Among the latest starters are Denmark’s Rasmus Neergard-Petersen, Korea’s Jungwhan Lee, Japan’s Yuto Katsuragawa, English trio Alex Fitzpatrick, Eddie Pepperell and Andrew “Beef” Johnston, Italy’s Renato Paratore, Austria’s Bernd Wiesberger, Spaniard Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Thailand’s Kiradech Aphibarnrat and China’s Wenyi Ding.
PGA Tour member Victor Perez heads a group of DP World Tour winners and rising stars who have been added to the fields for the Summer of Golf’s two major tournaments, the BMW Australian PGA Championship in Brisbane and ISPS Handa Australian Open in Melbourne.
The stars truly aligned for Asian golf during one glorious Sunday in October as three young talents, Kevin Yu of Chinese Taipei, China’s Wenyi Ding and Kaito Onishi of Japan [above], put an exclamation mark on the importance of the various global pathways that lead to the sport’s ultimate destination, the PGA Tour.
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.
No amateur golfer has ever been at a crossroads quite like the one China’s Wenyi Ding, a rising star at Arizona State and former US Junior champion, found himself in this year.