The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo men’s golf team captured the program’s fourth Pacific West Conference team title at the PacWest championships held April 17–19 in Phoenix, Arizona. Andrew Otani and Junsu Im were also individual co-champions.
The Vulcans jumped out to a 10-shot lead at the end of day 1 and held strong to finish 15-over with round scores of 285, 294 and 300. Otani and Im both shot 75 in the final round to finish at one-over for a tie atop the individual leaderboard with both staking claim as co-champions.
“I’m happy with the way the boys played this week,” said UH Hilo Head Coach Earl Tamiya. “We had the potential all year-long, and they finally put it all together at the end.”
The Vulcans were coming off of their best performance of the year with a third-place finish at the West Regional Spring Preview last week in Rohnert Park, California, and continued on to win their first conference team title since 2014.
Otani and Im join the roster of UH Hilo PacWest individual champs, which include previous winners Zady Ari (2008), Logan Goulding (2009) and Blake Snyder (2011).
Keith Ng and Dustin Franko also placed in the top 10 with Nicholas Gomez close behind at No. 20.
The Vulcans will continue on at the NCAA West Regional Championships, May 11–13, in Rohnert Park, California.
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