When Oahu Country Club head pro Andrew Feldmann and Hawaii Golf Hall of Famer Larry Stubblefield won the Kaanapali Pro-Pro Championship on Monday it was their 10th title together.
The two have won the Pro-Pro twice — six years apart — and captured the Big Island Candies Scotch 4-Ball once. At OCC, where Stubblefield is a member, they have won seven Nike Golf/Golf Concepts 4-Ball Match Play titles.
At Kaanapali, Feldmann and Stubblefield overcame the opening round 61 by Maui’s Kyle Hayashi and David Braxton to win by one with rounds of 65-67 — two-putting the last hole for par.
The winning team split $3,000. The better-ball format drew 34 teams and an $11,000 purse. Kevin Shimomura aced Royal Kaanapali’s 193-yard eighth hole Monday using a 4-iron.
A field of 32, including Hall of Famers David Ishii, Dan Nishimoto and Kevin Hayashi, tees off at 10 a.m. next Sunday (June 17, 2012) at Kaanapali in the U.S. Senior Open qualifier.
Notes
» Honolulu’s Alex Ching was named to the Ping All-West Region team by the Golf Coaches Association of America.
» The annual HGRA sample sale is Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon at Washington Intermediate cafeteria (1633 South King St.). The latest golf equipment and apparel will be available at discounted prices.
» Taisei Negishi (70-72) and Dalen Yamauchi (69-74) finished 1-2 in Saturday’s USGA Public Links qualifier at Hilo Muni. They advance to the national championship at Soldier Hollow, in Midway, Utah, July 9-14.
» Next Thursday at the 12th annual David S. Ishii Foundation Golf Tournament, Mark Ito (Aiea) and Monique Ishikawa (Kalaheo) will receive $4,000 college scholarships from the foundation.
» More than 20 Japanese junior golfers have qualified to play in this year’s Oahu Junior Golf Association Pearl Junior Open. The tournament is July 23-24 at Pearl Country Club. The players from Japan qualified off the Japan Junior Golf Tour. Hochi Shimbun, an all-sports newspaper, is also sending four golfers for the second year.
» The Hawaii State Junior Golf Association has been awarded two exemptions in 5-18 Boys and 13-18 Girls for the Callaway World Match Play Championship, July 22-25 in San Diego.Exemptions will be awarded to the top two finishers at the King Auto Group State Championship later this month at The Club at Hokulia.
» June 15 is the entry deadline for the Aloha Section PGA Junior Championship. June 27 is the deadline for both the U.S. Women’s Amateur and U.S. Amateur.
