Tournament host professionals, Naoto Nakanishi, Yuki Inamori and Jinichiro Kozuma all dressed in tournament's theme color, red and all made a great start to make their sponsor ISPS very happy.

At 4 under 7T stands, Naoto Nakanishi and Yuki Inamori. Naoto played with 6 birdies and 2 bogeys.
"I played as if I was trying to make birdie on every hole. I was always aggressive, and I am satisfied with my score and also mentally."

This tournament is open to all of the spectators for free of charge, offers free delicacies and sweets. Naoto, who is known to be a festive character is all smiles with so many spectators enjoying the event.
"We have golf, and also the festivity. So, this event offers joy to the spectators who doesn't even play golf. This tournament is the dream come true image of what a tournament should be. I want the spectators to have fun, and also enjoy watching golf. Then maybe all of them will be fund of golf as well."

Yuki Inamoti, who scored same 4 under without bogeys enjoyed ice cream at his half turn.
"The service is all you can eat. I hope that many would come. It is okay to just enjoy the ice cream, so please come visit."

Jinichiro Kozuma finished with 5 under at 3T. He made 4 straight birdies from 6th, on his back nine. He became ISPS affiliate professional in May this year, but as for tournament organizer PGM, Jinichiro has been supported by them for 4 years now.
"I really want to win here and give back my appreciation to both sponsors."

Jinichiro enjoyed tournament's famous fishing pond before his start as warming up. He got greater amberjack and two Japanese lobsters.

All 3 of them has experienced ZOZO Championship last week. Naoto says, "From what I learned last week, I felt that I need more altitude on my shots, so I made my FW 1 inch longer. That worked today. I have found out what I needed to do last week, so I will keep on pursuing. I believe that good result will follow. I want to win with big margin, so I want to be mentally aggressive this week."

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