Four Hawai'i golfers who qualified for match play easily won their first-round matches yesterday to advance to the round of 32 at the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links Championship in Pueblo, Colo.

Kimberly Kim, a 14-year-old former Big Island resident now residing in Mesa, Ariz., led the way with a 7-and-6 victory over Anya Sarai Alvarez, of Tulsa, Okla.

Kim shot 3-under 33 on the front nine, winning 7 of the 9 holes at the par-72, 6,263-yard Walking Stick Golf Course. Alvarez could not close the gap on the back nine, and when both parred the par-3 No. 12, the match was over.

Mari Chun, a 2005 Kamehameha Schools graduate and Stanford University student, trounced Tamasin Clelland, of New Zealand, 6 and 5.

Chun shot 2-under 34 on the front nine, making the turn 3-up. She won the 11th with par, the 12th with bogey and the 13th with birdie to close out the match.

Amanda Wilson, a 2005 Waiakea High graduate and University of Arizona student, defeated Melanie DeLeon, of Santa Clarita, Calif., 4 and 3.

Wilson won the first three holes, and made the turn 2-up. She won the par-3, 163-yard 12th with birdie and the par-4, 366-yard 14th with par, then won by matching DeLeon's par on the 15th.

Stephanie Kono, a 16-year-old junior-to-be at Punahou School, beat Kelly Jacques, of Longmont, Colo., 4 and 2.

Kono won the par-5, 510-yard fourth with birdie, then gave it back when she bogeyed the par-3, 159-yard sixth. She moved ahead with a birdie on No. 7, then moved 3-up after winning Nos. 10 and 12. Jacques won No. 14 when Kono double-bogeyed the par-4 hole, but Kono closed out the match by winning No. 15 with birdie and No. 16 with par.

Among the notables also advancing were co-medalists Hannah Jun, 20, of San Diego, and Mina Harigae, 16, of Monterey, Calif.

Jun, who will be a junior at UCLA in the fall, cruised to a 4-and-3 victory over 16-year-old Kristen Schelling of Mesa, Ariz.

Harigae rallied from being 1-down at the turn to eliminate 18-year-old Chelsey Collins, of Louisville, Colo., 2 and 1.

Harigae will meet Hawai'i's Chun in today's first match of the round of 32, starting at 7:30 a.m. (3:30 Hawai'i time).

This morning's survivors will play in the round of 16 in the afternoon.

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U.S. WOMEN'S AMATEUR PUBLIC LINKS CHAMPIONSHIP

AT WALKING STICK GOLF COURSE

YARDAGE: 6,263; PAR: 72

Pueblo, Colo.

MATCH PLAY

ROUND OF 64

UPPER BRACKET

Mina Harigae, Monterey, Calif. (137), def. Chelsey Collins, Louisville, Colo. (155), 2 and 1.

Mari Chun, Pearl City, Hawai'i (150), def. Tamasin Clelland, New Zealand (150), 6 and 5.

Jessica Steward, Wake Forest, N.C. (146), def. Allison Travis, Eagle, Idaho (153), 2 and 1.

Morgan Grantham, Kingman, Ariz. (152), def. Kayla Mortellaro, Phoenix (147), 4 and 3.

Glory Joo Young Yang, Murrieta, Calif. (142), def. Laura Luethke, Fresno, Calif. (154), 2 and 1.

Laura Cross, Midlothian, Texas (151), def. Sara Hester, Fort Mill, S.C. (149), 6 and 5.

Kelly Schaub, Greeley, Colo. (143), def. Jenny Shin, Torrance, Calif. (153), 2 and 1.

Kimberly Kim, Hilo, Hawai'i (149), def. Anya Sarai Alvarez, Tulsa, Okla. (151), 7 and 6.

Jenna Pearson, Wheaton, Ill. (139), def. Stephanie Ruiz, Edmond, Okla. (154), 4 and 3.

Veronica Valerio, Temecula, Calif. (150), def. Erica Moston, Belmont, Calif. (151), 1 up.

Ya-Ni Tseng, Taiwan (145), def. Stacey Tate, New Zealand (153), 1 up.

Lauren Hunt, Little River, S.C. (152), def. Courtney Mahon, Kansas City, Mo. (147), 1 up.

Allison Goodman, San Diego (141), def. Ann Maness, Galivants Ferry, S.C. (154), 2 up.

Tiffany Chudy, Miramar, Fla. (151), def. Alexandra Phelps, Albuquerque, N.M. (149), 4 and 3.

Ashley Sholer, Canada (144), def. Carrie Morris, Tyler, Texas (153), 3 and 2.

Amanda Wilson, Hilo, Hawai'i (152), def. Melanie DeLeon, Santa Clarita, Calif. (148), 4 and 3.

LOWER BRACKET

Hannah Jun, San Diego (137), def. Kristen Schelling, Mesa, Ariz. (154), 4 and 3.

Sara Brown, Tucson, Ariz. (150), def. Christi Athas, Eldora, Iowa (150), 2 and 1.

Kyu Ri Ban, South Korea (153), def. Tonya Choate, Mount Vernon, Mo. (146), 4 and 2.

Allison Stewart, Vermillion, S.D. (147), def. Katherine Hoey, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. (152), 5 and 3.

Angela Oh, Maple Shade, N.J. (142), def. Hillary Zeigler, Beaumont, Texas (154), 4 and 3.

Kelley Louth, Victoria, Texas (151), def. Veronique Drouin, Athens, Ga. (149), 3 and 1.

Selanee Henderson, Apple Valley, Calif. (143), def. Ashley Anast, Littleton, Colo. (153), 2 up.

Diane Kwon, Fremont, Calif. (151), def. Megan Dowdy, Leander, Texas (148), 3 and 1.

Tiffany Joh, San Diego (138), def. Aimee Neff, Carmel, Ind. (154), 5 and 4.

Amanda Costner, Claremore, Okla. (150), def. Grace Na, Oakland, Calif. (150), 4 and 3.

Lala Anai, Belmont, Mass. (153), def. Nicole Smith, Riverside, Calif. (145), 2 up.

Juli Wightman, Chicopee, Mass. (147), def. Youn Hee Bae, Centreville, Va. (152), 6 and 5.

Stephanie Kono, Honolulu (141), def. Kelly Jacques, Longmont, Colo. (154), 4 and 2.

Karla Murra, Sioux Falls, S.D. (149), def. Onnarin Sattayabanphot, Thailand (151), 19 holes.

Maria Jose Uribe, Colombia (144), def. Annie Giangrosso, Overland Park, Kan. (153), 3 and 1.

Nara Shin, Chula Vista, Calif. (152), def. Jane Rah, Torrance, Calif. (148), 2 and 1.

ROUND OF 32

Today's pairings (Hawai'i times)
Upper Bracket
3:30 a.m.—Mina Harigae, Monterey, Calif. vs. Mari Chun, Pearl City
3:54 a.m.—Kelly Schaub, Greeley, Colo. vs. Kimberly Kim, Hilo
4:26 a.m.—Ashley Sholer, Canada, vs. Amanda Wilson, Hilo
Lower Bracket
5:22 a.m.—Stephanie Kono, Honolulu vs. Karla Murra, Sioux Falls, S.D.