Hattori preps for Sony

By Ann Miller

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Nov 22, 2012

~~<p>For the first time in Richard Hattori's golf life, many, many eyes will be on him in January. That's what happens when you are a Hawaii junior golfer and you qualify for the first full-field event of the PGA Tour season.</p>
<p>Hattori captured the amateur slot for the Sony Open in Hawaii Monday in a shoot-out with his Governor's Cup amateur teammates. The Kalani senior shot 1-under-par 71, then outlasted Todd Rego and Jared Sawada in a playoff to follow in the high school Foot-Joy steps of guys like Lorens Chan, John Oda and Tadd Fujikawa.</p>
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For the first time in Richard Hattori's golf life, many, many eyes will be on him in January. That's what happens when you are a Hawaii junior golfer and you qualify for the first full-field event of the PGA Tour season.

Hattori captured the amateur slot for the Sony Open in Hawaii Monday in a shoot-out with his Governor's Cup amateur teammates. The Kalani senior shot 1-under-par 71, then outlasted Todd Rego and Jared Sawada in a playoff to follow in the high school Foot-Joy steps of guys like Lorens Chan, John Oda and Tadd Fujikawa. Login for more...