Wailea Golf Club is selling specially designed shirts and hats in memory of Lynne Chow to raise money for free breast cancer screenings and the Hawai'i State Women's Golf Foundation.

Chow, a golf distributor and women's golf supporter, died of breast cancer in January after a 10-year fight.

Tehama, one of the golf lines Chow represented, created a special women's golf polo shirt in her honor, with pink dots and the breast cancer logo. It is 57 percent cotton, 38 percent rayon and 5 percent spandex. The price is $70.82.

Imperial Headwear, another one of Chow's lines, donated hats that are selling for $20. Pink or white visors have the pink ribbon and say Celebrate Life, while pink or black caps feature the ribbon.

Both are on sale at Wailea's pro shops, or by calling 808-875-5151 on Maui, or emailing proshop@waileagolf.com.

Net proceeds will help cover costs of mammogram screenings at Maui Memorial Medical Center for those who cannot afford them, through the center's foundation. A donation will also be made to HSWGF.

Each October, Wailea sponsors a fundraiser to support the fight against breast cancer.

"We're happy to be able to support Maui Memorial and the HSWGF in Lynne's name, to help save the lives of women in our community and to support young golfers," said Anne Takabuki, president and general manager of Wailea Golf. "I know Lynne would have liked that."

Chow's daughter, Marissa, was this year's ILH champion. One of Chow's sisters, Lenore Rittenhouse, played on the LPGA tour.

Shannon Abarra, Alina Ching, Kalea Heu, Cassy Isagawa and Miki Ueoka received travel stipends this year from the HSWGF.

LPGA TOUR

WIE TEES OFF TODAY IN OCHOA TOURNEY

Michelle Wie is back on tour this week, and her odds of winning are improving.

Wie is playing in the Lorena Ochoa Invitational, starting today at Guadalajara Country Club in Mexico — where Ochoa grew up. There are 36 players in the field.

Wie, a Punahou graduate and Stanford student, has also qualified for next week's inaugural LPGA Tour Championship in Houston, the LPGA's final event of the season. She hasn't played since since the Navistar LPGA Classic a month ago and is still taping and icing a sore ankle.

At the LPGA's weekly press conference, which always includes Wie, she talked about the "internal and external pressure" on her to win, consistency and coming to terms with her "crazy life."

"I've just come to terms that my life isn't going to be perfect all the time," Wie said. "I've just been stressing about it a lot less. Golf is just a game, and life, if you're not happy, then it's not worth it, whatever you're doing.

"Life's been pretty good. I've been pretty fortunate. Just been trying to find the good things and realize that I am fortunate. I think Stanford, also, is very helpful. It does cause a lot of stress in my life at times, but I think the friends definitely make up for it and the life experiences I gain."

Wie goes out at 8:39 a.m. Hawai'i time today, with Paula Creamer and Suzann Pettersen. All four rounds will be on The Golf Channel, starting at 11 a.m. here.

NOTES

Former Rainbow Wahine Cindy Rarick has been chosen to play in the fourth annual Handa Cup, Dec. 5 to 7 in St. Augustine, Fla. The Legends Tour's season-ending event is sponsored by Haruhisa Handa, a Japanese philanthropist, artist and businessman. It pits U.S.-born LPGA Legends professionals against a team of World Legends professionals in an international match-play competition. The U.S. has won the last four Cups. The U.S. team also includes World Golf Hall of Famers Kathy Whitworth (captain), Beth Daniel, Amy Alcott, Pat Bradley, JoAnne Carner, Sandra Haynie and Patty Sheehan.

Ko Olina Golf Club's annual Fall Sale Event will be Nov. 21, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Select apparel, equipment and accessories are up to 75 percent off. There will also be a free Get Golf Ready/Family Fun Day at the same time on the range. Call 676-5300 for more information.

More than 4,400 golf facilities across the country participated in this year's third annual Patriot Golf Day, raising some $1.9 million for the Folds of Honor Foundation. Patriot Golf Day, jointly supported by The PGA of America and the United States Golf Association, is the primary fundraiser for Folds of Honor, which provides post-secondary educational scholarships for children and spouses of military service men and women killed or disabled while serving. A total of 569 educational scholarships have been awarded the last two years.