Trouble in paradise: Kapalua to close ‘dying’ PGA Tour course for 2 months amid Maui water dispute
The Hawaii Course, where the PGA tour has started every year since 1999, closes for two months while trying to save water hunger courses during the dispute to the processing of a century -old water system in Maui.
The 60 -day closing, which started on September 2 for Plantation and Mr. courses in Kapalua, expressed concerns that the tour may not be able to host the guard to start the 2026 season.
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Kapalua Golf and Tennis General Manager Alex Nakajima, “Golf field was damaged without water for months,” he said. “I suggested that we should close the golf field to increase our chances of saving the golf field and the tournament.”
The best hope is to use the things that Kapalua receives for a slow -released fertilizer and to keep the customers away from the course while the staff lifting dead grass.
Kapalua, known for the contrast of lush green Fairways and Pacific Blue Ufuk, is a mixture of yellow and brown when grass dies these days. Nakajima said the course has not taken water since July 25.
Japanese billionaire Tadashi, the owner of the Kapalua, the owner of the clothing brand Uniqlo, Kapalua hosts and Hua Momona Farms, claimed that he did not maintain the water distribution system against Maui Land & Pineapple last week.
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At the center of the dispute, there is 11 miles of Honokohau Stream and Trench system, which works from the West Maui Mountains and provides irrigation water to the closed region.
“MLP deliberately … He allowed the trench system to fall into a demonstrated abandonment.
Maui Land & Pineapple did not respond immediately to a message from the AP -looking comment. CEO Race Randle told Hawaii news organizations that the case was an attempt to obtain irrigation water when the Western Maui suffered a historical drought ”.
“After the regulatory institutions are trying to force and fail to force these irresponsible water use, golf fields unfortunately returned to the courts,” he said.
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The case claims that when he buys the closed properties to allow the courses to be kept in a good position, he claims that he made “water delivery agreements .. The filing said that these agreements will always commercially reasonable efforts, and use their efforts to repair and maintain.
The PGA tour said that he only watched the ongoing water saving requirements that affect Kapalua Resort ”.
Tour said that he was in contact with the Wisconsin -based Sentry Insurance title sponsor, along with the government of Kapalua Resort, Maui County and Hawaii to evaluate any potential impact of $ 20 million signature activity. The tournament is planned to be held on 8-11 January.
TY Management – Jewelry’s company – the guard said that the economic benefits of approximately $ 50 million and brought the charitable component of Tur and Sentry.
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The case filed at the Maui State Court asks Maui Land & Pineapple Honor Agreements to take reasonable steps to repair and protect the ditch system in order to deliver water.
The case claims that the current drought has no effect on the problem and states that the basin in the Western Maui Mountains received more rainfall than Portland and Seattle.
The case said, “Water, rain is not scarce because it decreases in smaller amounts. Rather, water is less because MLP, properly gathering, transporting and storing the infrastructure used to protect the promises of protection.”
Meanwhile, Kapalua Resort, directed by Troon, offered discounts to customers due to the worsening conditions of golf fields.
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Nakajima said the course should be closed to have the hope of staging the guard.
“We have to do this immediately,” he said. “The golf field is dying every day.”
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Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Associated Press writer in Honolulu, contributed to this report.
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