Sports Notebook
Star-Bulletin staff
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ON THE PGA TOUR
Zurich Classic of New Orleans
Site: New Orleans.
Schedule: Tomorrow-Sunday.
Course: English Turn Golf & Country Club (7,116 yards, par 72).
Purse: $6 million.
Winner's share: $1.08 million.
Television: USA.
Last year: Tim Petrovic completed the long journey from pizza deliveryman to PGA Tour winner, holing a 4-foot par putt to beat rookie James Driscoll on the first hole of a playoff. Petrovic made a 19-foot birdie putt on the final hole of regulation.
ON THE LPGA TOUR
The Ginn Clubs & Resorts Open
Site: Reunion, Fla.
Schedule: Tomorrow-Sunday.
Course: Reunion Resort & Club, composite of Legacy and Independence courses (6,531 yards, par 72).
Purse: $2.5 million.
Winner's share: $375,000.
Television: The Golf Channel.
Last year: Inaugural event.
Last week: South Korea's Sung Ah Yim won the Florida's Natural Charity Championship for her first tour title.
LINK UP IN HAWAII
APRIL
» 28: Na Kekoa Kane Cooperstown Baseball team, Hawaii Prince. Information: 368-3554
MAY
» 4: PCH Dynasty Invitational, Ala Wai Golf Course. Information: 737-2555.
» 5-7: Hickam AFB Amateur Invitational, Hickam Mamala Bay. Information: 449-6490.
» 5-7: Jennie K. Wilson (HSWGA) Invitational, Mid-Pacific Country Club. Information: 589-2046.
» 6-8: Hawaiian Telcom Hall of Fame Championship, Kapalua Plantation Course. Information: 593-2230.
» 11: Pacific Buddist Academy, Kaneohe Klipper. Information: 522-7395.
» May 17: Kalihi YMCA, Pearl Country Club. Information: 848-2494
» 18: HTA Spring Tournament, Kapolei Golf Course. Information: 833-6628.
Source: 808golf.com
LOCAL ACES
NAME |
RESIDENCE |
COURSE |
HOLE |
YARDS |
CLUB |
DATE |
Reagan Yamamoto |
Pearl City |
Mililani |
6 |
165 |
8-iron |
April 3 |
Bobo Hirose |
Aiea |
Ala Wai |
5 |
120 |
pitching wedge |
April 18 |
Euclid Lee |
Honolulu |
Ala Wai |
11 |
185 |
3-wood |
April 24 |
Jimmy Field |
Honolulu |
Ala Wai |
2 |
147 |
9-iron |
March 16 |
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