Maui’s Artie Austin and Lakota Lee among Maui Junior Championship winners

The Hawaiʻi State Junior Golf Association | First Tee – Hawaiʻi (HSJGA | FTH) conducted the Maui Junior Championship at Kāʻanapali Royal Golf Course over the weekend, Aug. 29-30.

Maui’s Artie Austin of Wailuku won the 9-Hole Flight, and Lakota Lee of Kīhei won the Boys 15-18 division.

This event consisted of 36 holes. A total of 50 junior golfers from across the state teed up in the tournament.

The event awarded points for HSJGA | FTH Player of the Year and the season race to the coveted HSJGA | FTH Tour Championship in December (an event that is by invitation only to top finishers on the HSJGA|FTH Points List throughout the season).

Maui Junior Championship winners included:

• 9-Hole Flight: Artie Austin, Wailuku
• Boys 7-10: Kalā Abraham, Mililani
• Boys 11-12: Jackson Day, Kailua
• Boys 13-14: Sungon Cho, Honolulu
• Boys 15-18: Lakota Lee, Kīhei
• Girls 11-12: Sonia Kato, Mililani
• Girls 13-14: Mia Kubota, Honolulu
• Girls 15-18: Kira Uno, Honolulu

The age divisions, par, and approximate yardage were as follows:

• 9-Hole Flight: Par 37, HSJGA Blue Tees (1,740 yards)
• Boys 7-10, Par 71, HSJGA Blue Tees (4,665 yards)
• Boys 11-12, Par 71, Red Tees (5,417 yards)
• Boys 13-14, Par 71, Blue Tees (6,700 yards)
• Boys 15-18, Par 71, Blue Tees (6,700 yards)
• Girls 11-12, Par 71, Red Tees (5,417 yards)
• Girls 13-14, Par 71, Gold Tees (5,839 yards)
• Girls 15-18, Par 71, Gold Tees (5,839 yards)