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DAY42021/05/17 (Mon)Last week's winner Naoyuki Kataoka keeps his A game on to finish 4T at Diamond Cup
Many times, a winner does plunge on the next week due to fatigue and pressure, but not Naoyuki Kataoka. He has shown that he is still on th...
DAY42021/05/17 (Mon)Lowest Amateur winner Keita Nakajima's goal is "Masters 2022" and victory in Regular Tour as amateur
World's No.1 Ranking Amateur has shown his strength, as he has been awarded for Lowest Amateur title 4th time in this prolonged 20-21 seaso...
DAY42021/05/17 (Mon)Rikuya Hoshino accomplishes everything on his birthday wish list remarks "I have given it all"
Rikuya Hoshino gave himself gigantic birthday presents. He has done what he has promised to do and achieved his career 5th victory, which i...
DAY42021/05/17 (Mon)Rikuya Hoshino succeeds on "birthday week victory" & grabs his V5 with bonus ticket to The Open
Rikuya Hoshino started as solo leader with 2 shot margin on the final Sunday. His golf and mental pressure were not interfered by the wind ...
DAY42021/05/17 (Mon)Hole-in-One prize winner Gen Nagai says "I will treat myself with really good steak"
Gen Nagai made a remarkably great job on his debuting tournament. He made the 2nd hole-in-one of the week, following the one made by Seungs...
DAY3
DAY32021/05/16 (Sun)Rikuya Hoshino hanged on with clutch putts to survive from trouble & gain a big chance for victory
183cm tall slender body was showing many body languages today. "I somehow managed to hang on", said Rikuya Hoshino, as his face blushed up ...
DAY32021/05/16 (Sun)"On the clock" gave Ryuko Tokimatsu 3 straight birdies to jump up into the victory race
Ryuko Tokimatsu, the Players' Chairman has placed himself into the contention 2 weeks in a row. He made 3 birdies on his finishing holes to...
DAY32021/05/16 (Sun)Yousuke Asaji in good position, just 2 shots behind the leader, for defending his champion title
Defending Champion, Yousuke Asaji birdied last 3 holes straight. He made 1-meter on 16th, then 8-meter on Par 3 17th, then on final 18th, h...
DAY32021/05/16 (Sun)Yuta Uetake might have secret "winning equation" putting him in good position for his V1
This is Yuta Uketake's 4th tournament on the Japan Tour, but he might have found himself a "winning equation". Yuta recalls, "I played grea...
DAY2
DAY22021/05/15 (Sat)Seungsu Han made "hole-in-one" but couldn't save him from making the cutline
Seungsu Han made a great hole-in-one on 180 yards Par 3 17th with his 8I. This is his first ever hole-in-one in Japan.Seungsu Han was on th...
DAY22021/05/15 (Sat)Shaun Norris makes superb charge on R2. Gives himself a "Top" position for his 39th birthday gift
Shaun Norris from South Africa celebrates his birthday with a magnificent round of 67 with 6 birdies and a bogey, finishing as the co-leade...
DAY22021/05/15 (Sat)21 years old amateur "Taiga" Sugihara jumps up with 65 with "Sunday Tiger" outfit
Every day so many talented super amateurs are making the headline at Diamond Cup this week. R2's star amateur was Taiga Sugihara. He is obv...
DAY22021/05/15 (Sat)Kazuki Higa scored 69 to finish as 3T with Shugo Imahira and Rikuya Hoshino after R2
'How in the world could I catch up with admiring university senior Hideki Matsuyama' is one big task that is hanging on Kazuki Higa's shoul...
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DAY12021/05/14 (Fri)Ryosuke Kinoshita makes great start with bogey free 68 on R1 at Diamond Cup
Ryosuke Kinoshita played smoothly through a tough rainy Sagamihara GC with bogey free round of 68."I was aiming for 5 under today."Ryosuke ...
DAY12021/05/14 (Fri)330 yards "longest drive of the day" by amateur Riki Kawamoto finishing 1 shot behind the leaders
8 players are listed 1 shot behind the leaders at 3T, and one of them is another talented amateur, Riki Kawamoto, Juinor at Nippon Taiiku U...
DAY12021/05/14 (Fri)Naoyuki Kataoka aiming to make back-to-back victory makes a good start on 1R
23 years old last week's winner Naoyuki Kataoka has made a decent start on 1R at Sagamihara GC. Naoyuki who has made his first career victo...
DAY12021/05/14 (Fri)Yuta Sugiura which Ryo Ishikawa assures as "top class" became 1T after R1 at Diamond Cup
The 1st Round at Sagamihara GC was pouring rain. Wet weather condition made the difficult course known with over 600 yards Par 5 on 3rd and...
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PREVIOUS2021/05/13 (Thu)Yosuke Asaji hopes to defend his champion's title as a gift for belated Mother's Day present
Defending Champion (year 2019) of this week's Asia Pacific Diamond Cup Golf, Yosuke Asaji will be in the same group as Ryo Ishikawa and an ...
PREVIOUS2021/05/13 (Thu)Last week's Champion, Naoyuki Kataoka eager to make his V2 ASAP while he is on the roll
Few days after his first ever Tour victory, which literary changed Naoyuki Kataoka's life, but he himself is still a humble and polite youn...
PREVIOUS2021/05/13 (Thu)Rikuya Hoshino on 25th birthday also celebrates his PGA Championship invitation
Rikuya Hoshino turned 25 on May 12th, and 2 days prior to his birthday, "I have received the invitation to this year's Major, PGA Champions...
