Maui Sports

The official bracket for the 2023 Maui Jim Maui Invitational college basketball tournament has been released. This year marks the event’s 40th anniversary, and takes place Nov. 20-22, 2023 at the Lahaina Civic Center on Maui.

After a three-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the 24th edition of the Molokaʻi-2-Oʻahu Paddleboard World Championships or M2O, returns to the Kaʻiwi Channel with an international field on Sunday, July 30, 2023.

The Nisei Veterans Memorial Center will hold its 2nd Annual Golf Tournament beginning at 7:30 a.m., Aug. 26, 2023, at the Wailea Blue Golf Course. The entry deadline is Aug. 1, 2023.

The Lahaina Junior Golf Association has recognized the academic excellence of five members by awarding them college tuition scholarships totaling $6,000.

Volunteers are needed for the 2024 Sentry Tournament of Champions as it returns to the Plantation Course at Kapalua in January. 

Camp Imua, a cherished Maui summer tradition for over 47 years, provides a week-long recreational camp experience for children with special needs. Registration is now available.

To enhance understanding about head safety, the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s College of Education is bringing concussion education and awareness to Maui, Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island communities between July and August. The Maui workshop takes place July 17, 2023, at 6 p.m. at the Baldwin High School Multimedia Room.

Justin Shaffer’s MOD70 ORION was the first finisher in the 2023 Transpac, securing the sixth fastest elapsed time in the history of the race.

Lahaina Junior Golf Association appoints Jason Gilbert as its new Executive Director, entrusted with expanding fundraising efforts, managing coaches, overseeing tournaments, and administering the scholarship program.

The Credit Unions of Maui will host up to 160 golfers at Waiehu Municipal Golf Course for the 8th annual Credit Unions of Maui Charity Golf Tournament, on Aug. 12.

Maui’s Imaikalani deVault posted an impressive 8.57 and 15.57 point heat total on Day 3 of the Local Motion Surf Into Summer At Home In The Hawaiian Islands.

The 41-mile, grueling Molokaʻi Hoe Canoe Race, which has been held for 72 years, is back after a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Propelled by back-to-back rounds of 65 on Royal Kā‘anapali, Nanea Golf Club’s Juan Rodriguez and Hunter Larson defeated Kapalua Golf Academy’s Ben Hongo and Douglas Bohn in the first playoff hole to win the 2023 Kā‘anapali Pro-Pro Championship Presented by Golf Concepts.

Kristen Otsubo of Baldwin High School and Gabriella Pinheiro of Kamehameha Schools Maui earned scholarships during HMSA’s 18th annual Kaimana Awards & Scholarship Program awards ceremony at the Hawaiʻi Convention Center.

Wailea Golf Club will host the 2023 Women’s Golf Day at Wailea – an annual celebration of Women’s Golf Month and benefit for the Hawaiʻi Animal Rescue Foundation – on Friday, June 23, 2023, from 3 pm to 6:30 p.m. at the Wailea Blue Course.

With their recent titles, Emiliano Grillo, Jason Day, Wyndham Clark and Tony Finau are among the latest players to qualify for the 2024 Sentry Tournament of Champions.

Maui’s Jackson Bunch prepares for the Local Motion Surf Into Summer QS 1,000 – the first event of the 2023/24 Hawaiʻi/Tahiti Nui season that will include the region’s top contenders and also feature longboarding for the first time. 

Carissa Moore of Hawaiʻi took home the women’s title in the Surf Ranch Pro Presented by 805 Beer in Lemoore, Calif. In the men’s division the title went to Griffin Colapinto (USA).

Five-time World Champion Carissa Moore (HAW) moved into the top position on the rankings after her Qualifying Round heat win on Saturday. In the men’s division, Maui’s Ian Gentil was eliminated in the first round, with Italo Ferreira of Brazil advancing from that initial heat.

The Sentry Tournament of Champions raised a record $694,705 for charity in 2023. It’s the largest charitable impact figure raised for the local community since the event moved to Maui in 1999.