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 |
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 | WAHAIBI, Ahmed Al | 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 |