New year, same Spieth. Jordan Spieth controls the Hyundai Tournament of Champions by five shots heading into Sunday’s final round, riding a 4-under run in the final five holes to take a commanding lead over Brooks Koepka. The lead was almost six. On the par-5 18th at Kapalua’s Plantation Course on Maui, Spieth swung his […]
Sang-moon Bae focused on golf at Kapalua despite looming conscription
January 10, 2015 by
Sang-moon Bae played Friday like a guy who, at least professionally speaking, has no certain tomorrow. That’s because he doesn’t. Bae, who won the Frys.com Open in October to kick off the PGA Tour’s 2014-15 season, shot 7-under 66 in Round 1 of the Hyundai Tournament of Champions, ultimately trailing leader Russell Henley by a […]
The 19th Hole Golf Show: Previewing Kapalua and Tiger’s rising Phoenix
January 8, 2015 by
Dating back to 2001 and for most of that time since, I’ve hosted a weekly golf podcast called “The 19th Hole Golf Show.” It’s evolved and mutated over the years in format, topics and the like, but it’s now a 25-minute show in which I cover an important topic or several topics in the game. […]
A strange week in Kapalua concluded exactly as it should have
January 9, 2013 by
It shouldn’t surprise any of us that a year that ends in “13” should start this abnormally. The PGA Tour kicked off this season just like it always does, on the wind-whipped Plantation Course at Kapalua. A resort destination by most American’s views as they sit in cold, wintery conditions, the PGA Tour’s winners headed […]
A strange week in Hawaii, so we look back at the best Kapalua moment
January 8, 2013 by
Face it, the PGA Tour has not started out the way we expected. It’s Monday and we haven’t had a legit round of golf completed (although they are slapping away at the ball right now at the Hyundai), so we decided to look back at the best ever tournament of champions. It came in 2000, […]
