Wailuku’s Shayna Miyajima and Honolulu’s Stephanie Kono are in the top 35 halfway through the LPGA Stage II Qualifying Tournament at Plantation Golf and Country Club in Venice, Fla.

After Wednesday’s second round, Miyajima (71—141) has a share of ninth and Kono (71—144) is tied for 34th. Hawaii’s Xyra Suyetsugu (77—154) and Lisa LaFollette (87—168) are farther back.

The top 70 and ties in the 234-player field advance to the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament. All other players receive 2012 LPGA Futures Tour status. This is the first year the two tours have run joint Q-Schools.

Kono is one of 26 amateurs in the field. The three-time All-American is a senior at UCLA, which won this year’s NCAA championship.

At the PGA Tour prequalifying event in Maricopa, Ariz., last week, Waikoloa pro Eric Dugas fired rounds of 68-69-74 to tie for 26th. The top 38 and ties advance to the first qualifying stage. There are 13 first-stage sites, starting Oct. 18.

UH finishes 10th in Oregon

Hawaii took 10th in the 14-team Rose City Collegiate, which ended Tuesday in Aurora, Ore. The Rainbow Wahine closed at 314 for a three-day team total of 946. Long Beach State went wire to wire to win with a total of 303—900, or 36 over par.

Junior Ka‘ili Britos had UH’s best finish, shooting 77—232 to take 22nd. She was followed by Ericka Lundberg (81—236), Madeleine Ystrom (81—242), Charlee Kapiioho (75—245) and Brigitte Baker (94—258). The medalist was LBSU’s Rochelle Chan, who opened with a 6-under-par 66 and finished at 220. San Francisco freshman Michelle Condry (Punahou) was 26th at 72—233.

Honolulu’s Alex Ching, a senior at San Diego who finished first in the University of Colorado Invitational Sept. 12-13, placed eighth last week at the Gene Miranda Falcon Invitational at the U.S. Air Force Academy.

Demo Fest for good cause

The Olomana Demo Fest is Oct. 8 at Olomana Golf Links. It benefits Susan G. Komen For the Cure and Casey Nakama’s Golf Development Center.

Swing Fore Breast Cancer will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and feature new equipment from TaylorMade, Titleist, Callaway, Ping, Phyxius Golf, Nike, Cobra, Tifosi and a Footjoy trunk sale.

Notes

» First Tee of Hawaii is starting a fall golf session on Sundays, beginning this week and running through Nov. 27. It goes from 3 to 4:30 p.m. at Hawaii Country Club on Kunia Road. The program is for ages 6-19. The cost is $75. For more information, call 478-3466, email kwz711@hawaii.rr.com or visit thefirstteehawaii.org.

» Hana Furuichi and Allisen Corpuz, from Honolulu, and Hilo’s Ciera Min will represent Hawaii at the ninth USGA Women’s State Team Championship next week at Savannah, Ga.

» Hawaii’s Michelle Wie, pulling up to a McDonald’s drive-thru in a golf cart, is featured in new 15- and 30-second commercials promoting the chain’s Monopoly game. In the ad, the odds of Wie going to "your McDonald’s" are 1 in 15 million. Those odds are probably less near Hawaii Kai and Stanford, Calif., where Wie will graduate in March.