Pono Tokioka won the Round of 32, 4 and 3, over Michael Shomoko and will be teeing off at 7 a.m. as the Round of 16 starts at the 104th Manoa Cup on O‘ahu. Tokioka is one of two Kaua‘i
Pono Tokioka won the Round of 32, 4 and 3, over Michael Shomoko and will be teeing off at 7 a.m. as the Round of 16 starts at the 104th Manoa Cup on O‘ahu.
Tokioka is one of two Kaua‘i golfers, including Cory Oride, a Kaua‘i High School graduate playing with the University of Hawai‘i program.
Jonathan Ota of Lihu‘e, the third Kaua‘i golfer, took the Round of 64, 6 and 5 over Andre Debard, Tuesday but fell to Shawn Lu, 5 and 4 Wednesday during the Round of 32.
Tokioka, a strong Kaua‘i Interscholastic Federation golfer, opening his Round of 64 with a 4 and 3 win over Henry Park, advancing to meet Shimoko in the Round of 32.
Oride opened with a 3 and 2 win over Kai Hayashida and advanced through the Round of 64 with a 3 and 2 win over Brent Grant to advance.
He meets Kyosuke Hara on a 7:35 a.m. tee time.
The Manoa Cup will play the quarterfinals and semifinals on June 15 with the final round going off on June 16.
Two-time defending Champion David Fink is attempting to go for a three-peat, the first since Francis I‘i Brown in 1932, states the Hawai‘i State Golf website.
Visit www.hawaiistategolf.org for more information on how match play is played as well as complete results on the Manoa Cup.
