Kihei Akina was one of five golfers to advance from the 90-player field at the U.S. Open local qualifier at Alpine Country Club last week.
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"Absolutely, I was playing great," Akina reflected."I played at the Terra Cotta Invitational, one of the top amateur tournaments in the world, and played great in that, so I was really playing well." In March, he was invited to play in the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley Golf Club in South Carolina. It's the most prestigious event in junior golf and Kihei was the top U.S. finisher.
Kihei was named the 2023 USA Today National Boys Golfer of the Year after winning back-to-back state championships as a freshman and sophomore at Lone Peak High School, where he claims he's not a big deal.He's following his older brother Keanu to BYU to play college golf, which he hopes will lead him to his largest golfing goal.
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