A double-bogey at the last soured what was an otherwise solid opening round for leading Australian Quinnton Croker at the Asia Pacific Amateur, as the Queenslander posted a first-round of even-par 70 to sit five shots off the lead.
Lukas Michel says he’s enjoying juggling golf course design consultation with being an elite international amateur as he settles into the Asia Pacific event in Japan.
A seven-strong Australian contingent will be vying for a start in the 2025 Masters and Open Championship when the 15th Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship begins Thursday at the Taiheyo Club in Japan.
Quinnton Croker plans on turning professional immediately after the Asia-Pacific Amateur but welcomes the “good headache” winning would present, given he’d need to remain an amateur to take up the Masters and Open Championship berth.
Chinese Taipei’s Chuan-Tai Lin and China’s Wenyi Ding shared the 36-hole lead at the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship on a day when Royal Melbourne’s fickle breezes brought many rounds undone.
Harrison Crowe knows exactly what it’s like to play Augusta National, but he urges all those chasing the lure at this month’s Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship in Melbourne to ignore the outcome and focus on the present.
The Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship is looking for volunteer caddies to help the region’s best amateurs in next month’s event at Royal Melbourne Golf Club.
They’re everywhere. No matter where you go in the world of golf, there are Scots to be found in all manner of roles. Players. Caddies. Administrators. The media, both print and broadcasting. Wherever you look, those of a Caledonian persuasion are involved.
Australian Lukas Michel has a share of the first-round lead as the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship began on Thursday at Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club in the Middle East.
Japan’s Keita Nakajima and China’s Yuxin Lin are two of the most compelling stories at this year’s event, but there are other interesting players to follow.
After almost two years of frustration, Australia’s best amateur golfers will return to elite representative competition at the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship and the Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific Championship in the United Arab Emirates next month. Twelve of Australia’s best players have been named for the championships in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, which carry the lure of Read more…
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