KAPOLEI — Michelle Wie got all the morning attention in the opening round of the Fields Open in Hawai'i

But another local golfer, Ayaka Kaneko, quietly delivered a less heralded but solid round playing in the final group of the day yesterday.

The 18-year-old Sacred Hearts Academy senior hit the shot of the day at Ko Olina's signature 18th hole — stuffing a 7-iron from 159 yards to eight inches —to shoot an even-par 72, giving her a good opportunity to be the first amateur to make the cut in the LPGA event. She's in a 19-way logjam at 72.

Good showing, sure. But Kaneko was actually disappointed.

"I thought I was able to shoot better," said Kaneko. "I thought I could shoot under par today. I'm kind of disappointed but I think I will be OK tomorrow. I want to make the cut and have a great week."

Kaneko said she played "OK on the front nine" in making the turn at even par. She three-putted the par-3 fourth hole for a bogey, but bounced back with a birdie on the next, one of three par-5s she birdied for the day.

"I had two nice birdies (at 13 and 14) so I was kind of happy," said Kaneko, who got to 1-under at that point. She hit good drives at both holes and sank birdie putts of six and nine feet, respectively.

However, she double-bogeyed the par-4 15th after driving the right fairway bunker. "The 15th hole was terrible, so I want to fix that."

Kaneko teed off at 1:35 in the afternoon, nearly two hours after Wie came in with a 3-under 69.

"I was nervous (while waiting to tee off) but as I played I kind of relaxed," said Kaneko, who missed the cut in her three previous LPGA appearances, all in 2006.

Of the other players with Hawai'i ties, Dorothy Delasin, who represents the Turtle Bay Resort, shot a bogey-free 68 to share fifth place with 10 others. She had to sink a 12-foot putt to save par at the 18th hole, which played the most difficult yesterday with a 4.31 scoring average.

"It was good," Delasin said about her round. "I just went out there and had fun."

She birdied the opening par-5 hole and sank a 15-foot birdie putt at the par-3 fourth. Her birdies after the turn came at the par-5 13th, a tap-in, and at the par-3 16th after hitting 7-iron to 10 feet.

Delasin admits she had pressure playing last week in the SBS Open at Turtle Bay, trying to do well on her home course. She finished 75th and earned only $2,042.

"I really wanted to win over there because I'm sponsored by Turtle Bay," said Delasin, who talked to her golf coach and sports psychologist about the pressure.

"They both told me to go out there and have fun and that everything will take care of itself. They tell me that I'm like a Lee Trevino. When I have fun I play good. So, I'm going out there and have fun."

Delasin played in the same threesome with Cindy Rarick, who represents the Waikoloa Resort. But it wasn't a round that was a keeper for Rarick, who posted a 78. "I hit it terribly. It wasn't a bueno day," she said.

Morgan Pressel, who represents the Kapalua Resort on the LPGA tour, shot a 32 on her second nine (the front) after opening with a 38, including a double-bogey on the 18th hole.

"It didn't make me too happy. I just hit a bad shot," said Pressel, who hit her second shot into the water protecting the green.

"I was close to making birdies, but nothing was falling," said Pressel, who carded eight straight pars before the double.

"It just started falling on the second nine," added Pressel, who birdied holes 1, 2, 4 and 5 with none of the birdie putts longer than 10 feet.