KA'ANAPALI, Maui — 'Iolani freshman Lorens Chan overcame tendinitis in his right wrist and a fierce challenge from senior teammate David Fink yesterday to capture the David S. Ishii Foundation/Hawai'i High School Athletic Association Boys Golf Championships, at the Royal Ka'anapali Golf Course.

Chan shot a 3-over-par 74, finishing at 143, two shots better than Fink, who tied for the best round of the day at even-par 71. Kealakehe's Henry Park also shot 71 and finished third at 146, along with Bradley Shigezawa (75) of Punahou and Cory Oride (75) of Kaua'i.

'Iolani won the team title with a 601. Other 'Iolani team members are Corey Kozuma, Reo Saito, Kelly Masuda and Elliot Le.

Moanalua was second (619), followed by Punahou (624), Waiakea (628) and Baldwin (630).

'Iolani won its last team title in 1991, and few may have expected yesterday's results, since the Raiders managed only a third-place finish at last month's Interscholastic League of Honolulu championships.

One reason for possible doubt was that Fink had split his time throughout the season between golf and volleyball. Coach Glenn Inouye said the team jelled only in the last two weeks.

"It was an unusual season for us. David was playing varsity volleyball and we only had him half time and he played in only half our matches," Inouye said. "We never really came together as a team until this past two weeks. Anyone who says high school golf is not a team sport is wrong. They fed off each other."

Chan, 14, emerged the first-round leader after carding a 2-under 69, two strokes better than Shigezawa, Oride and Aaron Kunitomo of Kamehameha-Maui. Fink started the second round five strokes back and blasted out of the gate with birdies on the first three holes. Playing in the group ahead of Chan, he finished the front nine at 3-under 34.

The front nine was not so kind to Chan, who faltered with bogeys at Nos. 7, 8 and 9. He made the turn with a 3-over 40.

"It was really up and down. It started alright in the beginning but then I had a stretch of bogeys at 7, 8 and 9. The front nine was really frustrating. I lost my lead and then I just had to dig deep inside, and on the back nine I started to play better," he said.

On the par-4, 424-yard 11th hole, Chan smacked a 370-yard drive off the tee that allowed him to chip onto the green and putt for birdie. On the par-4, 362-yard 12th hole, his second shot from the middle of the fairway landed about 30 feet past the pin. The freshman calmy drained the putt for another birdie.

"After those two holes, after making birdie-birdie, I felt that everything came back and I was playing how I usually shoot," Chan said.

Fink, meanwhile, saw his chances for the individual crown slip away with consecutive bogeys at 15, 16 and 17.

After a quick celebration with his teammates, Fink dashed to the airport to catch a flight back to Honolulu in time to make 'Iolani's first-round boys volleyball match at the state championship tournament.

Inouye credited Chan's adeptness near and on the green for his success.

"Lorens strong with his wedge and his short game. For someone his age it's almost professional caliber," Inouye said. "It makes up for a lot of mistakes. He doesn't make very many, but when he does, he's able to get up and down."