Tournament article

Mynavi ABC Championship 2021

Jinichiro Kozuma makes good start as 2T but says he is playing without any expectation

Jinichiro Kozuma made his third 2T finish of the season last week on his sponsors tournament. He has been keeping good results since autumn games started, but he says today's good result is fluke.

 

He scored 66 on his 1R and finished as 2T, 1 shot behind the leader, but his expectation of himself is zero, says Jinichiro.

 

He started off from 10th tee and went on making 5 birdies in a row.

"All of that seems such a fluke. It ended as birdies, but the shot performances were terrible. My shots were so great until yesterday, but I lost all the accuracy today. I only was able to keep the fairways 3 or 4 times. My shots were all over the course. I don't know if this is my body feeling fatigue, but I can't swing as I want to."

 

But he scored 6 under for the day.

"I just can't believe it. But my putting is good, and I feel positive while I am putting. But I can't shake of this tiredness and sleepiness. I will finish my practice early and go to bed."