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Kop advances in Manoa Cup

Advertiser Staff

Four-time Manoa Cup champion Brandan Kop blasted out of this sand trap during his match yesterday against Joe Phengsavath. Kop won, 3 and 2, to advance to today's quarterfinals. Richard Ambo • The Honolulu Advertiser

Also advancing were Kurt Nino, Del-Marc Fujita, Travis Toyama, Wade Nakamura, Damien Victorino, Hee Beom Kim and Troy Higashiyama.

Kop led 3-up at the turn, when Phengsavath bogeyed No. 8 and 9, and closed out the match at the par-3 16th with a par.

"Every year its getting harder," said Kop, 41, a four-time Manoa Cup champion. "You've got to out-think them, out-train them (his opponents).

"Last year I lost in the first round. That opens your eyes."

Phengsavath, who turns 27 next Monday, won the State Amateur championship in March and teamed with Phil Anamizu to capture the Francis Brown Four-Ball title last month.

Nino went 19 holes to defeat 2000 Manoa champion Randy Shibuya; Fujita edged Junior Agpaoa, 1-up; Toyama defeated Kristofer Baptist, 3 and 2; Nakamura beat Gary Kong on the 19th hole; Victorino ousted Garrett Okamura, 3 and 2; Kim defeated Shannon Tanoue, 5 and 4; and Higashiyama beat Steven Nguyen, 2-up.

The first of four quarterfinal matches — Higashiyama vs. Kim — tees off at 7 a.m. from the first tee. In other matches, Victorino plays Nakamura, Kop faces Nino and Fujita takes on Toyama.

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