Shawn Lu fired an 8-under-par 63 to take control after Friday’s second round of the Oahu Country Club Men’s Invitational at Oahu Country Club.
Lu, the defending champion, is at 130. The tournament record of 198 was set by Parker McLachlin in 2001.
Lu leads second-place Jun Ho Won by nine strokes. Matthew Ma and Zachary Kaneshiro are tied for third at 140 and Justin Ngan, who shared the first-round lead with Lu, shot a 74 and is at 141.
The final round starts today at 11 a.m.
Chad Umetsu finished at 143 to win the Mid-Am flight and Mike Kawate took the Senior flight with a 146.
2 UH pitchers appear in all-star games
Two University of Hawaii pitchers played in the all-star games for their respective summer leagues.
Freshman Cade Smith, who plays for the SoCal Catch, gave up a hit over one inning for the Americans squad in the California Collegiate League all-star game Wednesday. Smith has worked 23 innings with a 3.42 ERA and 22 strikeouts this season.
Freshman Jeremy Yelland, who plays for the Wenatchee AppleSox, worked a scoreless inning with two strikeouts for the North All-Stars in the West Coast League all-star game Tuesday. Yelland has appeared in eight games and has a 1.62 ERA.
Outrigger takes third at World Sprints
Outrigger Canoe Club placed third in the Elite Women V6 1500 final of the 18th IVF Va’a World Sprint Championships Friday in Pirae, Tahiti.
Outrigger was timed in 8 minutes, 12.78 seconds for Hawaii’s only medal so far in the eight-day international competition. Tahiti won the event in 7:45.21 with New Zealand second in 8:05.71.
More than 200 paddlers from Hawaii are competing in the event that runs through July 26.
