Updated at 4:29 p.m., Sunday, July 29, 2007
Honolulu's Alex Ching wins Optimist golf by 7 strokes
Advertiser Staff
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Ching, a Punahou School senior, finished at 5-under 283 in the boys 16-18 division, which included 201 golfers. Ching's round today at the PGA National Resort and Spa included five birdies, two bogeys and a double-bogey.
Micah Jacobsen of Fernandina Beach, Fla., shot 72 and was second at 290.
Two other Hawai'i golfers, Jared Sawada of Mililani and Kaua'i's Cory Oride, missed the 54-hole cut.
In the girls division, 'Aiea's Anna Jang finished tied for 29th at 85—320. Honolulu's Brittany Isobe missed the 54-hole cut.
Catherine O'Donnell of Ponte Vedra, Fla., won by nine strokes in the 110-player field at 72—287.
