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Tournament organizers are finalizing plans and
could announce the move by week's end, per the report.
The Lahaina Civic Center, the home for the Nov. 20-22
tournament, was not damaged in the fires but is being used by
various relief organizations to assist in fire recovery. That
has left organizers to look at the arena at the University of
Hawaii, instead, for the Maui Invitational.
The eight teams making up this year's tournament field are
Kansas, Marquette, Purdue, Gonzaga, Syracuse, Tennessee, UCLA
and Division II host Chaminade.
Per the report, several venues across the United States offered
to host the tournament, but organizers want to keep it in state
to help bolster both fundraising efforts and Hawaii's economy.
The PGA Tour has not altered plans to hold the season-opening
The Sentry at Kapalua, Maui, in the first week of January.
Commissioner Jay Monahan said earlier that his group will follow
the lead of local officials.
"We want to help be a part of the revitalization," Monahan said
Aug. 22 during his annual State of the PGA Tour news conference.
"There are a lot of considerations.
"We're committed ... 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. But I think at this point right now
that's outside of our hands. Our focus is on what we can do (to
help)."
--Field Level Media
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