Golf: Tickets available for Fields Open, Wie's return
Advertiser Staff
Tickets for the third annual Fields Open, which features the return of one-time phenom Michelle Wie, 18, are on sale.
The event, the second in the LPGA Tour calendar, will be held Feb. 21-23 at Ko Olina.
Tickets can be purchased at the following outlets, in addition to the Fields Open Tournament Office:
Pro Am Golf Shop:
- 1159 Kapiolani Boulevard, Honolulu HI (596-2911)
- 98-199 Kamehameha Hwy, Aiea HI (487-2911)
Roger Dunn Golf Shop:
- 1500 Kapiolani Boulevard, Honolulu HI (942-7741)
- 42-285 Kaneohe Bay Drive, Kaneohe, HI (234-7100)
- 1000 Kamehameha Hwy., Aiea HI (456-5401)
Ko Olina Golf Club:
- 92-1220 Aliinui Drive, Kapolei, HI (676-5300)
Daily Tickets (any one-day admission) is $10. From now till Feb. 19, a purchase of a daily ticket will get another daily ticket free.
Also in the field will be Ayaka Kaneko, a 17-year-old student at Sacred Hearts Academy.
Kaneko advanced to the quarterfinals of last year's U.S Women's Amateur Public Links and finished second in the U.S. Girls Jr. Championship. She also competed in the 2006 U.S. Women's Open.
Wie and Kaneko could be joined by two other teenagers from O'ahu.
Stephanie Kono, 18, and Cyd Okino, 14, will try to Monday qualify for the Fields Open.
Here is the schedule:
Wednesday, Feb. 20
7 a.m. Fields Open in Hawaii Official Pro-Am, Morning Shotgun
1 p.m. Fields Open in Hawaii Official Pro-Am, Afternoon Shotgun
Thursday, Feb. 21
7:15 a.m. Fields Open in Hawaii, 1st Round
Friday, Feb. 22
7:15 am Fields Open in Hawaii, 2nd Round
Saturday, Feb. 23
9:15 a.m. Fields Open in Hawaii, Final Round
Parking
Free parking available at Ko Olina Resort. Tournament entry will be via the Fields Open in Hawaii Main Gate only (located at the Ko Olina Golf Club). Gates open at 7 a.m. daily.
Contact
For Fields Open tickets, sponsorship and general information, call the Fields Open Tournament Office, 808-671-1727 or visit www.fieldsopen.com. To volunteer for the '08 Fields Open, call 808-722-6950.