When people dream of vacationing on a paradise island, Kauai is one of the names that comes to mind. It is an island known for its’ golden sand beaches, breathtaking sunsets, and romantic moments. It is also known as being one of the finest places to golf in all the world.

World Golf Magazine just featured Kauai’s golf courses citing a few Kauai’s top ranked courses.

“Let’s face it, choosing the right golf course in Kauai is a win-win proposition. This is an island that saw several of its golf courses honored by both Conde Nast Traveler readers as among the top-100 of 2007, and Golf Digest, after all,” wrote World Golf Magazine writer William K. Wolfrum.

Kauai is fast becoming the “in” place to vacation in Hawaii.

This year Kauai has been king with Matt LeBlanc’s much publicized Kauai wedding, and visits from stars such as Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jennifer Lopez, Ben Affleck and more.

Aside from those who come to visit there are the many movie stars who have homes on Kauai. So many that locals no longer pay attention to them when they see them in stores. That however, changed slightly with Matt LeBlanc’s wedding. At that time there were so many stars that no one was sure who was getting married and the paparazzi arrived in droves.

Kauai is well know to vacationers and residents for its incredible golf courses and the Mayor, it would seem, wants to be a part of the golfing legacy as well. Hence the startup of the Mayors’ Challenge Cup - an amateur golf tournament featuring teams from each county competing on public links courses.

The way it will work the mayor from Honolulu and the mayor of Kauai will each have a 12-member team consisting of nine men and three women from their respective counties. The teams will consist of three divisions; open, seniors that are between 50 and 60, and super seniors – over 60. The women’s will also have three levels but will be based on ability rather than age.

Casey Watabu is a native of Kauai, which holds some of the best golf courses in the world. With those top ranked courses to practice on he elevated himself to a champion, winning last years 81st U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship.

Currently he is playing the 107th U.S. Amateur Championship in San Francisco. This match is a big one for the amateurs as the winner will receive and exemption into the 2008 U.S. Open and the British Open. An invitation to the 2008 Masters Tournament is also likely as long as the winner remains an amateur. There is also a 10 year exemption into the U.S. Amateur field for as long as the winner stays an amateur.

When we are young we often wonder where we will go, where we will end up, what road to take when we come to that famous fork. Always and no matter what road we take, we choose it to follow a dream, a dream we hope will take us to a place that will keep our hearts alive and our spirits singing. Casey Watabu had such a dream and his is one, that at the young age of only 23, has come true.

Golf Digest recently named the 75 greatest golf resort courses in North America and three of Kauai’s fabulous golf courses with combined resorts made the list. Along with being touted in one of the most respected golf magazine’s in the world, all three of these courses are joining together to offer two “Kauai Golf Challenge” packages for 2007.

The Courses:

The first course is The Prince, located around the corner from the Princeville Kauai Resort, landed at number 24 in the rankings. It was designed by Robert Trent Jones Junior. The award winning course has 18 holes that cross over 390 acres, traversing through waterfalls, streams, jungles and gullies. It also landed at number 12 on Golf Digest’s list of America’s 100 Greatest Public Golf Courses.

Makai Golf Course, is a 27-hole course with three nines: Ocean, Lakes and Woods, located just steps away from the The Princeville Plantations Resort and is home to the 8th Annual Kauai Collegiate Cup golf tournament, set to tee off March 16th and 17th.

The tournament has a nine-team field that will host the Hawaii Pacific team for the first time, as they make their collegiate debut. Other teams on the course are: Univeristy of British Columbia, Eastern Illinoise University, Jackson State University, North Dakota University, Ohio University , Oklahoma Christian University, Western Kentucky University and the University of Toronto.

People go to Kauai, for the spectacular sunsets, sights of humpback whales breaching the ocean waters, exotic white sand beaches and of course to golf.

One of the best places to golf on the island is the Poipu Bay Golf course, located on the south shore of Kauai close by the exquisite Poipu Beach. The course is home to the PGA Grand Slam of Golf – ‘where champions play”, and right now they have lined up a series of 2007 golf packages.

Princeville is located on the idyllic North Shore of Kauai. It is home to a wide variety of condo’s and resorts, adventure and romance. Here, we have highlighted just a few of the incredible experiences you can find while traveling in, and around Princeville.

Resorts will live and die by ratings. Consequently, congratulations to Indonesia’s Bali! “Travel and Leisure Magazine” has named it the best island in the world. So what, you might ask, does Bali have to do with the Hawaiian island of Kauai?

Kauai actually ranked second in ratings, and more importantly, it has much better golf. In fact, Wayne Freedman’s Golf Addiction declares Kauai to be the world’s number one island GOLF destination! How about that!

Kauai boasts five of the top fifteen golf courses in Hawaii, and several of the world’s top 100. The island has 43 white sand beaches, and attractions like Waimea Canyon, which is 3,000 feet deep, and four miles wide. AWESOME!