Posted on: Thursday, June 10, 2004
Shibuya, Victorino Jr. advance at Manoa Cup
Advertiser Staff
Former champions Randy Shibuya and Damien Victorino Jr. advanced yesterday in the 96th annual Manoa Cup at Oahu Country Club.
Guy Yamamoto, a two-time winner, and Brandan Kop, who has won this state amateur match play golf title four times, were not as fortunate.
Shannon Tanoue stopped Kop on the 17th hole, 2 and 1, to reach today's quarterfinals. He will meet former University of Hawai'i-Hilo player Hee Beom Kim, who edged 13-year-old Tadd Fujikawa by the same score.
Ryan Perez defeated Yamamoto, 5 and 4. Perez will play for UH-Manoa in the fall. He lost a playoff with Kurt Nino for the state high school championship last month.
Perez will play Doug Williams, who won yesterday's most one-sided match, 8 and 6, over Todd Rego.
Shibuya, who won the 2000 Cup, outlasted Ryan Masuda, 2 and 1. Shibuya plays Ronald Haranda, 53, in the quarterfinals. Haranda, a member at OCC, defeated Brandon Abreu, 4 and 2.
Victorino, the 1996 Manoa Cup champion, plays Lee Sakugawa today. Sakugawa beat Garret Hayashi, 2 and 1, while Victorino ousted 2003 state high school champion Troy Higashiyama, 4 and 2.
Quarterfinals begin this morning at 7.
Round of 16
