Events/Activities

THE STAN ZUR TURF INSPECTION TOURNAMENT

We often forget that newer members and non-members don’t automatically know the history of this association or this event, and so it is a valid question...Who is Stan Zur?

Stan Zur was the founder of the Honolulu Executives Association along with Stewart Wade #3, in 1972. The H.E.A. was officially incorporated in 1973. Stan Zur became the first President of the Association. Originally all men, the Association held frequent golf outings, but a fun-filled, non-serious golf tournament soon became an official annual event. To avoid intimidating and possibly alienating those non-golfers in the association, it became the annual "Turf Inspection", and was held at a golf course willing to allow the group to enjoy the course pretty much to themselves, permitting "fun" on the course.

Zur, the founder and ring-leader of the golf event, passed away in 1988. A new president, John Wilkinson, was just taking office in 1989, and it was John with his new board, who made the decision to continue holding the golf tournament, naming it in honor or our late founder. So, in 1989, it officially became the "The Stan Zur Turf Inspection". Held in Spring, it’s a great way to spend an afternoon, strengthen friendships, and introduce staff or friends to the members of HEA.

Be sure to join in the fun!