With no plans to change the prevailing 2024 PGA schedule, the opening occasion at Kapalua in Maui is “absolutely” nonetheless on the PGA Tour calendar.
“We’re in constant contact. I’m in contact with the governor. We hope to be a source of inspiration for the great people of Maui and Lahaina by the time that we get to Maui in January,” commissioner Jay Monahan stated Tuesday at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta.
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The Sentry at Kapalua’s Plantation Course is the primary occasion of the 2024 calendar for the PGA Tour beginning Jan. 4. The close by village of Lahaina was destroyed.
“I think at this point there are so many unknowns, and we want to be respectful of the challenges,” Monahan stated. “We want to help be a part of the revitalization. There are a lot of considerations. We’re committed, you know, if we’re allowed to, if we’re invited, if we’re embraced. Given all that needs to be accomplished, we will be there 100 percent.”
Monahan credited Sentry match director Max Novena and Kapalua workers, who’ve aided fireplace victims and displaced Lahaina residents by getting ready meals and providing shelter. Kapalua, a resort group on Maui, is surrounded by a nature protect and seashores.
A second match on the islands at Waialae Country Club in Honolulu is scheduled for January 11-14.
“All of our attention is to try and get back to Kapalua and to try and be as close to what we’ve been in the past,” Monahan stated.