Maui Sports

Kāʻanapali Golf Courses – managed by Billy Casper Golf – will host golfers from 20 universities across the US in the 2019 Kāʻanapali Classic, Collegiate Invitational, Oct. 31 to Nov. 3 at the Royal Course.

Opening day of the Vans Pro saw the first solid northwest swell pump through the Sunset Beach lineup, ushering in Hawaii’s professional surf season and offering local qualification into the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing.

The Maui Jim Maui Invitational tip-off festivities take place on Saturday, Nov. 23 and Sunday, Nov. 24 for four events: the Hoops Clinic presented by HMSA, the Maui Jim Maui Golf Classic, the HMSA Sun, Surf and Hoops 5K, and An Evening with the Coaches Banquet hosted by ESPN’s Jay Bilas.

Kapalua Golf Academy is launching a junior program for kids. 

General parking for the 2020 Sentry Tournament of Champions will be in a new location when the event returns to The Plantation Course at Kapalua from Jan. 1 to 5. General parking will be located at Mahana Estates, just a five-minute shuttle ride away from the course.

Wailea Golf Club raised more than $3,700 for the nonprofit Folds of Honor Foundation as part of a statewide effort to support families of US men and women in service

Maui’s Kurt Suzuki is headed to the World Series for the first time in his 13-year major league career.

Winning on the PGA TOUR is the only way to qualify for the 2020 Sentry Tournament of Champions. Courtesy of his maiden TOUR victory, Lanto Griffin became the latest player to qualify for the winners-only event, while Kevin Na picked up his second victory of the calendar year.

The Maui Bicycling League will be hosting a “Noodle Ride” next weekend to demonstrate how to safely pass bicyclists on roadways. 

Drivers are being advised of road closures, traffic delays, and re-routing this Sunday, Oct. 13 for the 49th annual Maui Marathon. 

The Department of Parks and Recreation is looking for a Boyʻs Menehune basketball coach in West Maui for the upcoming season. 

The Kalama Park Basketball Courts will be closed from Monday, Oct. 14 through Wednesday, Oct. 16 for maintenance. 

Mahina Hannemann-Gago, associate athletic director at Kamehameha Schools Maui, is now a certified master athletic administrator under the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association. 

A win on the PGA TOUR is the only way to qualify for the TOUR’s champions-only event. With their recent wins, Cameron Champ, Sebastián Muñoz and Joaquin Niemann became the latest players to punch their tickets to the 2020 Sentry Tournament of Champions.

71 crews battled it out across the Kaiwi Channel for the 41st annual Na Wahine o Ke Kai race. 

After opening up its new campus building in South Maui just last year, Kīhei Charter School is now looking to expand its athletics program.

According to Maui County Club officials, they had two members who both hit holes in one within a 10 minute span of each other on Wednesday, September 25. 

Kids clinics will take place on Oʻahu, Lānaʻi and Maui and will feature instruction from Chaminade coaches and players from the men’s and women’s basketball teams. A coaches’ clinic will be held on Lānaʻi.

Tennis champs Bob and Mike Ryan, “widely considered the greatest doubles team in the history of tennis,”    will help coach a tennis camp on Maui. 

After a decade of coaching Mauiʻs young basketball players, BasketballMAUI is expanding its programs to include other sports.