Nishimoto keeps lead in Mid-Pac Open golf
Advertiser Staff
Kaua'i professional Dan Nishimoto shot a 1-under-par 71 yesterday to take a one-stroke lead after two rounds of the 2001 Mid-Pacific Open at Mid-Pacific Country Club.
Nishimoto has a 36-hole total of 5-under 139.
Hilo's Kevin Hayashi, last year's Aloha Section PGA player of the year, fired the best round of the tournament so far, a 5-under 67, to put him at 140.
Casey Nakama, the 1999 Mid-Pacific champion, eight-time Mid-Pac winner Lance Suzuki and amateur Shannon Sibayan were at 142. Nakama shot a 73 , Suzuki a 72 and Sibayan a 71.
Larry Stubblefield, the only other player to break 70, shot a 69 and was tied with amateur Mike Ukauka (70) at 143.
Defending champion Beau Yokomoto shot a 73 for a two-round total of 152 and missed the cut (151) for the final two rounds.
Cuts were made in all flights for the final two rounds today and tomorrow.
MORE GOLF
• Rose moves to Turtle Bay: Dennis Rose, long time Hawai'i Golf Professional, has been appointed Director of Golf for the Turtle Bay Resort.
Rose was born and raised in Hawai'i and has been in the golf business for more than 25 years. He has held previous assistant positions at Porter Valley Country Club in Los Angeles, and the Laguna Seca Golf Ranch in Monterey, Calif.
Since returning to the islands in 1975, Rose was the 1st assistant and teaching professional at the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, and the position of Vice President of Resort Operations/Directors of Golf at the Waikoloa Beach Resort.
Turtle Bay Resort is located on the North Shore of O'ahu and features more than 800 oceanfront acres that includes a 27 holes of golf (Soon to be 36).
COLLEGE BASEBALL
• Komine goes to 9-1: Shane Komine of Honolulu struck out 10 in eight innings in pitching third-ranked Nebraska to a 9-0 Big 12 Conference victory over Kansas last night at Lawrence, Kan.
Komine, a junior out of Kalani High (1998), scattered seven hits and walked one as he improved to 9-1. It was the fourth straight game, and sixth time this season, that the All-American right-hander has struck out 10 or more.
Nobody had a fly-ball out against Komine; he got 11 ground outs and the Cornhuskers made two double plays.
"The main thing was to get a good start and pitch the way I can pitch." Komine said.
Nebraska improved to 33-8 and 14-3 in the Big 12.
