2021 Results

2021 Results

World No. 1 Keita Nakajima wins Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship

Date

3-6 November 2021

Venue

Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club

Par

35-36-71

Length

6,986 yards

Designers

Karl Litten/Thomas Bjorn

Opened

1993

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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 final round to catch up with Kho, who fired a 64 in the third round followed by a 65 to finish on 14 under par.

The two players headed back to the 18th hole, which was parred in the first attempt. Kho then found the water with his second from the right fairway bunker playing it a second time. Nakajima hit a superb drive, followed by a second to 20 feet. He rolled that in to seal the victory with a birdie.

It was the second consecutive playoff in AAC history, following the two extra holes played by Yuxin Lin and Takumi Kanaya in the 2019 championship in Shanghai.

With his win, the 21-year-old Nakajima receives an invitation to the Masters Tournament in 2022, thus making his dream of playing a practice round at Augusta National Golf Club with the reigning Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama come true, as well as an exemption into The 150th Open at St Andrews.

“I am very proud of what I have achieved. To follow in the footsteps of Hideki-san and Takumi feels great. I am so excited that I will be playing three majors in 2022 (he is also exempt for the U.S. Open as part of winning the Mark H. McCormack Medal as the men’s World No. 1 in 2021 WAGR ®). I am very thankful to the tournament for giving us such great opportunities,”

POS

PLAYER

COUNTRY

TO PAR

R1

R2

R3

R4

TOTAL

1

NAKAJIMA, Keita

Japan

-14

67

68

67

68

270

2

KHO, Taichi

Hong Kong

-14

68

73

64

65

270

T3

CHO, Wooyoung

South Korea

-12

67

68

72

65

272

T3

JIN, Bo

China

-12

70

64

70

68

272

T5

KIM, Baekjun

South Korea

-11

69

66

72

66

273

T5

SAKANE, Ryunosuke

Japan

-11

69

67

70

67

273

T7

LAUTEE, Andre

Australia

-10

70

70

66

68

274

T7

LIN, Yuxin

China

-10

67

71

65

71

274

T9

LEOW, James

Singapore

-9

70

72

67

66

275

T9

LU, Sun-Yi

Chinese Taipei

-9

73

67

66

69

275

T11

PENG, Bo

China

-8

69

68

70

69

276

T11

JAGLAN, Shubham

India

-8

70

68

69

69

276

T13

YANG, Alexander

Hong Kong

-7

67

69

70

71

277

T13

ANUPANSUEBSAI, Puwit

Thailand

-7

73

64

69

71

277

T13

CHOI, Sam

South Korea

-7

67

68

69

73

277

T16

KAWAMOTO, Riki

Japan

-6

69

68

71

70

278

T16

MORIYAMA, Yuki

Japan

-6

71

70

65

72

278

T18

VARADAN, Khavish Varman

Malaysia

-5

69

72

69

69

279

T18

DU, Aaron

China

-5

68

73

67

71

279

T18

MCKINNEY, Connor

Australia

-5

70

65

72

72

279

T21

BARRON, Haydn

Australia

-4

72

71

70

67

280

T21

VONGCHAISIT, Sarut

Thailand

-4

69

75

68

68

280

T21

CHEN, Peicheng

China

-4

69

73

69

69

280

T21

RAMADHAN PUTRA, Naraajie

Indonesia

-4

72

67

69

72

280

T21

OYO, Leo

Japan

-4

71

65

70

74

280

T26

MICHEL, Lukas

Australia

-3

67

71

77

66

281

T26

SITOHANG, Alfred Raja

Indonesia

-3

73

69

70

69

281

T28

HOPEWELL, Hayden

Australia

-2

68

69

77

68

282

T28

SUGIURA, Yuta

Japan

-2

71

70

72

69

282

T28

JANG, Yubin

South Korea

-2

72

72

68

70

282

T31

D'SOUZA, Leon Philip

Hong Kong

-1

70

74

69

70

283

T31

BARKER, Lachlan

Australia

-1

73

70

69

71

283

T33

KUK, Justin

Singapore

Par

72

70

72

70

284

T33

LEE, Won Jun

South Korea

Par

72

70

71

71

284

T33

HAN, Brandon

Singapore

Par

71

67

72

74

284

T36

CHEN, Chi-Chun

Chinese Taipei

+1

68

73

76

68

285

T36

ZHENG, Jimmy

New Zealand

+1

67

71

74

73

285

T38

NARKPRACHAR, Weerawish

Thailand

+2

69

71

78

68

286

T38

SURYADINATA, Jose

Indonesia

+2

70

68

76

72

286

T38

CORPUS, Carl Jano

Philippines

+2

70

70

72

74

286

41

SONI, Milind

India

+3

71

69

71

76

287

42

SKAIK, Ahmad

United Arab Emirates

+4

69

71

77

71

288

T43

SEELANAGAE, Supakit

Thailand

+5

71

71

73

74

289

T43

LIN, Chuan-Tai

Chinese Taipei

+5

72

69

73

75

289

T45

WONG, Qi Wen

Singapore

+6

72

72

75

71

290

T45

NERANJEN, Akshay

India

+6

74

69

71

76

290

47

SUYASRI, Parathakorn

Thailand

+7

71

73

73

74

291

T48

KURDI, Shergo

Jordan

+10

69

74

79

72

294

T48

HARTONO, Jonathan Xavier

Indonesia

+10

69

75

76

74

294

RTD

SUKKOED, Tunyapat

Thailand

+3

69

68

75

212

MC

ALMARAISI, Khalifa

Bahrain

+3

70

75

145

MC

YUE, Yin Ho

Hong Kong

+3

72

73

145

MC

CAMACHO, Redge

Guam

+3

70

75

145

MC

DHOLEPATIL, Rohan

India

+3

72

73

145

MC

BHATIA, Arkesh

India

+4

74

72

146

MC

TAMARDI, Timothius Tirto

Indonesia

+5

72

75

147

MC

LEE, Jun Min

South Korea

+5

73

74

147

MC

SU, Ching-Hung

Chinese

Taipei

+6

73

75

148

MC

GUPTA, Arjun

India

+6

75

73

148

MC

ROOPA ANAND, Aryan

India

+6

75

73

148

MC

LIM, Marcus Pang Chuen

Malaysia

+7

74

75

149

MC

ROHIZAM, Rizq Adam

Malaysia

+7

72

77

149

MC

SHARIF, Saud

Saudi Arabia

+7

72

77

149

MC

CHAN, Aidric Jose

Philippines

+8

73

77

150

MC

ZHUO, Tianwei (Alex)

Hong Kong

+8

78

72

150

MC

JEHANGIR, Salman

Pakistan

+8

74

76

150

MC

MALATAEV, Jantai

Kyrgyzstan

+8

75

75

150

MC

AL JASMI, Khalid Yousuf

United Arab Emirates

+9

76

75

151

MC

ALKAABI, Saleh

Qatar

+9

75

76

151

MC

YAQUTA, Almay Rayhan

Indonesia

+10

75

77

152

MC

KHOKHAR, Muhammad Umer

Pakistan

+11

77

76

153

MC

PERERA, MU

Sri Lanka

+11

77

76

153

MC

SALHAB, Faisal

Saudi Arabia

+12

76

78

154

MC

NASR, Sami Adonis

Lebanon

+13

79

76

155

MC

KHAZANBEIK, Ali

Iran

+13

79

76

155

MC

GANESH, Nateeshvar Anatha

Malaysia

+15

79

78

157

MC

RADEE, Amer Abdulhasan

Iraq

+16

80

78

158

MC

AL-SHAHRANI, Ali

Qatar

+17

87

72

159

MC

KOMA, Cassie

Papua New Guinea

+17

78

81

159

MC

SABLAN, Ivan

Guam

+18

77

83

160

MC

TAIKIRI, Brian

Papua New Guinea

+18

81

79

160

MC

PEOU, Pich Meta

Cambodia

+18

81

79

160

MC

SENG, Vanseiha

Cambodia

+18

80

80

160

MC

AKL, Rachid

Lebanon

+20

83

79

162

MC

AL MASAOOD, Khalifa

United Arab Emirates

+20

81

81

162

MC

RUMHY, Azzan

Oman

+21

85

78

163

MC

AL EMADI, Rashed

United Arab Emirates

+21

82

81

163

MC

CHINBAT, Bat-Amgalan

Mongolia

+23

84

81

165

MC

AL WAHAIBI, Ahmed

Oman

+26

91

77

168

MC

SALMAN, Hamza Bashar Naim

Jordan

+29

82

89

171

MC

DAOUD, Namir Idris

Iraq

+29

86

85

171

MC

ALNOAIMI, Mohamed Diab

Bahrain

+37

93

86

179

MC

GANTSOLMON, Mungunshagai

Mongolia

+40

90

92

182