Close calls common at Junior states
Hearing footsteps is something you get used to if you are a member of the Hawaii State Junior Golf Association. This is not the crackle of little feet.
Two shots - in all - separated the winners from three age categories in the final round of Tuesday's King Auto Group 12 and under championship of the state. The exception was Girls 11-12, where Mari Nishiura caught a seven-stroke advantage on Monday in Hawaii Prince Golf Club and shot a 1 under par 71 in the second last lap to win by eight.
Nishiura, about to enter eighth grade at Mililani Middle School, has converted a bunch of birdies two days to keep his confidence when bogeys necessarily come. She sank the first of four birdie putts on his opening hole on Tuesday to remain calm.
Andrew Chin shot 70, but had to go overtime to shake Hilo Shon Katahira boys 11-12. Katahira had the best round of the tournament, closing with a 4-in 68 to catch Chin, who needed five feet for par on the final hole of regulation to get into the playoffs.
On the first extra hole (240 yards per 4), chipped in for birdie and Chin Katahira him on par with a putt of 20 feet. Both parred the second hole, but the third (403 yards, par 5), two rolled Chin for birdie to end it.
"My enthusiasm feels kind of off a little so I was just working on my putting and chipping," said Chin, 12. "Yesterday, my putting was off, so I was just hanging in there, hanging in there, ground until I got to work."
Chin Punahou come next semester as a grader of the seventh.He and Nishiura were the only golfers to break par in two days-Prince.
Aneka Seumanutafa, a 10-year-old who was the golf a year, was the only medalist qualifier last week's World Junior again. The St. Joseph fifth-grader closed with a 73 to his home course to win Girls 9-10.
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