The 2023 Masters Championship and the 2023 Open Championship jumped one place on Sunday as Australia’s Harrison Crowe (-13) won the Asia Pacific Amateur Championship by one stroke over Bo Jin (-12). That sounds like a simple outing for the 21-year-old, who was set to turn pro after this tournament until those Masters and Open bids clearly explained his plan. his plan, but it was simple.
Crowe needed a 33 on the back nine – including four birdies on five holes at one point – to get past Jin, who was three in the first leg, and claim the championship trophy. Even that doesn’t fully describe the movie.
Jin, still leading on a Sunday when he raised it on the 17th hole at Amata Spring Country Club in Thailand – a real island hole where players must sail to the green – hit his shot he in the water tied 3 and ended disappointingly bogey-par double to slide from 14 under to 12 under. Crowe, on the other hand, closed par-par on the last two holes to stay under 13 and won by one shot.
Crowe’s final score is an up and down swing that in itself is nearly submerged and could cost him invitations to perhaps the two biggest golf tournaments of 2023. We continued with a tense swing at the end that ushered in a big comeback. Jin.
On the Saturday after the third round, Crowe had a bit of a foreshadowing when the world number 43 amateur openly discussed how he would turn pro but would not do it if his final round went like three. first match. (He opened 69-67-67.)
“I’ll turn pro as soon as I get home,” Crowe said after leading two shots into the final round of the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship Sunday. “…I would love to delay that decision.”
While round number 4 is not completely like a superstar, his even par 72 is enough to make dreams come true. Now, he will have to wait six months for masters and nine months for the Opening.
“It made a lot of sense. I played a lot of really good golf at the start of the season, but in the middle of the year when I was traveling abroad, I didn’t play golf well at all. So I went out on the inner court. This week Crowe said.
The Australian joins the impressive list of former champions of the tournament.
- 2021: Keita Nakajima
- 2020: None
- 2019: Yuxin Lin
- 2018: Takumi Kanaya
- 2017: Yuxin Lin
- 2016: Curtis .’s Luck
- 2015: Cheng Jin
- 2014: Antonio Murdaca
- 2013: Chang-woo Lee
- 2012: Tianlang Guan
- 2011: Hideki Matsuyama
- 2010: Hideki Matsuyama
- 2009: Chang-won Han
