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DAY42021/04/26 (Mon)Disappointing "lost ball" on the final hole to give away the win, but Chan Kim says "that's golf"
Chan Kim had the great chance to win on Sunday at Kansai Open up until 18th tee box. Chan was undecisive whether the wind was blowing from ...
DAY42021/04/26 (Mon)From the Japan's oldest Open Tournament to THE WORLD! Rikuya Hoshino marks his career V4
Due to the cancellation of last year, Kansai Open was back again and Rikuya Hoshino picked up from where he lost to a play-off to make grea...
DAY42021/04/26 (Mon)Takumi Kanaya finished at 16T, first time to be out of Top 10 since turning Pro
Takimi Kanaya who is current No1. on the Money Rankings, has failed to finish within Top 10 for the first time on his 6th tournament since ...
DAY42021/04/26 (Mon)Kosei Takeyama became the "Lowest Amateur" among the elite young star players
7 talented amateurs made to the weekend, but the Lowest Amateur title was crowned to Kosei Takeyama from a Senior student of Tohoku Fukushi...
DAY42021/04/26 (Mon)Rikuya Hoshino comes through with a victory and accomplished his goal he left off 2 years ago
Rikuya was able to pay back for the regretful play-off defeat from 2 years ago by winning on the oldest Open tournament of Japan. 24 years ...
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DAY32021/04/25 (Sun)Almost a Hole-in-One on 15th, Rikuya Hoshino on the verge of making revenge for the victory
24 years old Rikuya Hoshino is all pumped up for the chance to make his 2 years' worth wish. Rikuya scored 68 on R3 and jumped up as one of...
DAY32021/04/25 (Sun)Kunihiro Kamii eager to get "the monkey" off his back on his 8th challenge as Final Group in Sunday
16th years as a Pro, Kunihiro Kamii is facing his 8th challenge to be in the final group on the Final Round to make his 1st ever Tour victo...
DAY32021/04/25 (Sun)Komei Okada overcoming the terrifying "suspected infection" made super charge on R3
Komei Oda, 42 years old veteran has made a big leap on 3R with scoring 64, zooming up the ladder from 39th to 5T.He started out from 10th, ...
DAY32021/04/25 (Sun)Chan Kim jumped up as co-leader on moving Saturday, but more anxious about his diet ?!
Chan Kim, well-known for his more than big drive made a great Saturday charge with 6 birdies and a bogey to score 66, jumped up from 10T ye...
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DAY22021/04/24 (Sat)1st Hole-in-One success and siblings in action, talented amateurs contribute to excitement
The 1st Hole-in-One of the year was accomplished by 20 years old amateur. Ryo Ochiai, a Sophomore from local Hyogo Prefecture's Kansai Gaku...
DAY22021/04/24 (Sat)Toru Taniguchi as co-leader after R2, has the chance to become 3rd Eldest Winner of the Tour
53 years old senior player Toru Taniguchi seems to get tougher and tougher every day. He managed to score double 66 for his two rounds at t...
DAY22021/04/24 (Sat)Co-leader 21 years old Tomohiro Ishizaka facing "final group" pressure with 53 years old veteran
21 years old Tomohiro Ishizuka and 53 years old Toru Taniguchi shares the co-leader spot with 10 under total going onto the weekends. The h...
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DAY12021/04/23 (Fri)Tomohiro Ishizaka makes miraculous triple chip-ins scoring 65 to tie at the Top
Another rookie is up on the top of the leader board this week. A rookie professional Tomohiro Ishizaka, still a Senior student at Nippon We...
DAY12021/04/23 (Fri)Tomoyo Ikemura an 8-year Pro well-controlled his anger to grab co-leader position after R1
Tomoyo Ikemura had a very frustrating start. He started on the Par 5 535 yards 10th hole, where he got himself to 5-meter eagle chance."But...
DAY12021/04/23 (Fri)Rikuya Hoshino on a good start to make a revenge on his regretful memories
After cancellation last year, Rikuya waited 2 years to make his revenge on this tournament. Rikuya on his 5th year as a professional, score...
DAY12021/04/23 (Fri)24 of very colorfully talented amateurs gathered at Kansai Open Golf Championship 2021
The oldest Open Golf Tournament in Japan, Kansai Open Golf Championship gathered 24 amateurs this year and all have every unique and colorf...
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PREVIOUS2021/04/22 (Thu)Shugo Imahira got outstripped by Takumi Kanaya on latest World Rankings
Shugo Imahira has the Order of Merit Champion title for past 2 years, but his position on the World Rankings was flipped with Takumi Kanaya...
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Reporting on the PCR test results at Kansai Open Golf Championship
Due for Kansai Golf Open Championship being held from April 22nd to 25th, every participating player, caddies, and tournament organizing st...
PREVIOUS2021/04/22 (Thu)Ryo Ishikawa has new buddy on his bag and will challenge the Kansai Open with double "Ryo"
This week Ryo Ishikawa has brought his new buddy on his bag. A new face who made debut last year as a Pro and his name is Ryo Katsumata.Ryo...
PREVIOUS2021/04/22 (Thu)Defending Champion Tomoharu Otsuki reflecting on the past year taken away by the pandemic
Last year, Kansai Open Golf Championship was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic. Not only this tournament but, many more was cancelled, and...
PREVIOUS2021/04/22 (Thu)Becoming unstoppable! Super Rookie Takumi Kanaya all prepared to make back-to-back victory
"I am very much motivated now and want to win as much as I could. I don't want to be easy on myself and also don't want to have anyone inte...
