Two Hawai'i golfers are on GolfWorld's Top 10 list for women's golf in the magazine's annual College Preview.

Punahou graduate Stephanie Kono, who earned first-team All-America honors last season as a UCLA freshman, is on the list. Kono won the UCF Challenge last year and had three other top-five finishes. She was also a U.S. Women's Amateur quarterfinalist.

The Bruins counted all but one of Kono's 33 rounds and her scoring average was 72.24. UCLA is ranked third in the GolfWorld/NGCA preseason Coaches Poll, behind defending NCAA champion Arizona State and USC.

The fifth-ranked team is Denver, which was fifth in the NCAA last season and might have its best freshman class in history. That includes Hilo's Kimberly Kim, who is also among GolfWorld's Top 10 women. The former U.S. Women's Amateur champion reached the final of this year's U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links and U.S. Girls Junior.

ALOHA'S THIRD MAJOR

Ron Castillo Jr., John Lynch and John Hearn, the top three finishers in last year's Aloha PGA Professional Championship and Stroke Play Championship, are back for more. This year's tournament, which also includes the Senior PGA Professional Championship, is Monday and Tuesday at Honolulu Country Club.

This is the third major on the Aloha Section PGA calendar. The winner gets a spot in January's Sony Open in Hawai'i and the top two finishers represent the section at the 43rd PGA Professional National Championship next year in French Lick, Ind.

Castillo shot rounds of 68-66 to win last year at Princeville's Makai Course.

Jay Taise won the senior title last year at Mauna Lani, with Mark Morrison second. The top three qualifiers represent the section at the Senior PGA Professional National Championship next month in Florida.

This year's purse is $18,500, with the winner getting $3,000. The seniors play for $3,300. Both champions receive roundtrip tickets from Continental Airlines.

Golfers tee off at 11:30 a.m. Monday and 7 a.m. Tuesday.

NOTES

That hole-in-one at Hawai'i Kai Executive earlier this month was notable for more than the obvious reason. The golfer — Aiko Leong — is an 11-year-old Punahou student. She aced the 81-yard first hole with a pitching wedge.

Entries are being accepted for the 31st annual Hawai'i State Women's Golf Association Senior Championship. It will be Sept. 28 at Kapolei Golf Club, with a 12:30 p.m. start. Women 50 and older, who belong to HSWGA member clubs, are eligible, along with past champions. Entry fee is $85. Marcie Rudich is defending champion.

Hawai'i's Bev Kim and Shigeru Matsui failed to advance to match play last weekend in the U.S. Senior Amateur Championships. Kim shot 84-90 in the 48th USGA Senior Women's, in Hot Springs, Va. Matsui shot 84-86 at the 55th USGA Senior, in Chicago.

Punahou graduate Michelle Wie is first alternate at this week's Samsung World Championship, which is limited to 20 golfers. Wie starts her third year at Stanford next week and is not playing in the full-field CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge, which is commuting distance away from campus, in Danville, Calif.