Golf

No matter how many great courses John Oda, Paul Samiere and Kyle Suppa go on to play on, they can point to Turtle Bay’s Palmer Course as a place that helped them on their journey. On this day in 2014, Moanalua’s Oda beat Punahou’s Samiere and Suppa in a playoff to win his second individual state golf title. The Buffanblu took the team title. Oda won the playoff on a quick downhill putt. Oda finished his high school career with […]

On this day in 2002, Ayumi Hori of Moanalua became the first girl to win multiple individual OIA golf championships. Hori shot a 76 at Turtle Bay’s Palmer course to win by four strokes. She also won the title as a freshman but slipped to fifth as a sophomore and lost in a playoff as a junior. She was an important part of three team titles, though, all under different head coaches. Chase Chulakote of Kailua won the boys championship […]

On this day in 1974, Wendell Tom gave McKinley its only HHSAA golf title. Tom, a senior, beat Leilehua sophomore Kalua Makalena at Kuulima. The Tigers had never had a golf champion before and haven’t had one since. Tom went on to play at USC with major champions Scott Simpson and Craig Stadler. He was inducted into the Hawaii Golf Hall of Fame in 2018, joining third-place finisher Clyde Rego. Tom, who finished eighth in the state as a junior, […]