Del-Marc Fujita became the last of the Hawaii golfers to be eliminated in the 71st U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship when he lost to William Lunde, 4 and 3, in yesterday's third round.
Earlier in the morning's second round at the Wailua Golf Course, Clayton Gomi was beaten, 2 and 1, by Michael Pearson and Jay Kurisu lost to David Burroughs, 6 and 5.
Pearson, a Georgia Tech junior who ousted Mike Pavao in the first round Wednesday, ran out of Hawaii players to beat.
He lost in the afternoon to Joe Piscopink of Wayne, Mich., at 48, the oldest player in the quarterfinals this morning. The semifinals are set for later this afternoon, with the 36-hole final tomorrow.
Piscopink will meet 19-year-old Justin Peters, the youngest of the surviving eight.
Bill Camping, last year's runner-up, will face Tim Hogarth, a former pro who ousted defending champion Chris Wollmann, 3 and 2, and then drubbed John Zitko-vic, 6 and 5.
Camping had to come from five down after the first six holes to beat Michael Berzovich, 1 up, and then struggled past 18-year-old Ryuji Imada, 2 and 1, to play today.
Lunde plays Rob Long, while Jeff Thomas, the 1993 U.S. Amateur champion, faces Bradley Meek in the other quarterfinal in an interesting matchup because of their caddies.
Toting the bag for Thomas, who beat medalist Taggart Ridings in the second round, is 11-year-old A.J. Nakamura, a Kapaa Elementary School sixth-grader. Her half-brother, Greg Perreira, 16, is caddying for Meek.
That's the only Kauai story going in the Publinx, after Fujita's departure.
That he went farther than any other local qualifier was small consolation, according to Fujita.
''He played solid and I made the mistakes,'' said Fujita, who had advanced by beating another University of Nevada-Las Vegas player, Mike Vance. ''Too much Vegas. I guess I'll postpone my trip to Vegas.''
Lunde made just one bogey against Fujita - and he still won the hole.
As for Kurisu, he never got going. Well, after the first hole anyway.
He eagled the 520-yarder, par-5 opener, whistling a 3-iron to within two feet of the pin. it was nothing but bogeys after that. Eight holes later, he was down four.
Gomi was down 3 at the turn, but rallied to win 10, 11 and 12 to pull even. But he lost 13 despite a birdie when Pearson sank a 30-foot eagle putt.
'I then made my worst drive of the week at 16 for a double-bogey,'' said Gomi, who, like the other Hawaii players, said they'll be back next year.
Meanwhile, the dream continues for the remaining eight players, including Piscopink, who said he got in shape with the Senior Tour ''in the back of my mind.''
But his immediate dream is playing in the Masters, which is the top prize for winning the tournament.
''You have to have a dream,'' he told his son before coming here. ''Then I started dreaming myself."