From TGI Staff Reports For the seventh time in a row, the island of Kaua’i will be home to the exclusive PGA Grand Slam of Golf November 20-22. It is an event that brings the winners of the four major
From TGI Staff Reports
For the seventh time in a row, the island of Kaua’i will be home to the
exclusive PGA Grand Slam of Golf November 20-22.
It is an event that
brings the winners of the four major tournaments — the Masters, U.S. Open,
British Open and PGA Championship — together for two days of
competition.
Po’ipu Bay Golf Course & Hyatt Regency Kaua’i Resort &
Spa again will host the event, which this year will feature two-time defending
champion Tiger Woods, Vijay Singh, Tom Lehman and Paul Azinger.
Woods
earned his slot with wins at the U.S. Open, British Open and PGA Championship.
Singh got in with a victory at the Masters. By virtue of Woods’ three triumphs,
two alternate spots were opened. Lehman and Azinger were awarded those.
As
in the recent past, the Grand Slam will be televised on Turner Network
Television (TNT) for a total of six hours over two days. The telecast will
bring world-class golf and the island of Kaua’i into 77.6 million U.S. homes
and more than 100 countries worldwide.
That audience will watch the four
men battle for a purse of $1,00,000. The winner will receive $400,000, $250,000
will go to the second-place finisher, $200,000 to the third and a respectable
$150,000 to the fourth.
About the course
Po’ipu Bay Golf
Course is an 18-hole championship course situated on 210 oceanfront acres
adjacent to the Hyatt Regency Kaua’i Resort and Spa. The course features seven
holes with water hazards and has 86 bunkers.
Robert Trent Jones, Jr.
designed the par 72 course, which opened in 1991.
Here are some of the
awards the course has won:
1998: Golf Magazine’s Gold Medal Award—voted
one of the finest golf resorts in America by the readers of Golf Magazine.
(Course won silver awards in 1994, 1997 and 1999.)
1997: One of top courses
in Hawai’i—Golf Digest Magazine ranked the course one of the top in the state
(won 1993 and 1995 awards as well.).
1996: Gold Tee Award—voted by
subscribers of Meetings & Conventions Magazine as one of the top golf
resorts with meeting facilities in the world.
1996: The Best 18 Holes in
the West—Los Angeles Magazine rated Poipu’s par 4, 501-yard 16th hole as #15
in the top 18 holes.
1995: Best of Golf Award—given by Links Magazine for
providing one of the finest overall golf resort experiences in the United
States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean.
