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2023-2024 Men's Golf Roster

Big West Conference
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Kolbe Irei

Kolbe Irei

  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Honolulu, O‘ahu
  • Highschool:
    Roosevelt HS
  • Prev School:
    UC Irvine

Summary

Biography

2023-24 (Senior):
  • Competed in all 10 tournaments
  • Finished second on the team with a 73.17 scoring average
  • Posted nine rounds under par and five in the 60s
  • Team’s top finisher in two tournaments
  • Posted team-best 54-hole score of 11-under 205 at the Kapolei Invitational
  • Low round was 6-under 66 at the Kapolei Invite
  • Best finish was tie for 13th at the Big West Championship, where he shot 2-over 218
  • Two Top 20 finishes
  • Named to Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll

Prior To UH:
  • Attended UC Irvine for three seasons
  • Competed in 20 career tournaments, including all 10 during the 2021-22 season
  • In 2021-22, ranked second on the team with a 73.97 scoring average
  • Captured the 2022 Orange County Collegiate Classic with a even par 216 total
  • Career-best 212 at the 2022 Nick Watney Invitational
  • Finished with a 77.67 scoring average as a true freshman in 2020-21
  • Named to the Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar team in 2022
  • Earned Big West All-Academic honors in 2022
 
Prep:
  • A 2020 graduate of Roosevelt High School in Honolulu, O‘ahu
  • Four-time O‘ahu Interscholastic Association (OIA) First-Team All-Star
  • Two-time OIA Player of the Year (2019 & ’20)
  • Claimed runner-up honors at the Hawai‘i High School State Championship as a junior
  • Finished second at the OIA Championships as a freshman and sophomore
  • Runner-up at the 2019 U.S. Open Local Qualifier at Waialae Country Club
  • Took second at the 2019 FCG International and third at the Optimist International Junior Championship
 
Personal
  • Born in Honolulu, O‘ahu
  • Has one brother
  • Parents are Roy Irei and Avis Kaneshiro of Honolulu, O‘ahu

2023-24
Place Tournament Score
T-86 William H. Tucker Intercollegiate 76-76-76=228 (+12)
T-27 Bill Cullum Invitational 77-73-74=224 (+8)
T-58 Ka'anapali Classic Collegiate Invitational 69-69-74=212 (-1)
T-16 Kapolei Invitational 69-66-70=205 (-11)
T-84 Amer Ari Invitational 70-69-75=214 (-2)
T-23 John A. Burns Intercollegiate 73-72-70=215 (-1)
T-84 Lamkin Invitational 71-79-78=228 (+12)
T-104 Cowboy Classic 75-73-78=226 (+10)
T-72 Western Intercollegiate 77-76-72=225 (+15)
T-11 Big West Championship 75-72-71=218 (+2)

Career Statistics (UC Irvine & Hawai‘i)
Year TP Rounds Strokes Avg. Low Round Best Finish
2020-21 5 15 1,165 77.67 70 23
2021-22 10 30 2,219 73.97 68 1
2022-23 5 13 938 72.15 69 13
2023-24 10 30 2,195 73.17 66 T-11
TOTAL 30 88 6,517 74.06 66 1

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