PO‘IPU — Douglas Sears, earning a berth in the Callaway Junior World tournament earlier this summer, finished a stroke ahead of Rilen Loo to take the 10-Under Jr. Tees at the Kaua‘i Junior Golf Association Back to School Tournament. The
PO‘IPU — Douglas Sears, earning a berth in the Callaway Junior World tournament earlier this summer, finished a stroke ahead of Rilen Loo to take the 10-Under Jr. Tees at the Kaua‘i Junior Golf Association Back to School Tournament.
The older KJGA golfers played the same tournament using a Modified Stabeford Format competition where points were awarded for regular stroke play scores on each hole. The player accumulating the most total points wins.
Points were awarded for Double Eagle +8, Eagle +5, Birdie +3, Par +1, Bogey 0, Double Bogey -2, and Triple Bogey, or more, -3.
Weston Moniz, playing in the 15-18 Championship flight, finished by carding an eagle, the only one of the tournament, on the No. 8 hole, par 4, from about 120 yards in brisk trades. Moniz had earlier carded an eagle on the No. 2, par 5, hole during the 2009 Kaua‘i Interscholastic Federation season.
Despite this, Moniz finished with a +6 for third place in the flight.
Levi Miyashiro finished with a +16 for first place followed by Sean Mamaclay ending with a +9 for second place. Following Moniz, Darren Valencia (+4) and Justin Uegawa (-2) rounded out the flight.
Sears finished with a 98 over Rilen Loo (99) to top the 10-Under Jr. Tees division, Saturday.
Reece Valencia (100), Logan Gibson (103), Hi‘ilani Alana (105), and Kainalu Saiki (143) rounded out that division leaderboard.
Keegan Loo (86) finished two strokes ahead of Bryden Salvador (88) to top the 12-Under Championship flight with Trevor Kua (94) rounding out the Top 3.
Landon Ishida controlled the 12-Under “A” Flight with a 111 for first place over Keith Jose (125) and Michael Miller (132).
Naeo Oda topped the Girls Championship flight with a 97 over Kalau Tanaka-Pesamino (104) and Kawena Warren (122).
Pono Tokioka finished with a +11 to top the 13-14 Championship flight over Reyn Morioka (+5) and La‘akea Warren (+5), the tie being broken by scorecard matching, the golfer with the most points on the Back Nine getting the advantage.
Kai Adachi (+8) finished a point ahead of Daezsa Tomas (+7) to take the 13-14 “A” Flight. The flight continued with Ken Miyata (+6) taking third over Braeden Robley (-4) to round out the leaders of that flight.
Matthias Davis topped the 13-14 “B” Flight, finishing with a -11 over Jordan Guerrero (-17), Lucas Gushikuma (-24) and Trevor Virga (-33).
The next tournament on the KJGA calendar is the 3-Club Tournament scheduled for Aug. 29 at the Kukuiolono Golf Course starting at 10 a.m. for the 9-Hole Stroke Play tournament. Each golfer is allowed a maximum of three clubs.
Hawai‘i State Junior Golf Association players converge on Kaua‘i, Sept. 5-6 for the Mixed Team Championship for the 13-18 age divisions. Teams of one boy and one girl play in the 36-hole tournament consisting of Ryder Cup style 4-Ball and Foursome play.
The Junior Tour Series plays at the Puakea Golf Course on Sept. 19-20 starting at 11 a.m. This is a 36-Hole Stroke Play tournament open to all ages.
