Maryknoll graduate Allysha Mae Mateo captured the 63rd Waialae Women’s Invitational Tuesday, closing with a 68 to beat Anna Murata by three shots.

Mateo, who will be a sophomore on the Brigham Young golf team this fall, shot 73 in strong winds Monday and finished at 3-under 141.

Murata, who won at Waialae in 1998, opened with a 75 and shot 69 in the final round. She took low-gross honors in the championship flight by 20 shots.

The overall low-net winner was Waialae Country Club member Hae Sook Wada at 133. The 15-handicapper shot rounds of 82-81 to win by six.

The full-field (116) tournament included 15 golfers from Japan and three from New Jersey.

Other low-gross winners were Jenny Kim (A flight), B.B. Harvey (B), Nami Toyama (C) and Juanita Laui (D). Low-net flight champs were Jeannie Pak (championship), Hisako Obara (A), Maya Shin (B), Maureen Sapienza (C) and Phuong Pierson (D).

Spare for Change hosting event

Spare for Change will be hosting its second Maui Nui 500 event July 27 at Maui Nui Golf Club.

The tournament is the largest fundraiser for Maui pro David Havens’ Spare for Change non-profit, “created to offer players of all levels the opportunity to learn the game through free instruction and recycled golf clubs.”

Since its founding in 2011, Spare for Change has distributed more than 23,000 free golf clubs to players of all ages and experience, and provided scholarships and free instruction.

The fundraiser is looking for 20 players to play 100 holes of golf and donate money through sponsorships to the organization. Cash, food, drink and prize donations are also encouraged, along with hole sponsors.

To play or donate, or to donate clubs and for more information, contact Havens at david@spareforchange.org or 808-298-8012, or visit spareforchange.org.

Morikawa holds tourney at Klipper

Hawaii’s Georgia E. Morikawa (GEM) Center will have its second annual Golf Classic Aug. 2 at Kaneohe Klipper. Registration deadline is July 19.

The theme of the fundraiser is “Building a Hawaii Center for Deaf Keiki and Kupuna.”

Format is three-person scramble. Last year’s inaugural event raised more than $10,000 to help build a community center to service the deaf, hard of hearing and deaf-blind community — an idea that has been in the works more than 45 years.

For more information, call co-chairs Gerald Isobe (792-7881) or Kristine Pagano (791-7859), or email gemgolfhawaii@gmail.com.