Pearl City High School senior Daniel Tanigawa is the winner of the 2009 Monte Ito Memorial Scholarship. Tanigawa, planning to attend the University of Hawai'i, earns a $1,500 college scholarship.

The program honors the late Monte Ito, an Advertiser sportswriter for 50 years who is also in the Hawai'i Golf Hall of Fame. It recognizes "outstanding achievements or potential in journalism and golf."

Tanigawa played on the Chargers' baseball and golf teams and ran cross country. He was sports editor of the school paper his junior and senior years. Tanigawa also graduated summa cum laude and served as a class officer all four years.

The scholarship program started in 2000 and is administered by the David S. Ishii Foundation, which was formed in 2000 to "promote and advance the game of golf, and to educate the public as to its benefits to society."

LESSONS

GET GOLF READY AT KO OLINA, TURTLE BAY

Get Golf Ready programs continue at Turtle Bay and Ko Olina Resorts. The program is a series of five introductory lessons for $99. Pros teach in a small-group environment.

Turtle Bay offers its new series on five Tuesdays (July 7 to Aug. 4 at 10 a.m.) or Sundays (July 12 to Aug 9 at 2 p.m.). Students can register at http://www.TurtleBayGolf.com or by calling 293-8574.

At Ko Olina, new sessions begin in August, on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. More sessions are scheduled soon after. Free rental clubs and range balls are available. Groups of four or more can form their own classes with their own hours. Call Ko Olina at 676-5300.

Programs are also available at Kiahuna, Kapalua, Kaua'i Lagoons and Puakea. For more information, visit http://www.playgolfamerica.com/ggr.

The five lessons provide basic skills instruction as well as information regarding the background of the game's rules, etiquette and values. Participants will learn about chipping, putting, full swing, half swing and bunker play, as well the use and maintenance of golf equipment and keeping score.

TOURING PROS

FINAU BROTHERS TO REPRESENT TURTLE BAY

Turtle Bay Resort will hold a press conference Tuesday to officially announce that teen golfing brothers Tony, 19, and Gipper Finau, from Salt Lake City, will represent the resort as they pursue careers as professional golfers.

The Finaus' mother, Vena Mapu, is a former Brigham Young-Hawai'i volleyball player. Her sons turned pro in 2007.

With drives averaging 330-plus yards, the brothers are considered two of the brightest American hopes for the future. Both have competed in Nationwide and European tour events and will try to qualify for the PGA Tour later this year.

MAUI OPEN

FUJIKAWA EARNINGS NEARLY AT $80,000

Tadd Fujikawa's $3,000 first prize at the Kahili Maui Open boosted his 2009 on-course earnings to nearly $80,000.

Fujikawa, 18, turned pro two years ago after becoming the youngest to make a PGA Tour cut in 50 years. His win on Maui was his second in Hawai'i this year. Fujikawa defended his Mid-Pacific Open championship in April, winning by nine shots to earn $14,000. He also collected nearly $30,000 at the Sony Open in Hawai'i, and made another $30,000 at the PGA Tour's Honda Classic and Puerto Rico Open in March.

NOTES

A benefit golf tournament to help finance Mari Chun's pro career will be played June 30 at Pearl Country Club. Chun, who graduated after a decorated four-year career at Stanford, is a 2005 Kamehameha Schools alum hoping to qualify for the LPGA tour. Format is a three-person scramble; the cost is $375 per team. Information: 392-0349.

The annual S&S Cup will be July 16 at Ala Wai. The tournament benefits Christian Family Charities and Race to Heal Cancer, which raises funds for cancer awareness, detection and treatment. The format is three-person scramble; the cost is $50 per player. Entry deadline is July 1. Information: 285-0050.

The Aloha Section PGA has compiled a list of junior golf programs and golf-related activities throughout the state on its Web site, http://www.aloha.pga.com, under its Junior Golf link. Programs for all ages and skill levels are listed for O'ahu, Maui, Kaua'i and the Big Island.