staffwriter posted on January 11, 2010 23:38
2010 SONY OPEN IN HAWAII OPEN QUALIFYING
TURTLE BAY RESORT - ARNOLD PALMER COURSE
MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 2010
The Aloha Section PGA announces the results of the Monday Qualifying for the 2010 Sony Open in Hawaii. Participants teed off today on the par 72, Arnold Palmer Course at Turtle Bay Resort for four (4) spots in the 2010 Sony Open in Hawaii to be played January 14 - 17, 2010 at Waialae Country Club. There were eighty-three (83) hopeful players teeing it up with a field that consisted of the top fifty (50) plus ties scorers from the Pre-Qualifier held Sunday, January 10th and thirty-one (31) Tour members and exempt players all battling it out for those four coveted spots. Participants come from all over the country to try to qualify for this event annually.
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At the top of the leader board earning the first spot firing a 9-under par 63 was Canadian Tour member Aaron Goldberg, 24, of Carlsbad, CA. The second spot went to 48-year-old PGA Tour member Jim Carter of Scottsdale, AZ with an 8-under par 64. There were three tied for the last two spots at 7-under par 65. Nick Mason, 27, of Cave Creek, AZ and former UH Hilo golf team member birdied the second playoff hole on #18 to capture the third spot. The last spot was won by PGA Tour member Spencer Levin, 25, of Elk Grove, CA by making a birdie on #16 on the third extra hole.
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There are five other local boys who are already in the field of the 2010 Sony Open in Hawaii. A spot was granted to Kevin Hayashi of Hilo Muni GC as the Section Champion of the Aloha Section PGA and he is also the ASPGA Player of the Year. Another exemption was awarded to T.J. Kua - UH Manoa Golf Team member, the low qualifier amongst twelve (12) top amateurs from Hawaii, made up from last year's Governor's Cup standings. Parker McLachlin earned a spot through the Tour and Tadd Fujikawa and Dean Wilson earned spots with sponsor's exemptions.
Final Leaderboard:
1 Aaron Goldberg -9 F 63
2 Jim Carter -8 F 64
T3 Nick Mason -7 F 65
T3 Spencer Levin -7 F 65
T3 Robert Eaks -7 F 65
T6 Justin Peters -6 F 66
T6 Tony Finau -6 F 66
T8 Scott Simpson -5 F 67
T8 Tim Herron -5 F 67
T8 Esteban Toledo -5 F 67
T11 Billy Mayfair -4 F 68
T11 Mark Hensby -4 F 68
T11 Frank Lickliter II -4 F 68
T11 Michael Connell -4 F 68
T15 Jamie Lovemark -3 F 69
T15 Kevin Chappell -3 F 69
T15 Aron Price -3 F 69
T15 Josh Persons -3 F 69
T15 Sam Cyr -3 F 69
T20 Vance Veazey -2 F 70
T20 Todd Fischer -2 F 70
T20 Robert Gates -2 F 70
T20 Craig Bowden -2 F 70
T20 Eric Meichtry -2 F 70
T20 John Kelly -2 F 70
T20 Mitsuhiro Tateyama -2 F 70
T27 Douglas Labelle -1 F 71
T27 Luke List -1 F 71
T27 Scott Gutschewski -1 F 71
T27 Scott Gardiner -1 F 71
T27 Travis Toyama -1 F 71
T32 Jason Allred E F 72
T32 Craig Kanada E F 72
T32 Jeff Rangel E F 72
T32 Keith Huber E F 72
T32 Alex Coe E F 72
T32 Russell Surber E F 72
T38 Jarett Hamamoto +1 F 73
T38 Ryan Carter +1 F 73
T38 Brady Stockton +1 F 73
T38 Lorens Chan +1 F 73
T38 Tommy Nixon +1 F 73
T38 Doug Manchester +1 F 73
T38 Kalena Preus +1 F 73
T45 Eric Axley +2 F 74
T45 Joe Daley +2 F 74
T45 Sean Murphy +2 F 74
T45 Ben Briscoe +2 F 74
T45 Gipper Finau +2 F 74
T45 Greg Puga +2 F 74
T51 Eric Dugas +3 F 75
T51 Jason Cook +3 F 75
T51 Masamichi Ito +3 F 75
T51 Brandon Beck +3 F 75
T51 Scott Gibson +3 F 75
T51 Jake Narro +3 F 75
T51 Bradley Yosaitis +3 F 75
T58 Brad Adamonis +4 F 76
T58 Andrew Feldmann +4 F 76
T60 Hans Hussey +5 F 77
T60 Matt Pakkala +5 F 77
T60 Yoshikazu Haku +5 F 77
T63 Matt Pitts +6 F 78
T63 Ryan Perez +6 F 78
T63 Rudy Cabalar Jr. +6 F 78
T66 Greg Ono +7 F 79
T66 Greg Meyer +7 F 79
T66 Ryan Acosta +7 F 79
T66 Glenn Tamagawa +7 F 79
T70 Elliott Paylor +8 F 80
T70 Casey Watabu +8 F 80
T70 Chris DeAlmeida +8 F 80
T73 Cody Eberl +9 F 81
T73 Chris Koch +9 F 81
T73 Daniel Lesnett +9 F 81
T76 Jung Soo Park +10 F 82
T76 Grant Natori +10 F 82
78 Jesse Aulelava +12 F 84
79 Steven Spriggs +13 F 85
80 Sam Goulden +14 F 86
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