Investigation continues into Hawaii tourney.(golf tournament.)(Brief Article)

A week before Pro Tour Hawaii went belly up, a mainland investor was tapped as a last-ditch effort to bail out the financially strapped golf tournament.

Investor Donald Courtney says he met with Greg Wood, the chief financial officer of the tournament, about purchasing the $35 million Waikapu Valley Country Club on the Big Island but instead Wood tried to convince Courtney to invest in the tournament.

"He asked me to invest $500,000," says Courtney, of Carlsbad, Calif. "It started out simply with it would be a great opportunity."

But when Courtney asked to see the audited books and inquired about the sponsorship money, players fees and the $1.8 …