GOLF BRIEFS
Ka'anapali offering free rounds for kids under 17
Advertiser Staff
Junior golfers ages 17 and under can play both Ka'anapali Golf Courses free in July and August, when accompanied by a paying adult. The special is good any day after 10 a.m.
From 1987 to 2000, the North Course was the site of the Senior PGA Tour's Ka'anapali Classic. It is one of only two Hawai'i layouts designed by the legendary Robert Trent Jones Sr. The South Course was redesigned in 1976 by architect Arthur Jack Snyder.
For more information, or to book a tee time, call 661-3691 on Maui or visit kaanapali-golf.com.
Three earn trip to national event
Honolulu's Kayla Morinaga and Ayaka Kaneko, and Hilo 12-year-old Kimberly Kim qualified for the U.S. Girls' Junior Championship tomorrow at Mauna Lani's South course.
Morinaga and Kaneko shot 2-over 74, with Kim a shot back.
Tuesday, Honolulu's Stephanie Kono and Pearl City's Mari Chun earned half of the four qualifying spots at Valley Country Club in Aurora, Colo. Kono was the medalist at 4-under 69 and Chun was second at 73.
The national tournament will be July 19 to 24 at Mira Vista Golf Club in Fort Worth.
Other qualifying information:
• 'Aiea's Matt Ma earned O'ahu's spot for the U.S. Public Links Championship at Ala Wai on Saturday. Ma shot 8-under-par 132 over 36 holes. Kailua's Samuel Rodriguez III is first alternate. He finished eight back.
Former University of Hawai'i golfer Matt Kodama qualified by finishing second at Black Mountain at Henderson, Nev. Kodama shot 138.
National championship: July 12 to 17 at Rush Creek Golf Club in Maple Ridge, Minn.
• Sean Maekawa, from Pa'auilo on the Big Island, shot 73-70—143 to win Hawai'i's spot for the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship. Qualifying ended yesterday at Dunes at Maui Lani. Maekawa's 1-under-par score beat out 25 others. Kapa'a's Bret Netzer (72-76) is first alternate.
National championship: July 19 to 24 at The Olympic Club in San Francisco.
• U.S. Senior Open qualifying is tomorrow at Barbers Point.
National championship: July 29 to Aug. 1 at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis.
• U.S. Women's Amateur qualifying is July 8 at Mid-Pacific Country Club. Michelle Wie and Amanda Wilson are already in on exemptions.
National championship: Aug. 9 to 14 at The Kahkwa Club in Erie, Penn.
HSWGA event back to Mid-Pac
The final women's major of 2004 — the Hawai'i State Women's Golf Association Stroke Play Championship — is back to its original dates and site.
The tournament will again be played at Mid-Pacific Country Club, Aug. 3 to 5. Stephanie Kono is defending champion.
Applications are available by calling the HSWGA (589-2046). They can also be downloaded from hswga.org.
The Stroke Play Championship is open to amateur women with handicaps less than 9.4.
Waikoloa Skills Challenge on tap
Golfers of all abilities can take up the Waikoloa Skills Challenge Saturday at the Kings' Course. The Challenge, made up of putting, chipping, long drive and closest-to-the-pin contests, is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Winner of the closest-to-the- pin contest qualifies to compete in the Million Dollar Hole-in-One Shootout Sunday, on the ninth hole of Waikoloa's Beach Course.
The Challenge and Shootout benefit United Cerebral Palsy of Hawai'i. Entry fee is $10 per contest. For more information, call 886-7888 on the Big Island.
