Amateur Fink leads at Mauna Lani

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Tribune-Herald

A pair of amateurs had their way during the opening round of the Hawaii State Open.

David Fink fired a 4-under 67 on Friday at Manua Lani Resort’s South Course for one-shot lead over Shawn Lu.

The group at 70 included defending champion Dean Wilson, who has a PGA Tour win on his resume. Also at 2-under were fellow pros Max Bonk, a Hawaii Prep graduate, and former University of Hawaii at Hilo golfer Nick Mason.

In senior play, Jay Taise and Jeff Coston each carded 67s and were two shots ahead of defending champion Kevin Hayashi, a Hiloan who is a member of the Hawaii Golf Hall of Fame.

On the North Course, pro Mari Chun‘s 74 was one shot better than Aneka Seumanutafa, while Wedemeyer Au (79) led A Flight by two strokes.

Three groups of golfers are scheduled to finish up their first rounds at 6:30 a.m. today. The men’s second round tees of at 6:40 a.m., with the women at 7:30 a.m.

 

Friday at Mauna Lani Resort

First round

Men’s open

Par 72

David Fink 68

Shawn Lu 69

Dean Wilson 70

Max Bonk 70

Nick Mason 70

Jake Grodzinsky 71

Micah Burke 71

Richard Jung 71

T.J. Kua 71

Chris Griffin 72

Christopher Tedesco 72

Eric Dugas 72

John Lynch 72

Johnathan Galarita 72

Sian Rogers Even 72

Dalen Yamauchi 73

Hunter Larson 73

Kyle Hayashi 73

Kyle Suppa 73

Peter Israel 73

Sean Maekawa 73

Tyler Ota 73

Dante Estrada 74

Jeffrey Ferry 74

John Oda 74

Kris Kitt 74

Rick Tramontin 74

Garrett Okamura 75

Jaysen Manuia 75

Juan Rodriguez 75

Darren Sayre 76

Daryl Inaba 76

Isaac Jaffurs 76

Ric Yamamoto 76

Ryan Acosta 76

Alika Bell 77

Desmond Mello 77

John Bascuk 77

Joonya Lopez 77

Oliver Dunn 77

Spencer Dunaway 77

Andrew Chin 78

Kevin Shimomura 78

Kipp Keuter 78

Regan Lee 78

Alexander Gylfason 79

Jeff Ingman 79

David Saka 80

Spencer Shishido 80

Tadd Fujikawa 80

David Parrish 81

Keoho Ishimine 81

Loi Chang 81

Ryan Melnychuk 81

Sam Rodriguez III 81

Tracy Kitamura 81

Charles Hahn 82

Jared Sawada 82

Justin Williamson 82

Kala Kaaihue 82

Todd Rego 82

Zachariah Doro 82

Colin Laszlo 83

Shota Kinoshita 83

David Rathjen 84

Trevor Hirata 85

Landon Chung 87

Michael Dilorenzo 87

Christopher Black 88

Michael Neider PGA 88

Brandon Phillips 89

Travis Inouye 90

Greg Sharp 91

Casey Tamura 95

Lion Rogers 97

Chris Armanini NC

Douglas Oki NC

Greg Molfino NC

Jack Dempsey NC

Kelii Dias NC

Kevin Olson NC

Kyle Trenholm Jr. NC

Kyohei Nomura NC

Michael Jay Sato NC

Ray Gorman NC

Stephen Zane NC

Senior open

Jay Taise 67

Jeff Coston 67

Devin Hayashi 69

David Braxton 70

David Ishii 70

Lance Taketa 70

Richard Gillette 70

Scott Simpson 70

Casey Nakama 72

Bret James 73

Paul Kimura 73

Dave Eichelberger 74

Stan Souza 74

Dean Prince 75

Mike Wachtler 75

Rick Dewitt 75

Rohn Stark 75

Lee Hardy 76

Mark Chun 76

Carl Ho 77

Clive Kegel 77

Don Wilburn 77

Kenneth Springer 78

Ty Otake 78

Ed Beslow 79

John Sostman 79

Pat McGinness 79

William Hawkins 79

Cullen Burgess 80

George Obana 80

Greg Larson 80

Phillip Anamizu 80

Brian Gaglia 81

Craig Sasada 81

Mark Keith 81

William Wilton 81

Al Cotton 82

Kenny Bieschke 82

Rodney Acia 82

Vernon Silva 82

Daniel Nishimoto 83

David Stephens 83

Matt Gilbertson 83

Michael O’Donnell 83

Mike Kawate 83

William Latham 83

Ralph James 85

David Long 86

Dominic Acia 86

Faitala Sofa 87

Kala Kaaihue Sr. 89

Peter Rice 89

Michael Liverett 91

Brett Smith 93

Ronnie Ingel 95

David Lema 103

Mike Wachtler 75

Rick Dewitt 75

Rohn Stark 75

Lee Hardy 76

Mark Chun 76

Carl Ho 77

Clive Kegel 77

Don Wilburn 77

Kenneth Springer 78

Ty Otake 78

Ed Beslow 79

John Sostman 79

Pat McGinness 79

William Hawkins 79

Cullen Burgess 80

George Obana 80

Greg Larson 80

Phillip Anamizu 80

Brian Gaglia 81

Craig Sasada 81

Mark Keith 81

William Wilton 81

Al Cotton 82

Kenny Bieschke 82

Rodney Acia 82

Vernon Silva 82

Daniel Nishimoto 83

David Stephens 83

Matt Gilbertson 83

Michael O’Donnell 83

Mike Kawate 83

William Latham 83

Ralph James 85

David Long 86

Dominic Acia 86

Faitala Sofa 87

Kala Kaaihue Sr. 9 89

Peter Rice 89

Michael Liverett91

Brett Smith 93

Ronnie Ingel 95

David Lema 103

A flight

Wedemeyer Au 79

Joe Yabuki 81

Aki Yamagishi 82

Felix Asia 82

Galvin Fujii 82

Hiroshi Sagara 83

Bill Schauer 84

Cory Ohman 87

Women’s open

Mari Chun 74

Aneka Seumanutafa 75

Tamara Surtees 76

Brittany Fan 77

Shayna Miyajima 77

Desiree Ting 79

Dominique Civitano 89

Grace Acia 89

Tammy Caligiuri 93

Fletcher Olson 94

Renee Yuen 99