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High school seniors Kamie Hamada (‘Iolani) and Chad Lee (St. Anthony) captured the Hawaii State Junior Golf Association Mixed Team Championship Sunday at Poipu Bay Golf Course.
Hamada and Lee shot rounds of 66-76 in windy weather on Kauai to win by four shots over Lana Calibuso-Kwee and Jordan Terada.
Arashiro paces Hawaii team
Trevor Arashiro was Hawaii’s top finisher at the 49th Eddie Hogan Cup, a junior boys team event that ended Sunday in Portland, Ore.
Arashiro tied for 14th individually, helping Hawaii to a 10th-place team finish in a field of 12 from eight states and British Columbia. Arashiro shot 78-72 to end up eight strokes behind medalist Ashwin Arasu, from Southern California.
The Hawaii team score was 467, with Andrew Otani (79—156) the only other golfer in the top 30.
The format was best three scores of the four-player team each day.
Ralbovsky workshop wrapping up
PGA pro Kevin Ralbovsky is offering a two-day course-management class at Ko’olau Golf Club, Aug. 25-26.
TODAY’S TIP: ALWAYS AIM
On long par-4 and par-5 tee shots where you often cannot see the flag, many amateurs aim somewhere down the fairway at noting in particular. This approach usually results in spraying the ball around and getting into trouble. A better way is to have a very precise aim point, even if you have no flag in sight. For example, there might be an unusual tree sticking out in the distant tree line that is in line with an imaginary line straight down the fairway. Once you have selected this specific distant target, keep it in your mind’s eye as you finalize your preparation and start your swing. You will be more likely to hit your ball right down the middle of the fairway.
— By Phil Franke with top 100 golf instructors
His final summer workshop is titled The Art and Science of Lowering Your Golf Score. It will feature work in the studio, at the range and on the course. Cost is $100 for six hours of instruction, focused on “getting the ball in the hole with whatever style and techniques you already use.”
Subjects include driving, playing in wind, avoiding big numbers, reading lies, hitting from slopes, low and high shots and finding the zone.
To register, email ralbovskk001@hawaii.rr.com.
Loaded field in OCC Men’s Invitational
A field of 80, including this year’s Manoa Cup champion Andy Okita, will compete in the Oahu Country Club’s 54th annual Men’s Invitational, which will be held today through Saturday.
Jun Ho Won won’t be defending his title, but 2015 champion Tyler Ota will be participating, along with former champions, Matthew Ma (2011, 2012), Jonathan Ota (2004), Merv Matsumoto (2003), Joe Phengsavath (2000), Brandan Kop (1998), Wendell Kop (1986, 1989), and other top players, Kyosuke Hara, Evan Kawai and Shawn Lu.
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