Waiakea’s Isaiah Kanno will have an excused absence from school Tuesday. He’s going to trade shots with a PGA Tour pro.
Waiakea’s Isaiah Kanno will have an excused absence from school Tuesday. He’s going to trade shots with a PGA Tour pro.
As a Hawaii State Junior Golf Association champion, Kanno earned a spot in the Pro Junior Challenge, a three-hole alternate-shot event at Waialae Country Club on Oahu.
The event is a precursor to the Sony Open, which tees off Thursday.
“I am looking forward to being in the professional environment and being able to learn and play with a professional golfer,” said Kanno said, an 11th-grader.
One of five juniors golfers in the event, Kanno will play with Patton Kizzire, the defending Sony Open champion.
Perhaps they can trade tips on how to win in a playoff.
Kanno won the state championship (ages 15-18) in extra holes in June at Hokulia, edging Kamehameha senior Pono Yanagi. Kizzire defeated James Hahn in a playoff last January, pocketing the Sony Open for his second PGA Tour title.
Each of the five teams – Maui High’s Reese Guzman, Hawaii Baptist’s Noah Koshi, Davis Lee 0f Mid-Pacific and Kyung Eun Lee of Iolani School also are teaming with a pro – will select one of their drives to play, then a junior golfer will hit from the position, alternating shots shots with the pro until finishing the hole.
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