Kamehameha sophomore Pono Yanagi powered his way around the Hilo Muni golf course with his driver while Waiakea junior Kaelyn Uchida relied on her mindset more than any club in the bag.
Yanagi fired a 4-under-par 68 while Uchida shot a 79 to take medalist honors at the BIIF season-opening meet on Wednesday during a sun-baked day.
“I got fortunate that my game came together,” Yanagi said. “I had an eagle on 1 (par 5, first hole), birdies on 3 and 5, then parred everything out. Par is always good on any tourney day.
“I’ve been really working on my drives, to pinpoint shots instead of taking a shorter club and swing as hard as I can.