Lu wins tourney in California

Moanalua sophomore Shawn Lu won the AJGA’s Preseason Junior at Oak Valley last weekend in Beaumont, Calif.

Lu was tied for the lead after an opening 69 and won by three after shooting a final-round 73.

Lu and runner-up Joshua Sedeno had the only scores in the 60s over the weekend.

Also last weekend, state high school champion Mariel Galdiano tied for 10th at the Annika Invitational, in Reunion, Fla. The Punahou sophomore shot 76-71-73 and finished 13 back of California’s Bethany Wu.

Allisen Corpuz, another Punahou sophomore, was 44th in the international event, shooting 80-74-75.

Ching aims for Latinoamerica

A second-round 77 Wednesday left former state high school champion Alex Ching tied for 56th halfway through the PGA Tour Latinoamerica qualifier, which ends Friday in Sebring, Fla.

Ching opened with a 72 Tuesday and was tied for 20th. He is competing for one of 20 fully exempt spots available for this year’s tour. Those who finish 21st to 45th earn conditional status. There are 132 golfers in the field — 98 Americans and the rest from 14 other countries.

Ching played on the tour the past two years. This year’s tour has 16 events in 10 countries. The first swing starts Feb. 17. The top five at the end of the year earn playing status on the 2015 Web.com Tour.

At last week’s qualifier in Peru, 20 golfers from nine countries earned full-exempt status, including seven Americans.

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2013 HAWAII GOLF CHAMPIONS

JANUARY

» Hyundai Tournament of Champions (Dustin Johnson).

» Acura Hawaii Pro-Junior Skills Challenge (Eimi Koga and Dean Wilson).

» Sony Open in Hawaii (Russell Henley).

» Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai (John Cook).

FEBRUARY

» HSJGA 14-under Junior Tour Series Oahu (13-14—Kengo Aoshima and Mari Nishiura, 11-12—Taylor John McGerity and Miki Manta, 10-under—Noah Koshi and Alison Takamiya).

» 23rd annual Ameri Ari UH Hilo Invitational (UCLA and Washington, Dominic Bozzelli/Auburn).

» 35th Hawaii Pearl Open (Jun Won Park).

» UH Manoa John A. Burns Intercollegiate (Cal and Joel Stalter/Cal).

» Sixth annual HSGA Four Ball (Schyler Murakami and Colby Takushi).

MARCH

» HSJGA 14-under Junior Tour Series Kauai (13-14—Justin Arcano, 11-12—Taylor John McGerity and Millburn Ho, 10-under—Lana Calibuso-Kwee).

» 28th Donnis Thompson Invitational (Arizona and Manon Gidali/Arizona).

» Hawaii State Amateur Stroke Play Championship (John Oda).

» Anuenue Spring Break Classic (UCLA and Grace Na/Pepperdine).

» Aloha Section PGA Assistants Four-Ball Championship (Shawn McCauley/Ryan Acosta).

APRIL

» HSJGA 14-under Junior Tour Series Big Island (13-14—Shon Katahira, 11-12—Taylor John McGerity and Reese Guzman, 10-under—Jacob Kiyoshi Torres and Lana Calibuso-Kwee).

» LPGA Lotte Championship (Suzann Pettersen).

» Big Island Candies Team Championship (Kevin Hayashi and Lance Taketa).

» 55th Mid-Pacific Open (TJ Kua).

» HSJGA 14-under Junior Tour Series Maui (13-14—Justin Arcano and Alanis Sakuma, 11-12—Pono Yanagi and Allysha Mae Mateo, 10-under—Jacob Kiyoshi Torres and Lana Calibuso-Kwee).

» 62nd Francis Brown Four-Ball (Jared Sawada and Evan Kawai).

» David S. Ishii Foundation Hawaii State Girls High School Championship (Mariel Galdiano and Punahou).

MAY

» David S. Ishii Foundation Hawaii State Boys High School Championship (Kalena Preus and Punahou).

» 63rd Jennie K. Wilson Invitational (Hinako Yamauchi).

» U.S. Women’s Open sectional qualifier (Mariel Galdiano).

» BMW Pro (Kevin Carll).

JUNE

» Aloha Section Pro-Pro Championship (TJ Kua and Shawn McCauley).

» 105th Manoa Cup (Jared Sawada).

» HSJGA King Auto 12-under State Junior Championship (11-12—Taylor John McGerity and Jennifer Koga, 10-under—Noah Koshi and Amy Huynh Giang).

» Aloha Section PGA Jr. Championship (John Oda and Brittany Fan).

» U.S. Senior Open qualifier (Kevin Hayashi and Kirk Nelson).

» Kapalua Clambake (Danny Wax).

» Pua Melia (Pua Daniels).

JULY

» HSJGA King Auto 13-18 State Junior Championship (15-18—John Oda and Kristin Le; 13-14—Shon Katahira and Alanis Sakuma).

» Prince Invitational (TJ Kua/pro and Richard Hattori/amateur).

» Barbers Point Invitational (Richard Hattori).

» Waialae Women’s Invitational (Kristen Sawada and Susan Church).

» HSJGA all ages Junior Tour Series Oahu (15-18—Keegan Loo and Tuan-yu Chiang, 13-14—Trevor Arashiro and Kristin Miyagi, 11-12—Joshua Choi Tomita and Allysha Mae Mateo, 10-under—Jake David Sequin and Kyra Kimie Tomita).

» Callaway Junior World Championships (Mariel Galdiano, Girls 15-17 champion).

» HSWGA Match Play Championship (Kacie Komoto).

» ASPGA Nike Golf Four-Ball Match Play Championship (TJ Kua and Shawn McCauley).

» OJGA Pearl Junior Open (15-18—Lion Rogers and Rose Huang, 13-14—Zackary Kaneshiro and Mari Nishiura, 11-12—Ryoya Aihara (Japan) and Kamie Hamada, 10-under—Noah Koshi and Minny Byun).

» HSWGA Stroke Play Championship (Nicole Sakamoto).

AUGUST

» Army Invitational (Jared Sawada).

» Maui Open (Garrett Okamura).

» HSJGA all ages Junior Tour Series Maui (15-18—Royce Malu Rosenthal and Kimberlie Miyamoto, 13-14—Trevor Arashiro and Kristeena Locke, 11-12—AJ Teraoka and Millburn Ho, 10-under—Caleb Blaine Chumley and Summer Wong).

» 50th annual Oahu Country Club Men’s Invitational (Jared Sawada).

» HSJGA Mixed Team Championship (Keegan Loo and Zoey Akagi-Bustin).

» Oahu Country Club Women’s Invitational (Jeannie Pak).

» Visa Hall of Fame Championship (Kevin Hayashi).

» Dave and Busters Jr. Classic (15-18—Andrew Chin and Keilyn Ing, 13-14—Justin Ngan and Mari Nishiura).

» ASPGA Stroke Play Championship (Kirk Nelson).

» ASPGA Senior Championship (Kirk Nelson).

» ASPGA Assistant Championship (Regan Lee).

» Hapuna Roundup (TJ Kua).

SEPTEMBER

» Mayor’s Cup (Kyosuke Hara).

» Ka’anapali HSJGA Match Play Championship (Girls—Malia Nam; Boys—15-18, Tyler Munetake, 13-14, Remington Hirano).

» HSWGA Senior Championship (Jade Merkle).

» Pacific Links Hawaii Championship (Mark Wiebe).

» HSJGA All Ages Junior Tour Series Kauai (15-18—Ariel Elftman-Hanson and Zoey Akagi-Bustin, 13-14—Trevor Arashiro and Alanis Sakuma, 11-12—AJ Teraoka and Sara Keppel, 10-under—Go Nakatsukasa).

OCTOBER

» Turtle Bay Amateur (Kyosuke Hara).

» HSJGA Kiahuna Junior Classic (15-18—Justin Ngan and Zoey Akagi-Bustin, 13-14—MinJae Kang and Hi’ilani Alana, 11-12—Jordan Terada).

» Dennis Rose Intercollegiate (UH Hilo and Chris Shimomura/Hilo).

» Rainbow Wahine Invitational (Sacramento State and Charlotte Jaengkit/Grand Canyon).

NOVEMBER

» HSJGA Asia-Pacific Junior Cup (Hawaii 18, Japan 14).

» Pac-12 Preview at Nanea (USC and Bronte Law/UCLA).

» Warrior Princeville Makai Invitational (Cal State Fullerton and Robert Geibel/Louisville).

» Bridgestone Pro-Scratch (Phil Chun and Kala Ka’aihue).

» Gov. John A. Burns Challenge Cup (Amateurs 13, Pros 11).

» Big Island Junior Classic (15-18—Tyler Munetake and Aiko Leong, 13-14—Evan Kawai and Malia Nam, 11-12—Pono Yanagi and Kamie Hamada, 10-under—Jacob Kiyoshi Torres and Kiersten Saludares).

» E-Z Go Facility Team Championship (Kellan Anderson and Jason Jakovac).

» Sony Open in Hawaii amateur qualifying (Jared Sawada).

DECEMBER

» Mauna Lani Resort Hawaii State Open (Nick Mason/Open, Mari Chun/Women, Jeff Coston/Senior, David Fink/Amateur, Brittany Fan/Women’s Amateur, Richard Gillette/Senior Amateur).

» Michelle Wie HSJGA Tournament of Champions (15-18—Ariel Elftman-Hanson and Kaci Masuda, 13-14—Shon Katahira and Alanis Sakuma, 11-12—Taylor John McGerity and Allysha Mae Mateo, 10-under—Isaiah Kanno and Minny Byun.

» Barbers Point Jr. Open (15-18—Matthew Shen and Kaci Masuda, 13-14—Zackary Kaneshiro and Mari Nishiura, 11-12—AJ Teraoka and Kamie Hamada, 10-under—Jacob Torres and Alison Takamiya).