The No. 1-ranked amateur in the world earned his first Masters invitation with a playoff victory in the 2021 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship (AAC) in Dubai five months earlier, following in the footsteps of 2018 AAC champion Takumi Kanaya and two-time AAC and 2021 Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama as male Japanese golfers to earn their way…
Keita Nakajima became the third player from Japan to win the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship (AAC), defeating Hong Kong’s Taichi Kho on the second hole of a thrilling playoff on Saturday at Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club. The No. 1 player in the World Amateur Golf Ranking ® (WAGR®) shot a three-under-par 68 in the…
We caught up with the leading players after the third round of the 2021 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship at Dubai Creek. Japan’s Keita Nakajima made a critical par save after taking a penalty drop on the closing hole to take a one-stroke lead after the third round of the 12th Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship (AAC) on Friday…
Japan’s Keita Nakajima made a critical par save after taking a penalty drop on the closing hole to take a one-stroke lead after the third round of the 12th Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship (AAC) on Friday at Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club. The No. 1 player in the World Amateur Golf Ranking ® (WAGR ®)…
Making the most out of adversity has become a life-long habit for India’s Shubham Jaglan. Why should his debut appearance at the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship (AAC) be any different? The 17-year-old, a freshman at the University of South Florida this year and winner of the Junior World in San Diego, U.S. Kids Golf World Championships…
