Posted at 12:45 p.m., Tuesday, January 9, 2007
Skins Game leaving Maui; may move to Kauai
Advertiser Staff
Taking a page from the PGA Grand Slam of Golf, the Wendy's Champions Skins Game will also be changing venues after this week's event on Maui. Tournament director Barry Helle confirmed it would be the final year the senior skins would be played at Wailea Resort.The tournament, one of the rare opportunities to watch Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus play, has been at Wailea the last seven years after a long stretch at Mauna Lani. PGA Tour officials hinted Sunday that senior skins might move to another island."
Kaua'i could be the first choice. It lost the Grand Slam to Bermuda after last November's event and no longer has a pro tournament.
A press release from Wailea said that as the resort continues to evolve, it is "looking to explore other marketing options to continue being one of the world's top golf destinations."
This year's senior skins begins with Friday's Pro-Am at Wailea Gold. The first nine holes will be Saturday morning and the final nine Sunday. The purse is $770,000. Teams are defending champions Dana Quigley and Raymond Floyd, Arnold Palmer and Loren Roberts, Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson and Gary Player and Jay Haas.
