(LAHAINA, HI) – Ka’anapali Golf Courses – managed by Billy Casper Golf – has launched the Ka’anapali Kokua Project, a non-profit, grass-roots community support effort providing aid to local organizations and scholarships for college-bound students.
At its first event, organizers will stage a fundraiser for Friends of Lahianaluna Football from Saturday, May 7 through Monday, May 9. For each participating golfer, Ka’anapali Golf Courses will donate $10 to the football team for uniforms, equipment and travel expenses.
“The Ka’anapali Kokua Project is a great way for us to give back to the community,” says Ed Kageyama, PGA General Manager of Ka’anapali. “Philanthropic efforts are at the forefront of our business decisions and offering different avenues for fundraising is both responsible and rewarding.”
Each year, Ka’anapali donates rounds and extends preferred rates to various organizations hosting charity outings. The Ka’anapali Kokua Project allows groups to promote their causes through golf – without staging a large tournament – on multiple, specified days with very few hard costs, allowing a bigger financial return for charities.
The Royal Ka’anapali Course, a Robert Trent Jones, Sr. design, opened in 1962 and has tested the skills of professional and amateur golfers. A par-71, 6,700-yard layout, the Royal Course combines wide fairways and undulating greens, making it distinctive, demanding and exciting, hole to hole. With more than 45 years of tournament history, the Royal Course has hosted many of golf’s greatest legends: Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus, Billy Casper, Amy Alcott, Jan Stephenson and Nancy Lopez.
The Ka’anapali Kai Course – a par-70, 6,400-yard gem – places an emphasis on proper club selection and placement off the tee, allowing for a better approach shot into the large, bunker-protected greens.
The resort underwent a $13 million renovation in 2005-2006 and was given a 4.5-star rating (out of five) by Golf Digest in the magazine’s recent “Best Places to Play” guide. Ka’anapali was selected by The Golf Channel to host “Big Break Ka’anapali” that aired in 2008.
For more information or to reserve a tee time: www.kaanapaligolfcourses.com , 808.661.3691.
About Billy Casper Golf
Widely respected as a high-performance owner-operator of more than 125 golf courses, country clubs and resorts, Billy Casper Golf holds the second largest domestic portfolio. The company provides turnkey club management for public-agency and private owners, developers and investors. Founded more than 20 years ago in cooperation with golf legend Billy Casper, the firm is headquartered in Vienna, VA with regional offices strategically convenient to courses’ locales.
Industry leaders and media praise the company’s best-of-breed infrastructure that shows clients favorable returns on investments. Billy Casper Golf’s economies of scale make and save money for courses while delivering personal touches to golfers and club members.
Buffalo Communications – a division of Billy Casper Golf – is the global public relations, branding and marketing-communications firm. In addition to creating and implementing programs for Billy Casper Golf courses, Buffalo represents many of golf’s top brands (products, resorts, destinations and communities) worldwide.
For more information: www.billycaspergolf.com, www.buffalocommunications.com, 703.761.1444.
Contact:
Nick Lashinsky
Billy Casper Golf / Buffalo Communications
703.891.3324
nlashinsky@billycaspergolf.com
www.buffalocommunications.com
www.billycaspergolf.com
Melissa Ludwig
Ka’anapali Golf Courses
808.357.7248
mludwig@kaanapaligolfcourses.com
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