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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Thursday, November 28, 2002

Guest's ace gets best of host

Advertiser Staff

GLENN CORREA
Oct. 13, 2002
Hawai'i Prince Golf Club
Hole No. 3, C Course, 147 yards, 4-iron

There is no justice in golf. When Glenn Correa invited me to his home course at Waehu, Maui, he greeted me with: "No one comes to my house and kicks my (bleep)!" What a host.

On Oct. 13, he came to my home turf, the Hawai'i Prince Golf Club for a long awaited four-man match. My partner and I kept the game close until the 12th hole (C3). With a steady left-to-right wind, Glenn, a southpaw, hit a choked down, knocked down 4-iron. As soon as the ball left the clubface, his partner yelled, "It's an ace!" I looked up just in time to see the ball take one hop and dive into the hole. What a guest.

We were shaken we lost the match, and Glenn used our money to pay for the traditional hole-in-one cocktails at my clubhouse, at my home course. Like I said, there is no justice in golf.

— Paul Yokota
Hawai'i Prince Hotel, general manager

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Name, Hometown (Date) Course Hole Yards Club
Chris DeCosin, Honolulu (11/8) Mid-Pacific 4 151 7-iron
Lionel Tashiro, ‘Aiea (11/21) Waikele 8 152 4-iron
Matthew Sunada, Honolulu (11/22) Fort Shafter 5 175 5-iron
Bradley Joseph, Honolulu (11/23) Hickam 9 175 driver
Edward Sala, Waipahu (11/23) Hawai‘i Prince A3 146 9-wood
Keikilani E. Curnan, Kailua, Kona (11/24) Hapuna 13 94 8-iron
Nicolas Lynn, Honolulu (11/25) Pearl 16 183 7-wood
Rick Ribuca, Kalihi (11/26) Ala Wai 2 147 6-iron