Jamie Amimoto of Lihue and Bryden Salvador of Kilauea finished 12th and 13th in the 27-golfer field of the Boys 15-18 flight Sunday when the Hawaii State Junior Golf Association 2014 Oahu Junior Classic wrapped up at the Turtle Bay
Jamie Amimoto of Lihue and Bryden Salvador of Kilauea finished 12th and 13th in the 27-golfer field of the Boys 15-18 flight Sunday when the Hawaii State Junior Golf Association 2014 Oahu Junior Classic wrapped up at the Turtle Bay — Fazio Course.
Amimoto and Salvador both recorded identical 73 scores during the opening round Saturday and stumbled to wrap up with identical 75s, Sunday for a three-way tie at 148 with Cole Shintaku of Honolulu.
Keegan Loo, another Lihue golfer, finished 23rd in the flight at 156 (78-78). Sequoia Logan, a golfer with the Kapaa High School squad during the Kauai Interscholastic Federation season, finished 26th at 167 (88-79).
Kyle Suppa of Honolulu (68-70) tied with Colin Laszlo of Waipahu, Hawaii (71-67) at 138 after Laszlo fired a 5-under par 67, the best round of the flight, Sunday on the Par 72, 6,377-yard course.
Rilen Loo of Lihue, Keegan’s brother, ended at sixth place in the Boys 13-14 flight with a 157 (80-77) following two days of playing 6,355 yards.
Those were the only golfers from Kauai participating in the HSJGA Oahu Junior Classic where Minny Byun (75-77-152) took the Girls 7-10 flight, four strokes ahead of Kyra Kimie Tomita (82-74-156), both golfers hailing from Honolulu.
Joshua Hayashida carded a 154 (84-70) to take a one-stroke victory in the Boys 7-10 flight over Ariihau Faana (78-77-155) of Honolulu.
Kona Kashiwagi (74-77-151) of Honolulu beat out Jacob Kiyoshi Torres (74-79-153) of Aiea by two strokes to claim the Boys 11-12 flight, and Jennifer Koga (70-76-146) defeated Milburn Ho (76-76-152) in the Girls 11-12 flight.
Malia Nam (71-72-143)) of Kailua, Hawaii finished one-under par to claim the Girls 13-14 flight over Allysha Mae Mateo (70-76-46) who ended two-over par.
Evan Kawai (70-80-150) of Honolulu was two strokes better than Andrew Otani (80-72-152), also of Honolulu to claim the Boys 13-14 flight despite Otani carding an even par, Sunday.
Rose Huang (67-69-136) of Honolulu fired under-par scores on both days, ending with an eight-under par, Sunday to edge out Allisen Corpuz (69-69-138), also of Honolulu, to claim the Girls 15-18 flight.
