Competitors during the high school golf season, Peter Jung and Jake Sequin combined their efforts to claim a championship over the weekend.

The sophomores resume the Interscholastic League of Honolulu schedule today at Hawaii Kai Golf Course with Jung representing Maryknoll and Sequin sporting Mid-Pacific’s colors. On Sunday, in matching black and white, their scores complemented each other just as seamlessly in winning the 12th Hawaii State Golf Association Four-Ball title.

Jung and Sequin entered the final round with a two-shot lead after combining for a 10-under-par 61 on Saturday at Ted Makalena Golf Course. Their 65 on a far windier Sunday in Waipahu gave them a total of 16 under and a three-shot margin of victory over two-time defending champions Tyler Ota and David Saka and the team of Michael Wolfe and Randy Yim.

“We’re really close friends, so we just mess around and have fun and play our normal golf,” Jung said. “So that’s the biggest key, I think. Just us knowing each other very well is a really big plus.”

Jung and Sequin got started in the sport at age 8 under the coaching of John Hearn at Oahu Country Club. They’ve continued to practice and play together while competing for different high school teams in the spring season.

They missed the cut in their debut in the HSGA Four-Ball two years ago and tied for 11th last year. This time, they stormed ahead on Saturday, when Jung carded an individual round of 63, and held steady on Sunday, with both finishing with rounds of 70.

“Honestly, I had no idea what I was shooting,” Jung said of his blistering bogey-free round on Saturday. “I knew I was playing good, but I just had fun. I think my putting was a lot better than I thought it was. I was just really relaxed and saying a lot of jokes.”

Their friendship helped ease any final-round pressure on Sunday as they covered each other’s missteps to protect the lead. They effectively put the tournament away when Sequin rolled in a 20-foot birdie putt on the par-3 17th.

“It helps a lot, being able to joke around, it lightens the mood,” Sequin said, “and you don’t get upset about bad shots or bad holes.”

Jung began his year by playing in the Sony Open in Hawaii, having earned the local amateur exemption into the field last November. He made two tours of Waialae Country Club alongside the PGA Tour pros that week, and the experience continues to pay off.

“I think all of the hard work I put into Sony to prep up is coming out now,” Jung said.

“In a good way, I’m not as nervous, it’s just golf. I learned that after the Sony. I put the Sony at such a high standard, that I felt like I wasn’t just playing golf. … So now everything is a lot easier.”

Yim and Wolfe tied the fifth-place team of Tyler Isono and Chad Umetsu for the low round of the day at 64. Ota and Saka, former high school teammates at Moanalua, finished with a 66. Joe Matyas and Jordan Belton placed fourth at 12 under.

Ota, the HSGA player of the year each of the past four years, will next look to defend his title at the Hawaii State Amateur Stroke Play Championship, set for March 14-17 at Pearl Country Club.

“It’s a fun relaxed way to start off the year,” Ota said of the four-ball event. “It’s a format we don’t have a whole lot of and it’s nice. Team tournaments are always fun.”

Kellie Yamane and Alison Takamiya won the women’s title on Sunday with a total of 11-under 135 to edge Karissa Kilby and Abigail Woo by a shot.

Edwin Mariano and Randy Tamashiro won the A Flight at 3 under and Glenn Maeda and Leighton Uyeda took the B Flight at 3 over. Scott Ichimura and Mike Kawate ran away with the senior flight at 12 under.