drought and water restrictions in Maui, Hawaii<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cFollowing discussions with the governor\u2019s office, as well as leadership from Sentry Insurance, Kapalua Resort and Maui County, the PGA Tour has determined the 2026 playing of The Sentry will not be contested at The Plantation Course at Kapalua due to ongoing drought conditions, water conservation requirements, agronomic conditions and logistical challenges,\u201d the Tour said in a statement. \u201cAdditional event information will be shared when appropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n
Both of Kapalua\u2019s courses are currently in 60-day closures, which began Sept. 2, as the resort hoped the inactivity would increase its chances of saving the turf and the tournament, which brings in about $50 million in economic benefit to the area annually.<\/p>\n
Amid water conversation mandates, a lawsuit, filed in August by Kapalua owner Tadashi Yanai and other locals, accuses the company responsible for the area\u2019s irrigation water delivery system, Maui Land & Pineapple, of failing to maintain the century-old system. MLP\u2019s CEO points to the historic drought. All this while Kapalua\u2019s lush, green fairways have been reduced to yellow and brown.<\/p>\n
The Tour, which had its agronomy team conduct a site visit earlier this month, added that \u201clogistical complexities,\u201d including shipping deadlines, vendor coordination and tournament infrastructure build-out, contributed to the decision not to play at Kapalua next year.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe support the PGA Tour\u2019s decision, given the drought conditions Maui is facing,\u201d Hawaii Governor Josh Green said. \u201cProtecting our water and supporting our communities come first. The Sentry has long showcased Maui\u2019s beauty while giving back to local nonprofits, and we\u2019re grateful to the Tour, Sentry Insurance, Kapalua Resort and Maui County for their partnership.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Tour said additional details on the playing of The Sentry, which is on offer to 2025 winners and those finishing among the top 50 in FedExCup points, will be shared when available. It is the first of nine signature events offering $20 million purses next season.<\/p>\n
The last Sentry to be played elsewhere was the 1998 edition, then called the Mercedes Championships, which was contested at La Costa in Carlsbad, California, and won by Phil Mickelson by a shot over Tiger Woods and Mark O\u2019Meara. La Costa now hosts the NCAA Championship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For the first time in nearly 30 years, the PGA Tour won\u2019t be starting a new year at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149415,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-149414","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-golf","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}