ISLES an original design for Jack Nicklaus Golf and Course Design - Signature Edition by Mark Alan Willett ================================================= 9378309 PART 3 BENSTEN/ISLES/PGA FEATURE TO FOLLOW............. ................ UPI DATELINE HONOLULU PART 3 - BILLIONAIRE TO HOST TOURNEY? SO THAT'S THE DECISION THAT THE PGA FACES NOW: WHETHER OR NOT TO ACCEPT BENSTEN'S OFFER TO SPONSOR A NEW PGA TOURNAMENT WITH ALL EXPENSES PAID INCLUDING AIRFARE, HOUSING, AND PRIZE MONEY. FOR THE SPORTS WORLD, THE QUESTION IS "CAN THE PGA BE BOUGHT?" ................ BACKGROUND TO FOLLOW.......... AARON BENSTEN, WORLD-CLASS BUSINESSMAN, STEEL MAGNATE, REAL ESTATE TYCOON AND OWNER OF HALF OF DOWNTOWN HONOLULU, FOUNDER AND OWNER OF BENSTEN LTD. SHIPPING, KNEW EXACTLY WHAT HE WANTED WHEN HE BOUGHT THOSE THREE SMALL SOUTH SEAS ISLANDS 38 MONTHS AGO: A PLACE TO PLAY AND RELAX, AND HIS OWN GOLF COURSE. TO THAT END, HE HIRED SE DESIGNER MARK WILLETT, GAVE HIM CONTROL OF TWO OF THE ISLANDS, AND OPENED THE COFFERS. THE COURSE WAS 22 MONTHS IN CONTRUC- TION, AND ESTIMATED TO COST ALMOST 11 MILLION. MUCH OF THAT COST COMING FROM THE NEED TO TRANSPORT IN THE GREATER MAJORITY OF THE MATERIALS. WILLETT HAS SAID THAT, TO HIS KNOWLEDGE, ONLY ELEVEN PEOPLE TO DATE HAVE PLAYED ON THE COURSE - CALLED "ISLES" AFTER BENSTEN'S PET NAME FOR THE ENTIRE ISLAND COMPLEX: "...MY CABIN AT THE ISLES." IN FACT, BENSTEN'S CABIN IS A 53-ROOM MANSION STAFFED BY 17 LIVE-IN EMPLOYEES. WILLETT HAS REFUSED FURTHER COMMENT ABOUT THE COURSE, SAYING "WHEN MR. BENSTEN WANTS THE WORLD TO KNOW ABOUT 'ISLES,' HE WILL CERTAINLY TELL THEM." SEEMS THAT BENSTEN HAS GROWN BORED PLAYING BY HIMSELF AND IS READY TO INVITE THE WORLD INTO HIS LITTLE RECREATION AREA. ............... WEATHER TO FOLLOW.......... ================================================== THE COURSE OUT IN Kaluakoi Par 4 338 yards Kona Par 4 418 yards Kaanapali Par 4 439 yards Hawaii Kai Par 3 226 yards Kapalua Par 4 426 yards Mililani Par 4 420 yards Kauai Lagoons Par 3 128 yards Pali Par 5 482 yards Olomana Par 5 588 yards Kiahuna Par 3 133 yards Turtle Bay Par 3 154 yards Pukalani Par 4 380 yards Makaha Valley Par 4 311 yards Ko Olina Par 4 335 yards Waialae Par 4 436 yards Mauna Lani Par 4 423 yards Aaron's Pride Par 5 543 yards Aloha Par 5 542 yards Sub-total 36 3413 yards 36 3359 yards Isles 72 6772 yards ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The short and dark palm tree with the whitish trunk was borrowed from the Accolade clip-art package and lightly reworked for Isles. The remainder of the objects, for better or worse, are mine. If you enjoyed Isles, you may also enjoy my other SE course: Scorpion. Also, look this year, to find Cherry Hills, Oakmont, Gila Monster, Royal Marke, Mulligan;s Point, and Alhambra for the SE software. (signed) Mark Alan Willett April, 1992 1086 Corona #6 Denver, Colorado 80218 PRODIGY ID: FNVV69A ("Aaron Bensten" is a fictional creation, and any resemblance to any person living or dead would not only be coincidental, it would be downright grotesque.)