Golf: Yabuta aces Hilo Muni again – and again

During consecutive years in the mid-1990s, Eric Yabuta advanced to the U.S. Amateur Public Links Championships with qualifying rounds at Hilo Municipal Golf Course.

Yabuta is 62 and retired these days, but he’s a 1.9-handicap and still is accomplishing notable feats at Hilo Muni.

During consecutive days at the end of September, Yabuta stepped up to the par-3 16th hole, gripped a 4-iron and made a hole-in-one, rolling in his sixth and seven aces.

“I just try to hit the green,” Yabuta said. “That’s the first time I’ve gone back to back like that.”

Yabuta prefers some of the longer holes on the course, but he if needs to lower his score after the turn he can often count on No. 16. He’s aced it…