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Sinnott hails JGTO’s world-class treatments of players

Sinnott has hailed the Japan Golf Tour Organisation (JGTO) as ‘exclusive’ and one that offers its players a ‘second to none’

world-class hospitality as he admitted that he just cannot wait to return to Japan for the Tour resumption.

The 29-year-old Australian has competed on the Tour for just three seasons thus far and it does not have to take longer than that for him to fall in love with both the Tour and country.

“The Japan Golf Tour is special in a way because it feels very exclusive,” said Sinnott, who opened the 2022 campaign with a

tied-48th result at the SMBC Singapore Open last month.

“The treatment of the players is second to none, we get treated super well by the sponsors and the Tour always runs very smoothly.

“There’s always great courses to play in every single week too.

“Generally, each of them has perfect greens and they can be a little bit tricky and a little bit narrow.

“Japan is also a favourite place of mine and I absolutely love the country. The people there are just so kind and I love the great food

too.

“I love everything about Japan and can’t wait to get back there,” added Sinnott, who also hailed Tokyo as the ‘best city in the world’.

A rejuvenated Sinnott will be eager to build on the fine momentum after ending a five-year title drought with a triumph back home.

Sinnott won the TPS Victoria to mark his maiden victory on the ISPS Handa PGA Tour of Australasia.

Todd Sinnott


It was only his second victory since turning professional seven years ago.

The first success he tasted was winning the Leopalace21 Myanmar Open in 2017, which sealed him a two-year exemption on the

JGTO.

However, Sinnott made little impact the first two seasons.

He did not return to Japan again until last year after his career progress was halted by a career threatening back injury which

side-lined him nearly the entire 2019 season.

And just when was prepared to make a comeback, the COVID-19 pandemic prevented him from doing so.

On his return last year, Sinnott again struggled to put together a string of consistent results but he did register a pair of respectable

results of tied-21st and tied-16th at the Japan Open and ANA Open respectively.

Sinnott contested in the Qualifying Tournament in December and was ranked 30th in the standings.

“With a Q-School category, I hope to play everything that I can get into. Hopefully I can re-rank well after the first or eight events and

see more action in the later part of the season,” said Sinnott.