OAHU, HI (March 16, 2008) -- Travis Toyama (2002 & 2005 Manoa Cup Champion, above) finished strong today to seal the deal closing with a tournament low round of 3-under par 69 and a total of 1-over par 289. Toyama, 21, is completing his eligibility as a University of Hawaii Men's Warrior golf team member this year and will be graduating in a year or two. Toyama said on a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being the easiest and 10 the toughest tournament conditions, he gives the 2008 HSASPC an 8.

An 8 mainly because of the strong gusty winds which blew for the majority of the tournament causing havoc to all the players. The key to Toyama's victory he admitted was putting as he has been struggling with golf's smallest stroke for several years now. Lately he has been working on trying to redirect his "negative" thoughts to positive ones when standing over putts.

Toyama also said that the wind was indeed a factor but really didn't affect him as much as he was trying to roll the ball better in this tournament. The relentless wind finally let up a little late in the final round today and the field's scoring average was the lowest in all four days at 76.98. Neal Takara, the 36-hole leader closed with a 3-over par 75 and tied for the runner up spot with Chris Igawa who carded a 1-under par 71.

Takara & Igawa had tournament totals of 9-over par 297's respectively.

--Story courtesy 808golf.com

Pos.	Name	Rd.1	Rd.2	Rd.3	Rd.4	Tot.
1	Toyama, Travis	70	77	73	69	289
T2	Igawa, Chris	75	73	78	71	297
T2	Takara, Neal	70	76	76	75	297
4	Chan, Lorens	75	75	73	75	298
T5	Akimoto, Kazuo	79	75	70	75	299
T5	Takeishi, Yosuke	74	73	79	73	299
T7	Chu, Alex	78	74	75	73	300
T7	Ota, Jonathan	73	76	80	71	300
T9	Hoshi, Kenji	72	78	78	73	301
T9	Kop, Brandan	75	74	76	76	301
T9	Silva, Patrick H.	72	78	75	76	301
12	Kawate, Michael	80	74	74	74	302
T13	Sawada, Jared	71	80	78	75	304
T13	Shigezawa, Bradley	74	75	83	72	304
T15	Nakazato, Konosuke [japan]	72	76	79	78	305
T15	Sibayan, Shannon	71	81	80	73	305
T17	Komoto, Brett	75	75	79	77	306
T17	Kosugi, Kota	76	80	77	73	306
T19	Ichimura, Scott	77	77	75	78	307
T19	Watanabe, Craig	79	73	77	78	307
T21	Kurokawa, Mitoyuki [ Japan ]	77	76	79	76	308
T21	Nakamura, Wade	76	78	76	78	308
T23	Anamizu, Phillip	76	75	80	78	309
T23	Okada, Takuma	73	85	74	77	309
T23	Saka, David	74	75	84	76	309
T26	Kua, Stan	74	78	80	78	310
T26	Mikulik, Jacob	76	77	80	77	310
T26	Sakugawa, Lee	80	76	75	79	310
29	Uchida, Marshall	83	72	79	78	312
T30	Kegel, Clive	74	84	76	81	315
T30	Udagawa, Shuichi	75	78	85	77	315
T32	Ingalls, Richard	76	74	83	83	316
T32	Knedler, Colton	74	83	76	83	316
T32	Matsuno, Steve	79	78	75	84	316
T32	Sakaue, Joey	75	81	79	81	316
T36	Kim, Justin	79	74	84	80	317
T36	Miyaguni, Yuichiro	80	78	79	80	317
38	Logan, Matthew	78	79	81	82	320
39	Chow, Alika	78	80	87	78	323
40	Nakagawa, Robert	78	80	78	88	324

 

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