ISLE FILE
Hawai'i golfers finish ninth at Hogan Cup

Advertiser Staff

Hawai'i finished ninth at the 36th Eddie Hogan Cup Team Matches yesterday in Portland, Ore.

Southern California won the 12-team competition with a two-round total of 4-over-par 436 at the Riverside Country Club. Hawai'i shot 455.

The 36-hole team matches pit the best junior golfers from the Western United States and Canada against one another in a team format with the three lowest scores each day determining the team total.

Kane'ohe's Travis Toyama shot a 5-over-par 149 (16th) followed by Lihu'e's Chad Nonaka (153, tie-27th), Kapa'a's Kellen Watabu (153, tie-27th) and Kapa'a's Bret Netzer (158, tie-40th). Five golfers shared individual medalist honors at even-par 144.

McLachlin finishes pro event tied for 26th

Parker McLachlin had eight birdies yesterday to close the NGA/Hooters Tour Buffalo Run Classic with a 5-under-par 67. He tied for 26th.

McLachlin, a former Hawai'i high school champion, had a 72-hole total of 8-under 280. He finished 13 shots behind Will Mackenzie, who shot 65 the final two days at Peoria Ridge Golf Course in Miami, Okla.

McLachlin, who won a Hooters event in April, has collected more than $33,000 in the eight events he has played and is in the Top 20 on the money list.

TENNIS

Lajola places second in national doubles

'Aiea's Dennis Lajola lost in the doubles championship of the U.S. Tennis Association Boys' 16s National Hard Court Championships on Saturday at Kalamazoo College in Michigan.

Lajola and Jamie Hunt of San Antonio fell to California's Sam Querrey and Florida's Spencer Vegosen, 2-6, 6-2, 7-5.

Lajola and Hunt were seeded second while the winners, who also captured the national clay court championship, were third.

Querrey also won the singles title at Kalamazoo. Lajola, seeded ninth, lost to the top-seeded Vegosen in the Round of 16.