Ryuichi Oiwa accepted the fact that he won't be able to catch up with the leader Ryosuke Kinoshita by the time he reached his back nine. So, he concentrated on battling for 2nd place with same age player, Yuki Furukawa, but last 3 holes washed away Ryuichi's wishes.

On Par 3 16th, Yuki almost made hole-in-one, and with that birdie, he caught up with Ryuichi. Then on the toughest hole, Par 4 17th, Ryuichi couldn't get it up and down from the roughs and suffered a bogey. On the final 18th, as Yuki gracefully made 4-meter birdie putt, Ryuki failed to make 2-meter par putt and at the end, Ryuichi plunged to 3T, 8 shots behind the winner.

"The wall is standing so high in front of me. I must get stronger. I did get nervous than usual. I must learn to cope with it and make score to win. That seems very difficult to do."

After the round, Ryuichi got together with hi coach and reviewed his round.
"Ryosuke is so stable on his shots and has great short game. He gave himself a comfortable breathing space by making 3 birdies early on the rounds. I still lack so much. But I am satisfied with my game plan and performances for the first 3 rounds."

Ryuichi has been in Top 10 in 4 of his 5 tournament appearances this year.
"Only goal left for me is to win. Could I please have my turn to victory soon?