{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_ifhaos5qdmr2prkiyyhq","title":"BYU’s Kihei Akina advances as low amateur at PGA Tour’s Bank of Utah Championship","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/byus-kihei-akina-advances-as-low-amateur-at-pga-tours-bank-of-utah-ifhaos5qdm","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_ifhaos5qdmr2prkiyyhq","seq":1469771,"kind":"article","title":"BYU’s Kihei Akina advances as low amateur at PGA Tour’s Bank of Utah Championship","url":"https://www.deseret.com/sports/2026/10/02/bank-of-utah-championship","summary":"BYU sophomore sensation Kihei Akina fired a 4-under 67 on Friday to join former Cougar and Ogden native Patrick Fishburn as the low local players in the Bank of Utah Championship in Ivins, Utah. Akina, who barely missed the cut last year at Black Desert Resort Golf Course, is the low amateur in the field. The other local to make the cut by one stroke was former Cougar and Orem resident Zac Blair, who is in at 6-under par after Friday’s 1-under 70 on Friday. Akina’s round was…","published":"2026-10-03T02:19:13Z","seen":"2026-10-03T03:37:40Z","lang":"en","country":"US","source":{"id":"kite-deseret-com-2e77dd","name":"deseret.com","domain":"deseret.com","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q1056889","name":"Deseret News","type":"newspaper","country":"US","designations":["daily newspaper","newspaper"]}},"via":"kite-deseret-com-2e77dd","topics":["utah"],"authors":["Dick Harmon"],"entities":[{"id":"Q332498","name":"Brigham Young University","type":"org"},{"id":"Q910409","name":"PGA Tour","type":"org"}],"image":"https://www.deseret.com/resizer/v2/DTQTBZBH3ZCA3I6BLQ7S2AQEZ4.JPG?auth=144ddb03024c5b199a4132bfb402d1bfc874e8625e1f683a99bbeaeb2df24e02&height=600&smart=true&width=980","story":"st_ifhaos5qdmr2prkiyyhq","category":"sport","category_p":0.6399999856948853,"sentiment":"positive","tone":0.5,"political":0.019999999552965164}]}