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t tQ prestigious tirfe of professional golf," said 2 7 ~ ~
Dennis Rose, director of golf at .hY~+~ ~ ~ y ' `
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Allege golf tourney swam ~ Pr'm7ed
that in the past and hopefully win
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~ IMedea~ Previous partidpants in the
¢q{~ssoe5tnvewsrrne ~Vaikoloa Intercollegiate include
_ A. into the PGA's future tlatr~rt PCaA golfers Tiger Woods.
~ ~ioteh Hi:gay, Tim Herron, Jim
will be on this week at the : -
Ar TeaylorMadeWaikoloa ~ ~k~~~•~ `ru
o "It s aEgreat chance for some
golf tournamer>t. X008 kids to play a week of golf
Hawaii-Hilo will host the three- ..away from the cold and stww in
day, 23-teem evetn et the Walkoloa ~ the Umbed Stag," said Rose.
Kirtgc' and Beach ooutaes. Open- I.mding oordenders for the team
in$ rormd begins tomorrow. with "championship include two-time
t)?e final found scheduled for Sat- champion Nevada-fns
today. It is considered one of the V~ch is ranked No. 10 in
nation's P~~ college 8~ tour- the nation by GoHvvcek Magazine,
~e~• ~ No. 7' Georgia Tedr. (Kurhar is not
"Ihete's a long waiting list to get ...even Listed as its top. player -
intp this tournament," said Vul- Bryce Molder is),.No. 8 Arizona
cans head mach Fart Tamiya. "Be• State, No. I l Oregon, No. 19
cause the field is so strong every andNo.21 State.
everybody wants to oome." ~ .team can ~
fm players
s ~ Proof, soc of the nation's top per dayi~but-only the top four will
?b teams are in this year's field. ht count in the team score. Tamiya
1~ there are 20 NCAA Division I said the Vulcans' starters will
teams, two from Japan and the ~ probably be Shane Hoshino, Bran-
hostVulcans (NCA~Il). • - ,don Aoki, Clinton Begay, Ken
VyhaYs more, the individual field Nakam andChad Kendall.
wi1L include the last two United ";..Hawaii_Manoa coach Ronn
States Amateur champions: 1998 ~,iyashir~o will likely use Van
winner Hank Kuelme of Southern i sue, Bret Parker, Jarnod Mizu-
N1~Htodist and 1997 champ Matt e~'a.I:euis Merda and R„~n Ny-
Kta9rarofGeorgiaTech. i~u~'.f
Kuehne, a three-time All-Ameri- , .
tanplaying his final collegiate sea-
was the nation's top-ranked / ? ~ O/
t~te~P~~Y~'• Comm. No.
c e (Cuchar gained world-wide N C /T~F
recognition last year when he File No.
made a rtur at The Mastersand be- ]~f, To: Presented COY NC / L
~ a crowd favorite.
Rei. Date FEB 1 6 1999"