Posted at 5:14 p.m., Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Four Isle golfers named Rolex Junior All-Americans
Advertiser Staff
America's most isolated golf destination had four of its golfers named Rolex Junior All-Americans today.Honolulu's Stephanie Kono, Tadd Fujikawa and Ayaka Kaneko, and Hilo's Kimberly Kim, who now lives in Arizona, were all honored by the American Junior Golf Association. Kono was among the 12 on the Girls First Team. Fujikawa, Kaneko and Kim are on the 12-player second teams.
Kono, 16, is a Punahou junior. She earned honorable mention last year. This season, she had three Top-10 AJGA finishes including a third at the Thunderbird International Junior. She was named to her first Canon Cup West Team and climbed to No. 8 nationally in the final 2006 Polo Golf Rankings.
The Rolex Junior All-America Teams were introduced by the AJGA in 1978 to honor the world's premier junior golfers. This year's selections distinguished themselves in 63 national events, 52 conducted by the AJGA. Teams were determined exclusively through the Polo Golf Rankings for the first time.
Former Rolex Junior All-Americans include Tiger Woods, Jim Furyk, Phil Mickelson, Cristie Kerr, Pat Hurst and Paula Creamer.