Regan Lee lost the first two holes then roared back to defeat Ron Castillo Jr., 4 and 3, and win the Turtle Bay Golf Match Play Championship yesterday on the Palmer Course.

Lee, an assistant pro at Pearl Country Club, is in the process of qualifying for the Japan Golf Tour Organization. He will play in the third of four qualifying stages after representing Aloha Section PGA at the PGA Assistant Professional Championship in Florida the end of this month.

Castillo is Director of Golf at Kiahuna Golf Club on Kaua'i. He won the 2002 Match Play title.

Makena's Dugal Milne won his first Seniors Match Play title, defeating 2002 champion Ron Kia'aina, of Makaha, 2 and 1, in yesterday's final. Milne won $1,000.

Castillo won the first two holes with par and birdie. Lee tied with pars at Nos. 5 and 6, as Castillo missed the first green and hit into the water on the next hole. Lee took a 1-up lead at the turn with an 8-foot birdie putt on the ninth.

A 15-footer for bogey on the next hole gave Lee a 2-up lead, after Castillo again hit into the water. Lee extended his advantage to 4-up with a 10-footer for birdie on the 12th and a 6-footer for par on the 13th.

Pars on the next two holes ended the match.

"I hit my driver pretty well," said Lee, who won $1,300. "I just didn't hit it very close for birdies and when I did I missed most of the putts. But I made a lot of longer putts toward the end. I was happy with that."

Castillo also had trouble on the greens. It was compounded by an unusually wild driver that got him in trouble on a course where trouble is never far away. Lee's ability to scramble ultimately won it for him — yesterday and in his previous matches.

"I didn't make too many bogeys during the week," he said. "I took advantage of everyone else's bogeys."

Milne and Kia'aina were the low qualifiers among the seniors, both shooting 73 Monday. Yesterday, Milne took the lead on No. 3, hitting his approach to six inches, and never trailed.

The Makena pro took advantage of four birdies to hold off Kia'aina, whose only birdie came on the 12th. Milne, who just turned 50, felt his putter saved him. "I was fortunate the flat stick was working pretty good all week," he said.