Three qualify for Sony Open Advertiser Staff David Ishii of the Pearl Country Club, Tommy Hines of the Hawaii Prince Golf Course and amateur Parker McLachlin qualified for next month's Sony Open in Hawaii at yesterday's qualifying event at the Waialae Country Club. Hines and Kevin Hayashi of the Hilo Municipal Golf Course each shot 70, but Hines defeated Hayashi on the second hole of a playoff to claim the second professional spot. McLachlin, a UCLA student and Punahou School graduate, earned the lone amateur spot by parring the second hole of a playoff that began with four players. McLachlin, Michael Ukauka, Regan Lee and Brandan Kop each shot 71. The Sony Open, which replaced the Hawaiian Open on the PGA Tour, will be held Jan. 10-16 at the Waialae Country Club.
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For more information, call 523-7888. Jose B. Mercado, who was the first Hawaii boxer to win a national AAU senior title, died Dec. 5. He was 83. Then in 1939, Mercado competed in the AAU boxing championships at the World Exposition in San Francisco. In the 1930s, amateur boxing was the sports' most popular level, the AAU tournaments were the showcases and Mercado was one of the Islands' first stars.