Maui Sports

Golf Digest has bestowed two honors on the Wailea Golf Club and its learning center, the Wailea Golf Academy.

The Sentry Tournament of Champions announced its final field of competitors for the upcoming event, with 39 PGA TOUR winners from the 2021 calendar year officially committing to the PGA TOUR’s annual stop on Maui.

The Sentry Tournament of Champions features new fan activations and expanded food options at the Taste of Maui and FanTime on Nine when the event returns to The Planation Course at Kapalua from Jan. 5-9, 2022.

At the Sentry Tournament of Champions that runs Jan. 5-9, a new fan feature, the Art Walk presented by Maui Jim, will have original artwork for viewing and online auction between hole Nos. 3 and 9 at The Planation Course at Kapalua.

Four of the world’s leading all abilities golfers from four different countries will compete in the ISPS HANDA All Abilities Champions Playoff, which will be contested Jan. 6 and 7 during the first and second rounds of the Sentry Tournament of Champions at Kapalua’s Bay Course and The Plantation Course.

The 2022 Sentry Tournament of Champions is now offering ticket packages for the whole family for the Maui event.

The University of Hawaiʻi announced it will not participate in the EasyPost Hawaiʻi Bowl against Memphis due to COVID-19 related issues. The game was scheduled for today, Christmas Eve, at the Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex.

Kalama Intermediate School held a dedication event for their new outdoor playcourt on Friday, Dec. 17.  The newly covered playcourt will be used for Physical Education classes and will provide the school with a new outdoor space with rain protection.  The project began nearly 20 years ago and has come to fruition with the help […]

In the First Hawaiian Bank/HHSAA Football State Championships doubleheader on Dec. 23, #1 Lahainaluna High School will play will #2 ‘Iolani School in the Division I title football game at 3 p.m, followed by #2 Saint Louis and #1 Kahuku at 7 p.m. in the Division I‐Open championship.

World No. 1 Jon Rahm, Bryson DeChambeau, Brooks Koepka, and Tony Finau – all competitors during the recent Ryder Cup – are the latest players to commit to the 2022 Sentry Tournament of Champions winners-only event when it returns to The Plantation Course at Kapalua from January 5-9.

The Hawaiʻi Adaptive Surf Team placed fifth in the world at the 2021 Pismo Beach ISA World Para Surfing Championships, with 38-year-old Aaron Paulk of Makawao taking third in the menʻs Visually Impaired 2 Division.

Since the event is virtual again this year, participants will be able to run the 8.15-mile foot race at any location they chose, at any time, from  Feb. 18 to 21, 2022.

The first-round match between Mililani and Kamehameha-Maui in the HHSAA Division I Girls Volleyball State Championship has been rescheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 8, 3:30 p.m. at the Kamehameha School-Maui campus. The match was rescheduled due to campus closures and unsafe travel conditions as severe weather pounded Maui County causing flash flooding and power outages. 

The World Surf League Michelob ULTRA Pure Gold Haleiwa Challenger, the final stop of the 2021 Challenger Series, is back ON with the men’s Quarterfinals starting at 8:05 a.m. HST in eight-to-ten foot swell at Haleiwa on Oʻahu. The Men’s Semifinals are on standby along with the women’s Round of 32.

The World Surf League Michelob ULTRA Pure Gold Haleiwa Challenger, the final stop of the 2021 Challenger Series, is back ON with men’s Round of 32 starting at 8:05 a.m. HST in 8-10 foot surf at Haleiwa.

The World Surf League Michelob ULTRA Pure Gold Haleiwa Challenger, the final stop of the 2021 Challenger Series, is back ON. The event resumed at 8:05 a.m. HST with the men’s Round 2 Heats 9-16 beginning the action in a 4-6 foot swell. Women are set to make their debut in Round 1 immediately following men’s action.

Event organizers continued the holding pattern as they await Haleiwa to return to conditions suitable for competition to resume. The next call will be made at 7:30 a.m. HST on Monday, Nov. 29.

Currently sitting at No. 4 on the Challenger Series, Maui-born Imaikalani deVault needs one last result to secure his place within the Top 12 on the World Surf League’s Championship Tour.

The Hawai‘i Medical Service Association will award up to 15 students with $5,000 scholarships through its Kaimana Scholarship Program, now in its 17th year.

American Talor Gooch became the 40th and final player to qualify for the winners-only 2022 Sentry Tournament of Champions, which will be held at The Plantation Course at Kapalua Jan. 5-9. It is the 24th year Maui has hosted the golf championship.