The Big Island Interscholastic Federation’s golf season wrapped up Monday afternoon at The Club at Hokuli’a with the final round of the boys and girls individual championships.
Kamehameha Schools-Hawai‘i’s Kaha‘i Helm held onto his first round dominance by shooting a 71 in round two to win the boys title — which was his exact score from Saturday’s round. Helm’s cumulative score of 142 was good enough for -2, which beat out second-place finisher Jake Otani by five strokes. Not only did Helm win the individual title, but won his first outing of the 2024 season.
The sophomore star finished the year with an average score of 76.2, qualifying him for states on Tuesday on Oahu.
Otani shot a 73 Monday, a one-stroke improvement from his first-round outing.
He finished the season with an average round score of 75.6 — one of the top in the boys field. Hawaii Preparatory Academy’s Matty Inaba placed third with a 153 cumulative score (+9) after carding a 75 over the final 18 holes.
Waiakea’s Ryder Ng, the BIIF boys’ top golfer by scoring average, placed fourth after shooting an 84 over the final round.
He shot a 73 on Saturday. All of these golfers mentioned qualified for the state tournament next week.
Over in the girls field, it was no surprise that Ka Makani’s Anna Sailer won the girls individual title with a 160 total gross — shooting an 83 on Monday. Sailer won the competition by nine strokes.
With the BIIF season offcially wrapped up, Sailer’s round average tallied to 77.1 — the only BIIF girl golfer with an average under 80.
Sailer won six of the seven individual rounds she competed in, the best of both the boys and girls field.
Waiakea’s Madelyn Awaya placed second after posting an 88 at The Club to add to her 169 cumulative score.
Her season average of 83.9 was good for second best of the BIIF girls. Hilo’s Kierstin Ramos placed third after carding a 90 to her total tally of 175 (+31).
Kiara Kimata was in third after round one, but dropped to fourth after shooting a 94 Monday. All girls named will golf at states.
The 2024 HHSAA golf state championships will take place next Tuesday and Wednesday for the boys, while the girls will tee off May 7-8.
Both tournaments will be played at Kaneohe Klipper Golf Course on Oahu. Sixteen boys and 11 girls will represent the BIIF.