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Men's Golf Finishes In 17th Place At Amer Ari Invite

Final Results | Live Scoring

WAIKOLOA, Hawai'i – The University of Hawai'i men's golf team finished in 17th place following the third and final round of the 26th Amer Ari Invitational Saturday at the Waikoloa Kings' Course.
 
The Rainbow Warriors shot a final round 298 for an 882 total. No. 18 Texas Tech captured the team title at 820, eight strokes ahead of defending champion USC (828). No. 20 Oregon finished third (838) followed by No. 33 Arizona State (841) and No. 28 Colorado (841).
 
UH senior Pono Tokioka was the team's top finisher with his second straight round under par with a 2-under 70 on Saturday, that included three birdies and one bogey. The Lihu'e, Kaua'i native tied for 45th place at 1-under 215.
 
TTU's Fredrik Nilehn won a three-way playoff to win medalist honors over Arizona State's Jared duToit and USC's Rico Hoey. The trio finished the tourney at 16-under 200.
 
UH sophomore Cameron Kaneko entered the day at 2-under for the tournament but shot 76 to tie for 60th at 2-over 218. Sophomore Sam Schwartz tied for 100th at 226 after a final round 78 while freshmen Nick Nelson tied for 104th (227) and Trevor Hirata placed 117th (236) after rounds of 74 and 78, respectively.
 
The Warriors will next host the John A. Burns Intercollegiate, Feb. 15-17 at the Wailua Golf Course on Kaua'i.
 
17 Hawai'i 294 290 298 882
T45 Pono Tokioka (4) 74 71 70 215
T60 Cameron Kaneko (1) 70 72 76 218
T100 Sam Schwartz (2) 74 74 78 226
T104 Nick Nelson (3) 80 73 74 227
117 Trevor Hirata (5) 76 82 78 236
 
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Players Mentioned

Cameron Kaneko

Cameron Kaneko

6' 2"
Sophomore
Sam Schwartz

Sam Schwartz

5' 6"
Sophomore
Pono Tokioka

Pono Tokioka

5' 8"
Senior
Trevor Hirata

Trevor Hirata

5' 8"
Freshman
Nick Nelson

Nick Nelson

6' 2"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Cameron Kaneko

Cameron Kaneko

6' 2"
Sophomore
Sam Schwartz

Sam Schwartz

5' 6"
Sophomore
Pono Tokioka

Pono Tokioka

5' 8"
Senior
Trevor Hirata

Trevor Hirata

5' 8"
Freshman
Nick Nelson

Nick Nelson

6' 2"
Freshman