Kaua‘i golfer Kelli Oride finished the Turtle Bay Resort Hawai‘i State Open in a three-way tie for third in the Women’s Open division, Sunday. Oride finished the rain-delayed final round with a five-over 77 to end 222 (70-75-77) with a
Kaua‘i golfer Kelli Oride finished the Turtle Bay Resort Hawai‘i State Open in a three-way tie for third in the Women’s Open division, Sunday.
Oride finished the rain-delayed final round with a five-over 77 to end 222 (70-75-77) with a net six-over par, tying with Britney Choy and Mari Chun.
Oride’s amateur status put her final 222 in second place in the Women’s Open Amateur class, eight strokes off the pace set by Ji Soo Park who topped the division with an even par 214 (70-72-72). Park finished tops in the Women’s Open.
Pono Tokioka, a Kaua‘i High School golfer, finished the Men’s Open in a four-way tie for 27th place, carding a three-round total of 223(75-73-75). Tokioka finished tied with Brett Komoto, Makisan Bednarzyk and Todd Murphy.
Tokioka’s final 223 ended in a tie for ninth in the Open Amateur division with Komoto.
Tadd Fujikawa fired a one-under par 71 on the Turtle Bay Resort Palmer Course on O‘ahu’s North Shore, overcoming a day filled with tough conditions generated by the rain, states a release from the Aloha Section PGA.
Fujikawa finished with a three-day total 204, 12-under par, to earn his first Turtle Bay Resort Hawai‘i State Open title.
The win gives him a round-trip airline ticket courtesy of Continental Airlines and a check for $10,000.
Ben Sauls of Scotsdale, Ariz., finished the final round with a five-under par 67 toward a final 205 overall, just a stroke back of Fujikawa, and Turtle Bay Resort’s Tony Finau finished the final round with a three-under par 69 toward an overall third place, two strokes back of Fujikawa at 206(70-67-69).
David Ishii, another Kaua‘i native, demonstrated that he can still play with Hawai‘i’s best by leading the field from start to finish, capturing the Hawai‘i State Open Senior Division.
The Hawai‘i Golf Hall of Famer was 10-under par for the 54-hole tournament through the arduous final-round, finishing with a final 206 (68-66-72).
Casey Nakama and Kahuku’s Lance Suzuki captured second and third place, respectively. Nakama carded a 209 (67-69-73), three strokes off the pace, and Suzuki finished with a 212 (70-70-72).
Rayray Gorman captured the Men’s A Flight with a nine-over par, three-round total of 225.
Hansol Koo of Honolulu took the Women’s A Flight on a final round 81 en route to a 237 tournament total.
Saturday night rains poured more than an inch of rain onto the course before sunrise and starting times were delayed for more than three hours before Aloha Section PGA Tournament Director Anthony Valverde moved all divisions to the Palmer Course and a shotgun start.
