Second ace for 8-year-old girl

Advertiser Staff

Cyd Okino, 8, shot her second ace on Jan. 17 at the Hawai'i Kai Executive Course. Cyrus Okino • Special to The Advertiser

Cyd Okino
Jan. 17, 2002
Hawai'i Kai Executive
Hole No. 7, 110 yards, 6-iron

Cyd Okino's reaction after getting her second ace wasn't typical.

"She started crying," said the 8-year-old's father, Cyrus Okino. "She plays a lot of golf and she knows what a hole-in-one is."

Cyd Okino, who is coached by Casey Nakama (who also coaches Michelle Wie), got her first ace at the age of 7 at Hickam Golf Course on July 12, 2001.

Last year, Okino finished 12th out of a field of 32 at the Junior World Championships.

For her latest hole-in-one, Okino and her father were waved through by a group playing ahead of them.

"I didn't see (the shot), actually," Cyrus said. "I just told her nice shot and they all yelled that it went in the hole."

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