From a reluctant beginner to Australia’s first Wollongong-born Australian Junior champion since Adam Scott and Jason Day’s era, Sam Cascio is quietly building one of the country’s most promising amateur careers.
Thailand’s Pongsapak “Fifa” Laopakdee has a ritual during tournaments where he sings songs to calm the nerves. There were plenty on Sunday during the final round of the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship, where the Arizona State college golfer won a dramatic playoff at the Emirates Golf Club to punch his ticket to the 2026 Masters and 154th Open Championship.
One of Australia’s most in-form amateurs signed off on his career with a brilliant final round at the Asia-Pacific Amateur championship in Dubai, and now Declan O’Donovan’s professional career will start with his home state open.
Australian Harry Takis responded admirably from a nightmarish quadruple-bogey that featured two lost balls, including one up a palm tree, to scratch out a three-round total of 10-under-par that left a ray of hope of reeling in a runaway leader at the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship.
Australian Harry Takis has starts in the Masters and Open Championship in his sights at the halfway mark of the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship, after bludgeoning the Emirates Golf Club’s back nine with his firebrand style of golf.
Australian Billy Dowling’s crafty iron play and hot putter contributed to a sizzling round that earned him a share of the lead after day one at the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship in Dubai.
A six-strong Australian team will head to Dubai in October for the 2025 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship, trying to win the country’s third individual title in four years.
Jasper Stubbs and Quinn Croker will make an immediate switch to concentrating on their professional golf careers after finishing the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship in Japan on Sunday.
Phoenix Campbell braved rain and a split third round to leave himself even-par during the final round at the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship at Taiheiyo Club in Gotemba.
Australian Golf Digest
