Galdiano makes Rolex second team

Pearl City’s Mariel Galdiano, in Florida to play the Polo Junior Classic this week, collected her second Rolex Junior All-America second-team honor in as many years Sunday.

The Punahou junior won the state high school championship her first two years. She is currently 15th in the Polo Golf Rankings, and fifth among those in the Class of 2016. Galdiano, 16, has already played in the U.S. Women’s Open twice and orally committed to UCLA.

The top 72 ranked boys and girls are invited to the Classic. Galdiano opened with a 75 Monday and followed up with a 2-under-par 70 to tie for sixth in stroke-play qualifying and advance to match play.

On Wednesday, she won her first-round match over Annika Clark, of Texas, 4 and 3. In the afternoon, third-ranked Bethany Wu, from California, defeated Galdiano 1 up. Galdiano was 5 under on the day.

Kuchar, Matsuyama to play Sony Open

Tenth-ranked Matt Kuchar and 20th-ranked Hideki Matsuyama are among those expected for the Sony Open in Hawaii. The PGA Tour’s first full-field event of 2015 is Jan. 15-18.

The tournament will celebrate its 50th anniversary at Waialae Country Club.

Others who have made early, non-binding commitments are former champions Zach Johnson, Johnson Wagner, Jerry Kelly and Paul Goydos. Angel Cabrera, Kenny Perry, Tony Finau, Fred Funk and Lee Janzen are also expected.

Jimmy Walker won this year’s Sony, closing with a 63 to beat Chris Kirk by one and Kelly — the 2002 Sony champ — by two.

Tickets are on sale online at sonyopeninhawaii.com for $15 a day. The price goes up to $20 at the gate. A season badge, good for the week, is $50. Call 523-7888 for more information.

Shigezawa triumphs in Maui Open

Professional Bradley Shigezawa opened with a 3-under-par 69 Saturday and shot 72 on Sunday to win the Dunes at Maui Lani Maui Open by three shots over Big Island pro Max Bonk.

Shigezawa, a 22-year-old Punahou graduate, was the 2013 NCAA Division III national champion during his career at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Calif.). He won $4,000.

Only Shigezawa, Dalen Yamauchi (68—145) and Andre Bedard (71—149) shot par or better in the final round. Yamauchi was the low amateur.

Kirk Nelson (74—146) won the senior flight, Ed Beslow (72—143) took super seniors and David Balmores (68—134) captured the A flight.