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Matt Burn of Kubasaki, a junior, returns as the reigning Okinawa district boys champion.

Matt Burn of Kubasaki, a junior, returns as the reigning Okinawa district boys champion. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)

CAMP WALKER, South Korea – Over the last few years since high school golf in Korea and Okinawa moved to the fall, coaches and players have lamented the fact that there’s no DODEA-Pacific Far East tournament on the links. But there’s hope, coaches say, in the form of a proposed Korea at Okinawa inter-district meet planned for Oct. 4 and 5. “Just to go to Okinawa and to compete there, that’s always something I’ve been wanting to do,” said Ben Martinez, a Daegu sophomore, during a Warriors golf practice in August at Camp Walker’s Evergreen links.

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