HAWAII CHAMPIONSHIP
Site: Kapolei, Hawaii.
Schedule: Friday-Sunday.
Course: Kapolei Golf Course (6,972 yards, par 72).
Purse: $1.8 million. Winner’s share: $270,000.
Television: Golf Channel (Friday-Sunday, 4:30-7 p.m.).
Last year: Inaugural event.
Last event: Jay Don Blake won the Boeing Classic on Aug. 26 in Snoqualmie, Wash., beating Mark O’Meara with a birdie on the second hole of a playoff.
Notes: Hale Irwin has eight official Champions Tour victories in Hawaii, winning the Turtle Bay Championship six times and the Mitsubishi Electric twice. He also has three victories in the Senior Skins and won the PGA Tour’s Sony Open. The 67-year-old Irwin leads the 50-and-over tour with 45 career victories. ... Tom Lehman tops the Charles Schwab Cup points race.
