Johnny Miller will join Maui's Mark Rolfing for the seventh season of Golf Hawai'i, premiering Sunday, Nov. 18, on The Golf Channel.
The show will continue its magazine-style format. It features interviews with tour pros, a My View segment by Rolfing, and a weekly look at a Hawai'i course, with golf pros exploring each site's unique properties. Miller will be involved in a new segment featuring golf tips.
New shows will be broadcast the first six Sundays, with four re-airs the following week. On Jan. 8, 2002, Golf Hawai'i will move to Tuesday.
The Golf Hawai'i Web site has been revamped. It now includes course listings, news and an online store. A Golf Hawai'i instructional video, with Rolfing and Miller, will be on sale next year.
Rolfing, a network golf reporter for NBC Sports, was a caddy at Kapalua when he first moved to Hawai'i. He became a part-owner of the resort and started the Kapalua International offseason event. The resort is now the site of the PGA Tour's season-opening Mercedes Championships.
• Seniors on Kaua'i: The Kaua'i State Senior Open is Saturday-Sunday at Kaua'i Lagoons' Mokihana and Kiele courses. The tournament is open only to golfers over 50.
More than 70 golfers played last year. Lihu'e's Dan Nishimoto won the Men's Pro Flight. Dan Mackey, also of Lihu'e, captured low gross honors in Championship Flight. Pro Mary Bea Porter-King and amateur Cheryl Nickles gave Lihu'e a sweep by winning the Women's Flights.
Honolulu's Wendell Kop won the Super Senior (60-older) Flight.
The tournament is presented by Kaua'i's Southside Golf Club. The minimum purse is $6,000.
• Collegians at Turtle Bay: The universities of Hawai'i — Manoa and Hilo — will play in the UH/Turtle Bay Intercollegiate Tournament, Monday-Tuesday, at the Turtle Bay Resort.
Virginia, No. 27 in the latest poll, is the only Top-100 team in the 11-team field. San Diego is 131st, with the Warriors 147th and San Francisco No. 155. Hilo is a Division II program. International teams Osaka Gakuin, Aichi Gakusei and International Pacific are also competing.
Players tee off at 7 a.m. each day. There is no admission charge.
• Konishiki kicks in: The Bon Ami, Konishiki golf benefit raised more than $30,000. The tournament was held Sunday as part of the French Festival.
The monetary support will help send some 40 Hawai'i students and chaperones to Japan next summer. The tournament drew 144 local celebrities and business leaders.
• Porter re-ups with USGA: Kaua'i's Mary Bea Porter-King has been re-nominated to serve on the United States Golf Association Executive Committee for 2002.
Reed Mackenzie, of Chaska, Minn., has been nominated to succeed Trey Holland as president.
The election of officers and the full 15-member USGA Executive Committee will take place Feb. 2 at the USGA's Annual Meeting in Colorado Springs, Colo.
