The second young champion of the Japanese Tour?
was ranked 25th in the QT (tournament qualifying test) last year. Ishisaka Tomohiro can be said to have encountered a golden opportunity. If he wins, he will become the first rookie champion in the history of the event. He will also become the youngest champion in the history of the event and the first QT champion. In fact, he will also be the second youngest champion of the Japanese Tour, second only to the 20-year-old when the Spanish player Sevi Vallesdros won the championship in 1977.
On November 21, Beijing time, 21-year-old Japanese rookie Ishisaka Tomohiro caught 5 birdies at Miyazaki Phoenix Country Club (7042 yards, par 71) on Friday, hitting a zero bogey 66, 5 under par. He rushed to the top of the Dunlop Phoenix Golf Tournament (100 million yen in total prize money, 20 million yen in championship prize money).
Tomohiro Ishisaka's two-round score was 133 (67-66), which was 9 under-par, one stroke ahead of Takumi Kanaya and Gunn Charoenkul of Thailand. Gunn caught 6 birdies, swallowed 2 bogeys, and shot 67, 4 under par. Kanaya Takumi did not bogey, caught 5 birdies and shot a zero bogey 66.
Tomoharu Otsuki (Tomoharu Otsuki) with a 66, Ichihara Hongdae with a 67, and Ryosuke Kinoshita (Ryosuke Kinoshita) with a 66. The trio scored 135, 7 under par and tied for fourth place.
Ishikawa Liao shot 74 in the first round, but he shot 67 this round and successfully advanced to 141, 1 under par, tied for 36th.
Chinese player Liang Wenchong returned from isolation and still did not find his best form. He shot 147 (77-70), which was 5 above par, and unfortunately eliminated the second game in a row.
Ishisaka Tomohiro has not lost two consecutive rounds. "The windy factor in this stadium is a famously difficult site, so I try to make fewer mistakes. Even my shots are bad. I am confident in my short shot technique and putting, and I think I can successfully reverse it. "Z2z
, as he said, on the 18th hole, he hit the green with his third shot, but he recovered his loss with short shots and successfully saved Par.
is usually in the year. There are many international players in this lucrative competition. Woods won twice in 2004 and 2005. Brooks Koepka swept both 2016 and 2017. Due to the participation of international players, the Japanese Tour can only participate in high-ranking players. But this year, the vacant spots due to the new crown epidemic have been given to rookie players like Yuhiro Ishisaka.
"I haven't qualified for the competition yet. I always watch this game on TV," Ishisaka said.
was ranked 25th in the QT (tour qualification test) last year. Ishisaka Tomohiro can be said to have encountered a golden opportunity. If he wins, he will become the first rookie champion in the history of the event. He will also become the youngest champion in the history of the event and the first QT champion. In fact, he will also be the second-youngest champion on the Japanese Tour, second only to the 20-year-old when Seve Ballesteros of Spain won the championship in 1977.
"I just hope to participate in this race, I am very grateful that I can enter the lineup," he said.
Ishisaka Tomohiro is from Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture. He started learning golf when he was 10 years old in the fifth grade of elementary school. Before, he specialized in baseball. After entering junior high school, he won many national competitions, including the Kanto Open and the Kanto Junior High School Championships.
Eric Sugimoto used a 5 iron on the third hole, 180 yards. Originally, no sponsors set up bonuses and prizes in that hole. In the end, the sponsor generously donated and rewarded him with a bonus of 300,000 yen.
"The wind is blowing from the right, so I decided to hit a small squeeze ball with the 5 iron and let the wind turn it around," Eric Sugimoto said, "I know I played well, but I can't see it. Because the edge of the bunker blocked my sight. Someone yelled that the ball was in. I didn’t believe it was true at first, so I checked the surroundings of the green and my ball fell into the bottom of the cup."
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