Greg Meyer 26th Hawaii Pearl Open Champion

Jonathan Ota 26th Hawaii Pearl Open Low Amateur

2.8.04- Local boy Greg Meyer of Pearl Country Club closed with a 5-under par 67 today to successfully defend his title. Meyer rolled in a 12 foot tweeter on the last hole to seal the deal. With this win, he is now a four-time champion ('87, '88, '03 & '04) and is two wins away from tying David Ishii's "most wins" record of six wins. Meyer battled with two-time champion Kiyoshi Murota and pulled off the win with new clubs that he wasn't use to as his regular sticks were stolen from his home this past Wednesday. Low amateur went to Kauai's Jonathan Ota who started the day at 1-over par for the tournament and lit it up with a 6-under par 66 today to finish at 5-under par 211 good for T20. Michelle Wie almost achieved her goal of being the low amateur but was 3 strokes shy this year, perhaps she will do it next year? Wie and the rest of the field could look back at hole #13 the 194 yard par 3 as it once again played as the most difficult with a stroke average of 3.38, last year playing to a 3.64 stroke average. Wie bogied the hole three days in a row. Click here to see Wie's daily scorecards & stats.

2.7.04- 48-year-old Japan Professional Kiyoshi Murota a two-time Pearl Open Champion ('02 & '97) fired a second round 7-under par 65 (68-65--133, 11-under par) to lead by two shots over 42-year-old Don Berry of Minneapolis, MN who fired a bogey less second round 4-under par 68 (67-68--135, 9-under par). Murota carded 1 eagle, 6 birdies, 10 pars and 1 bogey today where course conditions were excellent for scoring. 3 shots off the pace T3, two golfers including local boy Greg Meyer the defending champion and Brett Wayment of Logan, Utah who are both 8-under par 136 respectively. Michelle Wie stormed back today in round two where she was 5-under par thru her first 8 holes. Wie managed a 1-over par for the remaining 10 holes to shoot a 4-under par 68 for a two round total of 2-under, 142. The final round tees off tomorrow starting at 8:00am on #1 & #10 with the leaders going off #1 at 9:48am. Wie will get her final round started on #1 at 8:18am in a group with 3 other local boys, Joe Phengsavath, Kevin Kim and Jim Seki.

Professional Score Board by David & Amy Kim

2004 Prize Money. The total purse for the 2004 Hawaii Pearl Open is $80,000. Professionals will compete for $77,500 in prize money.  Amateurs will compete for $2,500 in merchandise certificates.

1 $12,000

2 $9,000

3 $7,000

4 $6,000

5 $5,000

6 $4,000

7 $3,500

8 $3,000

9 $2,500

10 $2,200

11 $1,900

12 $1,600

13 $1,400

14 $1,300

15 $1,200

16 $1,100

17 $1,000

18 $900

19 $800

20 $750

21 $700

22 $650

23 $600

24 $550

25 $500

26 $450

27 $400

28 $375

29 $350

30 $325

31 $300

32-40 $200

41-50 $100

51-70 $75

71+ $55