May 17—Even after moving to Maryland in middle school and playing college golf at Ohio State, Aneka Seumanutafa still considered Hawaii home. So in a spring highlighted by a visit to Augusta National and a start in the U.S. Women’s Open coming up this summer, a victory in the Jennie K. Wilson Invitational proved particularly gratifying on Sunday. “It means a lot coming back home after gaining experience in college and now playing front of my grandparents and my family here, ” Seumanutafa said. “I still call Hawaii my home. It’s always been my home. I have roots here, and that’s how I was born and raised, to stay with my roots.” Seumanutafa, who grew up in Kapolei and Nanakuli and still has an 808 phone number, entered the final round with a seven-shot lead and weathered brisk winds coming off the ocean and intermittent showers in Lanikai to finish…
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