Ke
Po'okela Cultural Foundation
held its
1st Annual Kaulana Na Pua Golf Tournament
under beautiful sunny skies on Saturday, October 10, 1998 at the
Los Amigos Country Club
7525 Quill Drive - Downey, CA (562) 923-9696
An outstanding good time was experienced by all the participants in
this sold out four man best ball scramble event. The leading team was never
established until late in the round with Team #7 (aka Team Lokahi) holding
on to take first place, with #6 and #9 finishing 2nd, and #2 and #3 a close
3rd. The women's long drive was taken by Ho'oulu of Team #1 and the Men's
long drive changed hands several times until a 290 yard blast by Kalani
Childs of Team #7 proved to be the winner. Must've been those "special"
balls he was using. The men's closest to the pins, especially on #9 (233
yards), were a great challenge. Unfortunately the women were unable to
place it on the green from the tee. However, all five of the women participants
took home hats in appreciation for their efforts.
The awards were presented (results below) during intermission at the
Makaha Sons concert.
Needless to say, with 1500 people in attendance, there was a lot of hootin'
and hollerin'. Typical of Hawaiians and Hawaiians at heart, always ready
for a good time.
Next year we are planning to make it bigger and better and include a
lu'au dinner immediately following the tournament to distribute the awards.
Big MAHALO to all of the participants. Special thanks to the staff at
Los Amigos Country Club for their hospitality, we look forward to next
years tournament. A personal thanks to Ho'oulu, the tournament co-chair,
for her assistance.
A hui hou e malama pono, Ka'imi.
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Golf Tournament Scores
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Group #
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1
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*Ho'oulu Tawa
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Glenn Tawa
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Jerry Dacut
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*Cheryl Louie
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76/+6
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2
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Keith Watanabe
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Gene Kato
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Blake Arakaki
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Mark Kawauchi
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65/-5
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3
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Rodney Shota
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*Gail Shota
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Eric Takanishi
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Darrin Tamura
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65/-5
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4
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Rayne Pang
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Frank Lelchook
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Larry Iida
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Galen Murakawa
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73/+3
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5
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Wayne Smith
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*Paulette Smith
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Sidney Gomes
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*Shane Gomes
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68/-2
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6
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Ka'imi Tipon
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Aly Dineros
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John Rivera
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Dave Coleman
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64/-6
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7
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Kalani Childs
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Jack Jones
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Greg Germansky
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Dave Lewis
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60/-10
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8
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Don Bondi
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Manny Garcia
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Vic Gonzalez
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Vince Gonzalez
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67/-3
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9
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Kevin Poydras
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James Reese
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Kevin Kiener
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Gray Clayback
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64/-6
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10
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Brian Misawa
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Tony Lovoy
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Bob Ward
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Bob Barkley
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70/0
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Golf Tournament Results
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Category
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Team #
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Award
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Overall Low Gross Team
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#7
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(4) Trophies-Custom engraved Hawaiian gourds by
David Alipio Creations
(4) KPCF Tournament custom embroidered shirts from Swing 18/BeeCee |
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Second Low Gross Team
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Tie
#6/#9
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(4) Makaha Sons CD's
(4) KPCF Tournament custom embroidered hats from Swing 18/BeeCee |
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Overall High Gross Team
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#1
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Gift packages from Nani Company
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Closest to the Pin
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Women #3 150 yds
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None
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All partipating *women received
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Women #9 226 yds
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None
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a KPCF Tournament custom emboidered hat
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Women #12 115 yds
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None
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from Swing 18/BeeCee
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Men #7 130 yds
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Frank Lelchook
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KPCF Tournament custom embroidered hat from Swing
18/BeeCee
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Men #9 233 yds
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Gene Kato
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KPCF Tournament custom embroidered hat from Swing
18/BeeCee
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Men #17 164 yds
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Dave Lewis
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KPCF Tournament custom embroidered hat from Swing
18/BeeCee
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Long Drive
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Women #8
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Ho'oulu Tawa
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Custom Autographed Print from Karrie Okamoto-Kozai
Fine Arts
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Men #15
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Kalani Childs
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Custom Autographed Print from Karrie Okamoto-Kozai
Fine Arts
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Corporate/Tee/Green sponsorships.
Swing 18 Golf Apparel @ 310-834-3275
Lokahi Apparel & Company @ 1-888-905-4600
Inglewood Wholesale Electric @ 310-644-7300
Poiboiz Foods Home of Hawaiian Style
Malasadas @ 626-917-5071
California Hotel and Casino
Karrie Okazaki-Kozai Fine Arts
Nani Company @ 714-998-3887
Radisson Hotels Westside
Jackmar Corporation
JP South Pacific
Mt. Kalihi Productions
TRW Credit Union
Los Amigos Country Club is a 5937 yard Par 72 and features several
water holes. Rating/Slope : White-67.4/113; Blue-68/116
All proceeds from this event benefited the Ke Po'okela Cultural Foundation
Na 'Opio Scholarship Fund (http://www.flash.net/~kaimi).
Ke Po'okela Cultural
Foundation
Golf Tournament
Al Ka'imi Tipon, Jr.
P.O. Box 6825
Torrance, CA
90504-0825
562-408-2430
88MAHALO!!!!!
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