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2019 already teed off with a blur of events

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Xander Schauffele holds the champions trophy after the final round of the Tournament of Champions golf event, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019, at Kapalua Plantation Course in Kapalua, Hawaii.

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Matt Kuchar celebrated under a rainbow after winning the Sony Open on Jan. 13 at Waialae Country Club. It was one of a string of golf events that kicked off the calendar year.

January’s blur of PGA Tour events is pau. Now for the rest of Hawaii’s 2019 golf tournaments, with a little LPGA — and Michelle Wie and Stephanie Kono — as an April bonus.

That month ends with a bang. Brooke Henderson is expected back at Ko Olina to defend her LPGA Lotte Championship April 17-20. The following week is the 61st Mid-Pacific Open and the Big West Men’s Championships at Wailua.

This year’s calendar is similar to last, with most of the tournaments returning and, unfortunately, the Hawaii State Open still up in the air. The hope is to have it return to its place the second week of December, at a site still to be finalized.

In less than a year, the PGA Tour will be back, with the Sentry TOC, Sony Open in Hawaii and seniors’ Mitsubishi Electric Championship all on the January 2020 schedule.

JANUARY

>> 3-6—Sentry Tournament of Champions (Xander Schauffele)

>> 7—Sony Open Monday Qualifier (Talor Gooch, Brent Grant, Corey Conners and Jared Sawada)

>> 8—17th annual Acura Hawaii Pro-Junior Skills Challenge (Davis Lee and Roger Sloan)

>> 10-13—Sony Open in Hawaii (Matt Kuchar)

>> 17-19—Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai (Tom Lehman)

FEBRUARY

>> 7-9—28th annual Amer Ari Intercollegiate (Waikoloa Kings’, UH-Hilo and Manoa, 956-7523)

>> 9—Hawaii Golf Ho`olaulea Awards (ASPGA.org)

>> 17, 23-24—12th annual HSGA Four Ball (Makalena, hsga.golf)

>> 21-23—44th annual John A. Burns Intercollegiate (Wailua, UH 956-7523)

>> 25—HSWGA Spring Fling (Kaneohe Klipper, hswga.net)

MARCH

>> 2-3—HSJGA 14-under Junior Tour Series Maui (Kahili, hsjga.org)

>> 12-13—34th annual Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational (Kaneohe Klipper, UH 956-7523)

>> 14-17—56th Hawaii State Amateur Stroke Play Championship (Pearl CC, hsga.golf)

>> 16—HSJGA/Aloha Section PGA Hawaii Junior Golf Day (courses statewide, hsjga.org)

>> 16—Superintendent’s Revenge (Turtle Bay, 293-8574)

>> 18-19—Army Women’s Invitational (Leilehua, 656-0114)

>> 20-21—Aloha Section PGA Assistants Four-Ball Invitational (Honolulu CC, ASPGA.com)

>> 21-23—Anuenue Spring Break Classic (Waikoloa, UH 956-7523)

>> 25-27—HSWGA Member Match Play Championship (Kaneohe Klipper, hswga.net)

>> 29-31—Big Island Invitational (Big Island CC, ASPGA.org)

>> 30-31—HSJGA 14-under JTS Oahu (Mililani, hsjga.org)

APRIL

>> 7—Drive, Chip & Putt Championship at Augusta, Ga. (Mia Cepeda qualifier)

>> 8-9—Big Island Candies Team Championship (Hokuli‘a, ASPGA.org)

>> 13-14—HSJGA 14-under JTS Big Island (Mauna Lani North, hsjga.org)

>> 17-20—LPGA Lotte Championship (Ko Olina, 792-9321)

>> 25-28—61st Mid-Pacific Open (261-9765)

>> 27-28—HSJGA 14-under JTS Kauai (Wailua, hsjga.org)

>> 29—U.S. Open local qualifier (Club at Hokuli`a, usga.org, entry deadline April 24)

>> 29-30—Big West Men’s Championships (Wailua, UH 956-7523)

MAY

>> 4-5, 11-12—68th Francis Brown Four Ball (Ala Wai, hsga.golf)

>> 6—U.S. Women’s Open sectional qualifier (Oahu CC, usga.org, entry deadline April 17)

>> 7-8—David S. Ishii Foundation Hawaii State Girls High School Championship (Waikoloa Kings’, 587-4495)

>> 9-10—David S. Ishii Foundation Hawaii State Boys High School Championship (Waikoloa Kings’, 587-4495)

>> 13—U.S. Open local qualifier (Waialae CC, usga.org, entry deadline April 24)

>> 16-19—U.S. Senior Women’s Open at Pine Needles, Southern Pines, N.C.

>> 17-19—69th Jennie K. Wilson Invitational (Mid-Pacific CC, 261-9765)

>> 21—U.S. Senior Open qualifier (Hoakalei, hsga.golf, entry deadline May 8)

>> 25-29—U.S. Amateur Four-Ball at Bandon Dunes, Bandon, Ore. (Justin Arcano and Justin Ngan qualifiers)

>> 30-June 2—U.S. Women’s Open at CC of Charleston, S.C.

JUNE

>> 3-5—IMG Academy Junior World Qualifier (Waikoloa Kings’, hsjga.org)

>> 4-5—Aloha Section Junior PGA Championship qualifier (Waikoloa Kings’, ASPGA.com)

>> 8-9—Aloha Section PGA Ka`anapali Classic Pro-Pro Championship (Royal Ka`anapali)

>> 11-12—HSJGA King Auto 12-under State Junior Championship (Hawaii Prince, hsjga.org)

>> 13-16—U.S. Open at Pebble Beach Golf Links, Calif

>> 14—HSJGA Optimist Qualifier (Turtle Bay Fazio, hsjga.org)

>> 17-22—111th Manoa Cup (Oahu CC, hsga.golf)

>> 23—U.S. Junior Boys and Girls Amateur qualifiers (Wailea Blue, usga.org, entry deadline June 5 and June 12)

>> 25-26—HSJGA King Auto 13-18 State Junior Championship and Big “I” qualifier (Hokuli`a, hsjga.org)

>> 27-30—U.S. Senior Open at Warren GC at Notre Dame, Ind.

JULY

>> 8-9—63rd Waialae Women’s Invitational (732-1457)

>> 8-10—First Tee Shootout and Pro-Am (Hoakalei, thefirstteehawaii.org)

>> 9-10—HSJGA All Ages JTS Oahu (Honolulu CC, hsjga.org)

>> 9-12—IMG Academy Junior World Championships at San Diego

>> 15-20—U.S. Boys’ Junior Amateur at Inverness Club, Toledo, Ohio

>> 18-20—56th annual Oahu Country Club Men’s Invitational (595-3256)

>> 23—U.S. Senior Amateur qualifier (Waikele, usga.org, entry deadline July 10)

>> 28-Aug. 1—U.S. Girls’ Junior Amateur at SentryWorld, Stevens Point, Wisc.

>> 29-30—10th annual Dave and Busters Jr. Classic (Ewa Beach, hsjga.org)

>> TBA—U.S. Amateur and Women’s Amateur qualifiers (Kapolei, hsga.golf, entry deadline June 26)

>> TBA—U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur qualifier (TBA, hsga.golf, entry deadline July 10)

AUGUST

>> 1-3—61st Army Invitational (Leilehua, 656-0114)

>> 3-4—Maui Open (Dunes at Maui Lani, 808-873-0422)

>> 5-11—U.S. Women’s Amateur at Old Waverly GC, West Point, Miss.

>> 6—U.S. Mid-Amateur Qualifier (Leilehua, usga.org, entry deadline July 31)

>> 9-10—Pearl Invitational (487-3802)

>> 10-11—HSJGA Mixed Team Championship (Poipu Bay, hsjga.org)

>> 12-13—Oahu Country Club Women’s Invitational (595-3256)

>> 12-18—U.S. Men’s Amateur at Pinehurst Resort & CC, N.C.

>> 17-18—HSJGA Ka`anapali Match Play Championship (hsjga.org)

>> 19—National Car Rental Assistant Championship (Hoakalei, ASPGA.org)

>> 23-25—Third annual HSGA Kauai Amateur (Wailua, hsga.golf)

>> 24-29—U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur at Cedar Rapids CC, Iowa

>> 24-29—U.S. Senior Men’s Amateur at Old Chatham GC, Durham, N.C.

>> 25-26—Aloha Section PGA Senior Stroke Play Championship (Kapalua, ASPGA.org)

SEPTEMBER

>> 1-2—Big Island Junior Classic (Hualalai, hsjga.org)

>> 7-8—35th Mayor’s Cup (Ala Wai, hsga.golf)

>> 9—HSWGA Senior Championship (Leilehua, hswga.net)

>> 21-22—Oahu Junior Classic (Turtle Bay Fazio, hsjga.org)

>> 14-19—U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur at Forest Highland GC, Flagstaff, Ariz.

>> 14-19—U.S. Men’s Mid-Amateur at Colorado GC

>> 21-22—96th HSGA Big Island Amateur (TBA, hsga.golf)

>> 21-22—Oahu Junior Classic (Turtle Bay Fazio, hsjga.org)

>> TBA—Hawaii Golf Industry Conference

>> TBA—Aloha Section PGA Stroke Play Championship (site TBA, ASPGA.org)

>> TBA—HSJGA JTS Maui (TBA, hsjga.org)

OCTOBER

>> 5-6—Third annual HSGA Maui Amateur (Wailea Blue and Gold, hsga.golf)

>> 5-6—Kauai Junior Classic (TBA, hsjga.org)

>> 11-13—HSGA Klipper Invitational (hsga.golf)

>> 19-20–H2 Invitational (Leilehua and Mililani, 656-0114)

>> 21-22—HSWGA Member Stroke Play Championship (Mililani, hswga.net)

>> 26-27—17th Turtle Bay Open (293-8574)

>> 27-29—Dennis Rose Men’s and Women’s Intercollegiates (Waikoloa Kings’, 808-974-7606)

>> 28-30—Hoakalei Collegiate Invitational (UH, 956-7523)

NOVEMBER

>> 1-3—Sixth annual Ka`anapali Classic Collegiate Invitational (Royal Ka`anapali, UH 956-7523)

>> 1-2—ASPGA Golf Concepts Pro-Scratch (Leilehua, ASPGA.org)

>> 4—HSWGA Fall Fest (Hawaii Kai, hswga.net)

>> 18-19—47th Gov. John Burns Challenge Cup (Mid-Pacific CC, hsga.golf)

>> 25—Sony Open in Hawai‘i amateur qualifying (Waialae CC, hsga.golf)

>> TBA—12th annual HSJGA Asia-Pacific Junior Cup (Japan, hsjga.org)

DECEMBER

>> 7-8—Michelle Wie HSJGA Tournament of Champions (Wailea Emerald, hsjga.org)

JANUARY 2020

>> 2-5—Sentry Tournament of Champions (PGA Tour at Kapalua Plantation)

>> 9-12—Sony Open in Hawaii (PGA Tour at Waialae CC)

>> 16-18—Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai (Champions Tour)

>> Dates and sites subject to change

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