Oahu Country Club history

1907 marked its first tournament and it is still going strong.

The Manoa Cup was donated to Oahu Country Club by the Manoa Golf Club when Manoa was disbanded in 1908.

In 1913, the old links was extended to 18 holes with a length of 4,940 yards.

In 1914, Wall and Dougherty donated to O.C.C. a large plaque designed in the shape of a shield with the words "Oahu Country Club -- Honolulu Champions" engraved on it.

By 1919, persons of all income levels were playing the game and an enormous number wanted to enter the popular Manoa Cup tournament.

In 1924, the tournament was limited to amateur players only.

Another change was made to the format in 1926.

The 1928 tournament was scheduled to be played in May and, as customary, many entrants prepaid their tournament fees.

In 1929, the second year that the tournament was held at Waialae, the format was changed to again require 36 holes of play to qualify for the tournament.

In 1930, the Hawaiian Golf Association was formed to govern Hawaii's tournament affairs.

Starting in 1932, the semifinal players were required to go 36 holes similar to the finalists.

In 1933, the Association believed that O.C.C.'s course had improved to an acceptable level to hold the Manoa Cup tournament at its home in Nuuanu every other year with Waialae.

No thought was given to continue the tournament in 1942 because of the war situation in Hawaii that year.

However, in 1943 the members of the Hawaiian Golf Association requested the use of our course for the tournament as they believed there was no threat of invasion of the Islands by the enemy and the condition of our course had greatly improved.

The tournament has been held at Oahu Country Club every year since it was reinstituted in 1944.

In 1959, a new tradition was started.

During the 1966 tournament, Doctor Kiyoshi Iseki, a Honolulu dentist and avid golfer, read in the newspaper that the historic Manoa Cup trophy had been lost and that the Oahu Country Club was planning to replace it with another trophy.

The Club initiated the practice in 1968 of donating merchandise for the Manoa Cup prize in addition to the blazer jacket and a miniature replica of the trophy.

In 1973, the winner was also given free membership to the Club for one year.

In 1979, this practice was terminated by our Club after an investigation revealed it was a questionable practice under a strict interpretation of amateur regulations.

The entrance fee was increased from fifty cents to one dollar. (In 1986, it cost $42.00 to enter the tournament.)

In April of 1998 Andrew Feldmann became our new Head Professional.