McLachlin wins Kona Open
Advertiser Staff
Parker McLachlin chipped in for par on the second playoff hole to defeat Darren Summers at the Kuma Contracting Corp. Kona Open yesterday at the Kona Country Club's Ocean Course on the Big Island.
McLachlin, a Punahou and UCLA alum, shot a tournament low 7-under 65 yesterday to finished tied at 138 with Summers, who shot a 68.
McLachlin
Both golfers parred the first playoff hole, the par-4 first hole. On the second playoff hole, the par-5 ninth, McLachlin sank a downhill chip from the fringe for his par. Summers' 3-foot par putt lipped out.
McLachlin, a pro who now lives in Scottsdale, Ariz., started five strokes behind first-round leader and defending champion John Lynch. Summers is a pro from Kapalua Resort.
Professional Ivan Cunningham shot a 66 to tie at 140 with Lynch (72) and low-amateur Sean Maekawa (68). Amateur Jarett Hamamoto and pro Regan Lee shot a 71s to finish at 141.
Hilo's Mel Loo shot 69 and won the A flight with a 146.
FRANCIS BROWN
14-year-olds capture match-play tourney
Fourteen-year-olds Alex Chu and Tadd Fujikawa defeated Reyn Tanaka and Ryan Perez, 1 up, to win the 54th Francis Hyde I'i Brown Four-Ball Match Play Championships yesterday.
ABOVE: Alex Chu chips to the green on the ninth hole. Chu and Fujikawa won the championship, 1 up. Photos by Andrew Shimabuku • The Honolulu Advertiser
The 36-hole final was played at Ala Wai Municipal Golf Course.
TOP: Tadd Fujikawa lines up a putt on the fifth hole during the final round of the Francis Hyde I'i Brown Four-Ball Match Play Championships final at Ala Wai.
Fujikawa, who won the Hickam Invitational earlier this month, and Chu went out to a three-stroke lead after the first four holes, but Tanaka, 18, and Perez, 19, pulled even with a birdie on the 14th hole. The teams remained tied at the end of the morning round.
Chu and Fujikawa, the fourth seeds, birdied the 19th hole to go 1 up, but Tanaka and Perez, the seventh seeds, birdied the 25th hole to draw even. Chu and Fujikawa got birdies on the 28th and 31st holes to go 2 up before Tanaka and Perez birdied the 34th for the final margin.
Layne Tanaka and Curt Edwards defeated Brian Pang and Alan Adachi, 9 and 8, to win the A flight. George Akeo and Clarence Takahashi defeated Randall Wong and Darren Jay, 7 and 6, to win the B flight.
SCOTT ROBERTSON
Kimberly Kim finishes 20th in junior tourney
Pahoa's Kimberly Kim shot a 5-over 76 yesterday and finished in a tie for 20th in the girls 15 to 18 division at the American Junior Golf Association's 22nd annual Scott Robertson Memorial Tournament at Roanoke, Va.
Kim, a student at Waiakea Intermediate, finished at 15-over 228, 17 strokes behind winner Kiimberly Donovan of Hopkinton, Mass., who shot a final-round 70 at Roanoke Country Club.
Robertson was a promising Roanoke Country Club golfer who died at age 14 as a result of infectious mononucleosis in the summer of 1982.
NOTES
Pearl President's Cup: Entry deadline for the Pearl President's Cup is June 19. The tournament will be June 25 and 26 at Pearl Country Club. Golfers can play in A (4 to 9 handicap), B (10 to 15) or C (16 and over) flights. Entry fee is $120. The tournament offers a purse of $8,000 in gift certificates. Play begins at 12:30 p.m. (shotgun format) each day. Call Pearl (487-3802) for more information.
The First Hawaiian REHAB Golf Challenge, set for Wednesday, at Hawai'i Prince Golf Club, is a sellout. The tournament is a benefit for the Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific. For more information or to donate to the auction, call the REHAB Foundation at 566-3451.
