Two-time state high school champion John Oda captured Hawaii’s final U.S. Amateur Public Links qualifying spot last Thursday. Oda fired rounds of 72-70 at Kauai Lagoons to finish at 2-under-par 142, six shots ahead of alternate Andrew Chin (77-71).

Both Public Links national championships are July 14-19, with the men playing at Sand Creek Station in Newton, Kansas, and the women at The Home Course, in DuPont, Wash.

Also last week, ‘Iolani’s Rose Huang shot 3-under-par 69 to earn medalist honors in the U.S. Girls Junior Amateur Qualifier, at the Turtle Bay Palmer Course. Huang was one of four qualifiers in the field of 29, followed by Malia Nam, Allisen Corpuz and Alanis Sakuma, who all shot 73.

State Stroke Play champion Kyle Suppa won the only available slot at the U.S. Junior Amateur Qualifier, which had 36 participants at Turtle Bay Palmer. Suppa shot rounds of 70-73 to beat first alternate Zackary Kaneshiro (71-73) by one.

The Junior Amateur national championships are July 21-26, with the girls at Forest Highlands, in Flagstaff, Ariz., and the boys at The Club at Carlton Woods, in The Woodlands, Texas.

Munetake triumphs

Wailuku’s Tyler Munetake won a five-hole playoff with Honolulu’s Shawn Lu to capture the boys 15-18 division in the Hawaii State Junior Golf Association’s Dave & Buster’s Junior Classic on Tuesday at Waikele.

Munetake, who will be a senior at Baldwin this fall, fired an even-par 72 in the final round and finished the two-day tournament at 145. Lu, a Moanalua junior, shot rounds of 71-74.

Coming off her win at the Public Links qualifier, ‘Iolani senior Rose Huang won the girls 15-18 division by three shots over Punahou junior Allisen Corpuz. Huang was the only girl to break par, shooting 2-under-par 70 on the final day to finish at 143.

The 13-14 winners were Evan Kawai (72-69) and Allysha Mae Mateo (74-75).

State stroke play nears

The Hawaii State Women’s Golf Association Stroke Play Championship, the last women’s major of the year, is Aug. 5-7 at Mid-Pacific Country Club. Participants must have a USGA handicap index of 14.0 or less. The entry fee is $175. Applications are available at hswga.net. For more information, contact Kathy Ordway at kathyordway@me.com.

Donation gets discounts

Golfers who donate $75 to The First Tee of Hawaii will receive the Ambassador Golf Card that allows donors to play the following golf courses on Oahu for $30 per round one time per year: Bay View Golf Park, Coral Creek, Ewa Beach, Hawaii C.C., Hawaii Prince, Kapolei, Ko’olau, Makaha Valley, Mililani, Olomana, Pearl C.C., Royal Hawaiian, Royal Kunia, Turtle Bay Fazio, Turtle Bay Palmer and Waikele C.C. To donate go to: thefirstteehawaii.org For information email: kanderson@thefirsttee hawaii.org or call 599-0996.

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