61st Hawaii State Amateur Championship

March 14-17, 2024, Leilehua Golf Course. 72 Holes           


2024 Men's Open/Overall Champion Remington Hirano

2024 Mid-Am Champion
Matthew Ma

   

2024 Women's Open Champion
Kate Nakaoka

12th Hawaii State Senior Amateur Championship

July 19-21, 2024 (Tentative), TBD. 54 Holes

  
2023 Senior Men Champion
Craig Steinberg

2023 Senior Women's Champion
Jeannie Pak



History of the Hawaii State Amateur

The Hawaii State Amateur Stroke Play Championship is the last 72-hole elite amateur tournament currently being conducted in Hawaii.
Its roots come from the Atherton Cup, which started in 1928. During this time, the championship was known as the Territory of Hawaii Amateur Medal-Play Championship and was held at Waialae Country Club. This championship brought together the finest amateur golfers in the territory of Hawaii and ran until 1949. There was no amateur stroke-play championship from 1950-1963. In 1964, Arthur “Babe” Carter inaugurated the first Hawaii State Amateur Stroke Play Championship at Waialae Country Club, where it was played until 1986.
In 1984, the Hawaii State Golf Association (HSGA) was formed and gained recognition from USGA as the representative body for amateur golf in Hawaii and has since managed the Hawaii State Amateur Stroke Play Championship.
In 1987, the tournament moved to Pearl Country Club to make it possible to accept more players. Since Waialae was a private club, the field for the tournament was limited and the change of venue allowed twice as many to compete. Today, the championship still resides at Pearl Country Club and showcases the top amateurs in the state as well as a few by special exemption from Japan.
All aspects of a player’s game are tested in a PGA Tour-like format of 72 holes with challenging conditions. Players in contention on the weekend will have to endure the pressure being crowned the Hawaii State Amateur Stroke Play Champion and having their name included among the great golfers of Hawaii.
Many past winners have gone on to tournament success nationally and internationally. These include Hawaii Golf Hall of Fame members:

Winner State Amateur
Accomplishments
 Larry Stubblefied
 1972 & 1984 Winner
PGA Tour member 1972-1975



 David Ishii
 1978 Winner
14 wins on the Japan Golf Tour
1987 Japan Golf Tour money leader
1990 Hawaiian Open winner (PGA Tour Event)



 Guy Yamamoto
 1995 Winner
1994 U.S. Amateur Public Links Champion


Other Hawaii State Amateur winners and Hawaii Golf Hall of Fame members include:
Paul Spengler Jr. (1964, 1965), Allan Yamamoto (1966, 1970), Hung Soo Ahn (1967), Wendell Kop (1969, 1971), Al Souza (1973), Brandan Kop (1980.1996), and Dan Nishimoto (1981).
Multiple winners include: Damien Jamila (1990, 1991, 1992, 1998), Regan Lee (1997, 1999), Matt Kodama (2004, 2005), and rising college stars Lorens Chan (2009, 2011) and John Oda (2012, 2013).

*Information provided by/from: Hawaii State Golf Association (HSGA) archives, Waialae Country Club The First Half Century (Thomas Kemper Hitch and Mary Ishii Kuramoto), Historic Atherton Cup Revived for Amateurs (Monte Ito; Honolulu Advertiser staff writer), Missing Trophies on the Shelf (Monte Ito. Honolulu Advertiser staff writer)

Hawaii State Amateur Champions

Year
Winner
Division
Tournament Score
Results
 2023
Niall Shiels Donegan
Kyle Nakazaki
Craig Steinberg
Raya Nakao
Jeannie Pak
Men's Open (Overall)
Mid-Am
Senior Men
Women's Open
Senior Women
209, 7-under par
215, 1-under par
213, 3-under par
212, 4-under par
230, 14-over par
All Flights
 2022 Niall Shiels Donegan
Alexander Zannes
Craig Steinberg
Kara Kaneshiro
Young Hwa Kim 
 Men's Open (Overall)
Mid-Am
Senior Men
Women's Open
Senior Women
282, 6-under par
293, 5-over par
214, 2-under par
292, 4-over par
225, 9-over par 
All Flights
 2021 Spencer Dunaway
Keyan Riseling
Jonathan Ota
Kara Kaneshiro
Jeannie Pak 
Men's Open (Overall)
Mid-Am
Senior Men
Women's Open
Senior Women 
 210, 6-under par
219, 6-over par
215, 1-under par
210, 6-under par
227, 11-over par
All Flights 
 2020 Isaiah Kanno
Andy Okita
Mike Kawate
Lacey Uchida
Mira Jang 
 Men's Open (Overall)
Mid-Am
Senior Men
Women's Open
Senior Women
286, 2-under par
286, 2-under par
214, 2-under par
299, 11-over par
232, 16-over par
All Flights
2019 Tyler Ota
Heikichi Katsuta
Jonathan Ota
Patricia Ehrhart 
 Men's Open (Overall)
Mid-Am
Senior Men
Women's Open
 283, 5-under par
297, 9-over par
219, 4-over par
296, 8-over par
All Flights 
2018
Tyler Ota
Shawn Sakoda
Mike Kawate
Kyung Eun Lee
Men's Open (Overall)
Mid-Am
Senior Men
Women's Open
277, 11-under par
292, 4-over par
216, even par
306, 18 - over par
All Flights
2017
 Jun Ho Won
Nick Ushijima
Mikio Shimura
Kyung Eun Lee
Mira Han
Men's Open (Overall)
Mid-Am
Senior Men
Women's Open
Senior Women
 275, 13-under par
295, 7-over par
214, 2-under par
313, 25-over par
243, 27-over par
All Flights
 2016
 Kyle Suppa
Kensuke Morinaka
Phillip Anamizu
Miki Manta
Mira Han
Men's Open (Overall)
Mid-Am
Senior Men
Women's Open
Senior Women
 284, 4-under par
302, 14-over par
227, 11-over par
310, 22-over par
254, 38-over par
All Flights


 
2015 Shawn Lu
Kensuke Morinka
Mike Kawate
Open (Overall)
Mid-Am
Senior
280, 8-under par
293, 5-over par
218, 2-over par
All Flights


2014 Kyle Suppa
Raymon Tendo
Open (Overall)
Senior
277, 11-under par
216, 2-under par
All Flights

2013 John Oda
David Hamada
Open (Overall)
Senior
269, 19-under par*
217, 1-over par
All Flights

2012 John Oda
Shigeru Matsui
Open (Overall)
Senior
283, 4-under par
226, 11-over par
All Flights

2011 Lorens Chan
Open (Overall)
278, 10-under par
All Flights
2010 TJ Kua
Open (Overall)
283, 5-under par
Open
2009 Lorens Chan
Open (Overall)
206, 10-under par (54 holes)
Open
2008 Travis Toyama
Open (Overall)
289, 1-over par
Open
2007 Chan Kim
Open (Overall)
279, 9-under par
Open
2006 Toru Nakajima
Open (Overall)
209, 6-under par (54 holes)
Open
2005 Matt Kodama
Open (Overall)
289, 1-over par
Open
*Hawaii State Amateur 72 hole tournament scoring record (269,19-under par) Click Here for list of past winners since 1964
Hawaii State Golf Association