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***FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE***

HAWAII STATE JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION

Inaugural Dave & Busters Junior Classic

Lihue, Hawaii, August 23, 2010 — The Hawaii State Junior Golf Association (HSJGA) is proud to announce the addition of Dave & Buster’s Honolulu as a new title sponsor. Dave & Buster’s will sponsor the inaugural Dave & Buster’s Junior Classic to be played on August 28-29 at Waikele Golf Club on Oahu.

For the inaugural year the tournament is open to HSJGA members, boys and girls ages 13-18. Matt Luckett, General Manager of Dave & Buster’s Honolulu, has future plans to sponsor a tournament for all age groups 7-18 on each island culminating at the end of the year with a Junior-Amateur Championship on Oahu.

“The HSJGA is excited about its new partnership with Dave & Busters Honolulu and is looking forward to building a long term relationship with the potential of expanding next year and years to come,” says HSJGA President Mary Bea Porter-King.  The HSJGA is able to afford many opportunities for its junior member’s thanks in part to the support from businesses like Dave & Busters Honolulu.  Mahalo to Matt Luckett, General Manager of Dave & Busters Honolulu for his continued support of junior golf in Hawaii!

They’ve worked hard all year, played many tournaments and earned their spots to one of our four national teams!

Boys Junior America’s Cup: Alex Chiarella, Ryan Kuroiwa, Michael Fan & Justin Chu.  Team captain, Rick Castillo.

Girls Junior America’s Cup: Cassy Isagawa, Kacie Komoto, Cyd Okino & Alina Ching.  Team captain, Cathy Torchiana.

Eddie Hogan Cup: Aaron Kunitomo, Justin Keiley, Scotty Yamashita & Lorens Chan.  Team captain, Larry Keil.

Mary Cave Cup: Eimi Koga, Alice Kim, Ciera Min & Marissa Chow.  Team captain, Brenda Rego.

Congratulations and good luck to all of our teams!!

HSJGA member, Lorens Chan of Honolulu carded a final-round score of even-par 71 to finish with a winning score of 4-under-par 209 at the AJGA Nebraska Junior at Quarry Oaks. Somin Lee was crowned the Girls Division Champion after posting a 2-over-par 73 during the final round, putting her at even-par 213.

The AJGA Nebraska Junior at Quarry Oaks was a 54-hole stroke play tournament conducted by the American Junior Golf Association at Quarry Oaks in Ashland, Neb. The tournament field consisted of 77 boys and girls ages 12-18 from 18 states and Canada. The Boys Division played the par-71 course at 6,813 yards while the Girls Division played at 6,045 yards.

Chan entered the day three strokes off the lead, and made his comeback with consistent play, keeping the ball in the fairways and hitting greens.

“I managed to keep it in play, and I had a shot to the greens, on this course if you don’t keep it in play and hit in the wrong spot you are pretty much done,” Chan said. This course will eat you alive so I just kept it in play and just kept trying to make par, and if birdie comes that’s great.”

CONGRATULATIONS LORENS, WE ARE PROUD OF YOU!

Congratulations to all the AGE DIVISION winners at this year’s King Auto Group HSJGA State Junior Championship!

2010 HAWAII STATE JUNIOR CHAMPIONS

Cassy Isagawa wins the Girls 13/18 age division with a four (4) under par total 140

Alex Chiarella wins the 15/18 Boys division with a six (6) under par total 138

Check out our photo gallery today!

The U.S. Woman’s Amateur entry closes, Wednesday, June 30, 2010 at 11:00am HST.  The qualifier will be held at Waikoloa Kings’ Course on July 8 starting at 7:00am.  In order to be eligible to enter, your handicap needs to be 5.4 or less.

The U.S. Amateur entry closes, Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 11:00am HST.  The qualifier will be held at Hawaii Prince Golf Course on August 2, 2010.  In order to be eligible to enter, your handicap needs to be 2.4 or less.

Please remember that anytime you qualify and play in a USGA event you are exposing yourself to a great number of college coaches across the country.  You have a 0% chance to qualify if you do not enter so please consider entering and giving yourself a chance!

For more information or to register for any of these events please go to www.usga.org and click on the “Championship” tab.

REMEMBER, THE MORE ENTRIES, THE MORE QUALIFYING SPOTS FOR HAWAII!  HURRY, ENTER TODAY!

Congratulations to all of the juniors who qualified for Junior World in San Diego!

Boys 7-8: Taylor McGerity, Riku Omata, Kona Kashiwagi & Nicolas Tanaka

Girls 7-8: Amy Giang & Millburn Ho

Boys 9-10: Sean Maruyama, Len Yamada, Kane Rogers, Andy Kang & Pono Yanagi

Girls 9-10: Malia Nam, Kristin Miyagi, Samantha Kepple, Jaelin Ishikawa & Mari Camacho

Boys 11-12: Sian Rogers, Taisei Negishi, Kyle Suppa & Shon Katahira

Girls 11-12: Mariel Galdiano, Ji Hae Lee & Hana Furuichi

Boys 13-14: Donny Hopoi, Richard Hattori, PJ Samier, Jino Sohn & Jared Flores

Girls 13-14: Eimi Koga, Ayumi Sakamoto, Brittany Fan, Kaci Masuda & Kristin Le

Boys 15-17: Michael Fan, Aaron Kunitomo, Lorens Chan, Seungjae Maeng, Alex Chiarella, Ryan Kuroiwa

Girls 15-17: Cassy Isagawa, Marissa Chow, Alina Ching (exempt), Kacie Komoto, Alice Kim, Kelli Oride & Hee Sue Condry

The 8th Annual Mixed Plate Golf Tournament entry form is now available online!  CLICK HERE to download your form today!

Sponsorship opportunities for the Mixed Plate are also available.  If you would like to become a sponsor, please CLICK HERE to download the form.

Entry forms, sponsorship forms and payments must be mailed to:

The Club at Hokulia – Attn: Golf Shop

78-6831 Ali’i Drive #429

Kailua-Kona, HI 96740-2440

Tel (808) 930-4101  Fax (808) 930-4110

The Mixed Plate will be held at The Club at Hokulia on Sunday, July 4, 2010.  The format is Progressive Net Best Ball.  Thirty (30) HSJGA juniors, a combination of boys and girls (the number of boys to girls invited to play in the Mixed Plate will be determined June 1 by the ratio of HSJGA members in the HSJGA membership).  Invitations will be based on the 2010 points lists as of June 23, 2010.

All proceeds from the Mixed plate will benefit the Hawaii State Junior Golf Association.