Allisen Corpuz, who starts sixth grade at Punahou the end of the month, became the youngest Hawai'i State Women's Match Play champion this morning when she defeated Punahou freshman Kacie Komoto, 2 and 1, at Oahu Country Club.

Corpuz is the third 11-year-old to win the title in the last nine years. Stephanie Kono captured it in 2001 and her record was broken by Cyd Okino four years later. Corpuz, whose birthday was in March, is four months younger than Okino - who won her second match play last year.
Corpuz never trailed, winning the first and third holes with birdie.
Komoto, the 14-year-old Hawai'I State Stroke Play Champion, got one back with birdie at No. 9 and finally caught Corpuz on the 13th.
The tie lasted but two holes. Komoto bogeyed the 15th and Corpuz sank a five-foot birdie putt on the 17th to seal it.
It was the third consecutive match Corpuz won with a birdie putt on the 17th. A week ago, she won her third U.S. Kids Golf Championship in four years by birdieing the final hole to force a playoff, then birdieing the fourth extra hole to win.
In May, Corpuz nearly won the first Hawai'I women's major of the year, leading the Jennie K. until Kristina Merkle caught her on the final few holes.