration deadline), April 24 (Hawai'i Prince, April 12 deadline), April 25 (Naniloa, April 12 deadline), May 8 (Dunes at Maui Lani, April 26 deadline).
TV show will feature Wie
This week's "Golf Hawai'i" shows feature 14-year-old Michelle Wie, who spoke to host Mark Rolfing soon after shooting a 2-under-par 68 to miss the cut by one at the Sony Open in Hawai'i. Wie talks to Rolfing about her game and career.
Other segments are about Maui's Makena Resort, a tip on playing the par-5s "backwards," and Rolfing's thoughts on Wie's impact on golf.
"Golf Hawai'i" airs weekly on The Golf Channel through March. This week's show premiered Tuesday and is being re-run tonight at 10, Saturday at 7 a.m. and Monday at 8 a.m.
Hawai'i resorts get gold medals
Hawai'i is home to eight of Golf Magazine's 25 "Gold Medal Resorts" and three of its "50 Silver Medal Resorts." The biennial lists are in the March issue, out this week.
A survey sent to the magazine's subscribers determined the lists. Readers rated a maximum of six resorts they had visited by grading how each performed in various categories. Sixty percent of these categories were "golf-specific," forty percent addressed "meals, accommodations, service, and other resort attributes."
The Hawai'i gold medalists are, in alphabetical order: Four Seasons Resort Hualalai, Kapalua, Kaua'i Marriott, Lodge at Ko'ele, Manele Bay Hotel, Mauna Lani, Princeville and Wailea Resort.
Silver medalists are Hyatt Regency Kaua'i/Po'ipu Bay, Makena Resort/Westin Maui Prince Hotel and Mauna Kea.
SHORT PUTTS: The Willie K Charity Golf Tournament will be Saturday, April 10, at Ka'anapali's North Golf Course. A banquet and concert follow at Royal Lahaina Resort, with Willie K and friends. The event will raise money for the Maui Memorial Medical Center Oncology Department. Registration is at 6:45 a.m. with an 8 a.m. tee off. Cost for each four-person team is $750 (limit 36 teams) and includes a continental breakfast, banquet dinner and entertainment. Call 243-3072 or 870-5171 on Maui for information. ... Balance Point Golf Schools are at Kaua'i Lagoons this month and Ko Olina next month. The one- to four-day schools focus on different aspects of the game. Founder Jim Waldron integrates physical mechanics with mechanical conditioning. Call (800) 898-4563 or visit balancepointgolf.com to register.
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Jonathan Ota, who beat Michelle Wie to win low amateur honors at the Hawai'i Pearl Open, when asked if he would now be known as "Uncle Jonathan":
"Kevin (Hayashi) has got that. I heard it was UncleKevin.com."
