Jim Burns, recipient of the second Aloha Section PGA Lifetime Achievement Award, will be honored with Hawaii Golf Hall of Fame inductee Guy Yamamoto at the annual Ho‘olaule‘a Awards banquet, Jan. 11 at the Japanese Cultural Center.

Burns is being recognized for "his selfless dedication and service to preserving the game of golf in Hawaii for amateurs and professionals." The retired judge, avid golfer and former Waialae Country Club president is an integral part of the annual Gov. John A. Burns Challenge Cup, named after his late father.

The event brings Hawaii’s best pros and amateurs together in a Ryder Cup-style competition. This year, Burns enticed PGA Tour winner Dean Wilson, a Castle High graduate, to come home and play for the pro team. He already has invited Wilson, who provided a clinic for the amateurs, to play next year.

Burns is also a major reason the amateur team members get to play for an exemption into the Sony Open in Hawaii.

Yamamoto, 52, is one of five Hawaii men to win the U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship and he played in the 1995 Masters. He is one of seven to win the state match play (Manoa Cup) and stroke play titles.

"I’m very humbled to be inducted into the Hawaii Golf Hall of Fame," said Yamamoto, general manager at Mililani Golf Club. "There are so many great people in the Hall — people I looked up to and grew up reading about. To be included in the same circle with them is a tremendous honor."

Yamamoto won a state high school team championship with Kauai High in 1979 and was captain of the University of Hawaii team.

All proceeds from the Ho‘olaule‘a benefit the Aloha Section PGA Foundation, established to "promote interest, participation and enjoyment in the game of golf and to preserve the history of the game in Hawaii."

The Ho‘olaule‘a honors all the groups that make up Hawaii golf, with each association honoring its members. Tickets are $60 for adults and $20 for children 12 and under.

For information, contact Kyra Chun at 593-2230 or kchun@pgahq.com.