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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Thursday, December 7, 2006

GOLF REPORT
Turtle Bay will offer caddies at its courses

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Turtle Bay Golf will begin offering caddies for both the Arnold Palmer and George Fazio Courses Saturday.

"We created our caddie program for several reasons," said Matthew Hall, Turtle Bay's Director of Golf. "For our customers, it is the ultimate way to play golf. Walking with a caddie who knows the course is something every golfer should treat themselves to. For our community on the North Shore, this program gets young people interested in the game of golf and it allows them to learn and develop the many skills that are involved with caddying.

"Also, anyone who caddies for a period of two years will be eligible for an Evans Scholar Caddy Scholarship, a national non-profit organization designed to offer scholarship to caddies all over the country. This is a great program and it is a good income opportunity."

Caddies will assist with yardage, green reading, club cleaning, local course knowledge, and points of interest about the North Shore and Turtle Bay. They will be available by appointment every day. Turtle Bay will have several caddies standing by on weekends for golfers who would like to hire for that day.

MAEKAWA, OKADA WIN HSJGA CHAMPIONSHIPS

Sean Maekawa of Pa'auilo, Hawaii, and Elyse Okada of Kahului, Maui, won the 2006 Hawai'i State Junior Golf Association Ulupalakua Ranch Tournament of Champions last weekend.

The field of 52 was made up of winners of 2006 junior events in four age divisions. It was held atMaui's Wailea Golf Club.

Maekawa opened with a 6-under-par 66 to take a four-shot lead into Sunday's final round. He closed with a 69 to win the Boys 15-18 division by five over state high school champion Chan Kim (70—140). Okada also won by five in Girls 15-18, shooting consecutive 73s. Kelcie Kawano (79—151) was second.

Winners in other flights: 13-14—Tommy Yamashita (77—147) and Anna Jang (74—150); 11-12—Lorens Chan (71—138) and Cassy Isagawa (71—140), in a playoff over Kyung Kim (67—140); 10-under—Skye Inakoshi (70—140) and Alexandra Kaui (72—146).

ANAMIZU WINS STATE SENIOR AMATEUR CROWN

Phil Anamizu opened with an even-par 72 and went on to win the Hawai'i State Senior Amateur Championship Sunday at Kane'ohe Klipper. Anamizu closed with a 77, three better than Tom Goodbody (77—152).

Jade Merkel won the women's championship by a shot over Marcie Rudich with a two-day total of 168. Merkel lost a playoff a year ago, in her "rookie" appearance at age 50.