University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics

2022-23 HAWAI‘I MEN'S GOLF 

SEASON HIGHLIGHTS

• In the second year of the Scott Simpon era, the team posted its lowest scoring average in program history (291.0) while its par-3 scoring and par-5 scoring were also program-bests.

• Team posted 10 rounds of par or better, which was the second-most in a single-season in program history.

• Blaze Akana (72.37) and Atsuya Oishi (72.40) recorded the second- and third-best scoring averages in relation to par in program history.

• Oishi, the team leader in five of 10 events, posted 16 rounds of par or better and his 110 birdies were the third-most in program history.

• Oishi was the only Rainbow Warrior named All-Big West, earning honorable mention honors. Tyler Ogawa was named College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honors.

• Akana posted the team’s highest finish on the year with a tie for seventh place at the UC San Diego Invitational, where he carded the team’s low round (66) and low 54-hole score (208).

• Akana qualified and competed in his first PGA Tour event, finishing with a 3-over 143 total at the Sony Open in Hawai‘i. He was the first former Rainbow Warrior to compete in a PGA Tour event in more than a decade.

• Freshman Josh Hayashida recorded a pair of Top 10 finishes, tying for 10th at the William H. Tucker Invitational and Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate.

• Hayashida also captured the 114th Manoa Cup, the oldest amateur tournament in Hawai‘i, with a come-from-behind 2 & 1 win in the 36-hole final. He became the first UH golfer to win the tournament since T.J. Kua in 2009.

AWARDS & HONORS

MEMORABLE MOMENT

UH's own, Blaze Akana, qualified and competed in his first PGA Tour event, the Sony Open in Hawai'i. He finished 3 over, with a 143 total and was the first UH player to compete in a PGA event in almost a decade.

PICTURE PERFECT

Some of the top shots of the season.

CLASS OF 2023

Zach Sagayaga, Remington Hirano

BRIGHT FUTURE

The future is bright for the Rainbow Warriors as freshman Josh Hayashida recorded a pair of Top 10 finishes, tying for 10th at the William H. Tucker Invitational and Wyoming Desert Intercollegiate.

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