Australian Newbie Champion Quinn Croker has made the soar into the skilled ranks.
AUSSIE younger weapons Jasper Stubbs, Quinn Croker and Phoenix Campbell have turned skilled after competing within the Asia-Pacific Newbie Championship in Japan in early October.
The trio had been a part of a seven-strong Australian contingent on the Asia-Pacific, gained by China’s Wenyi Ding, who shot 4 consecutive rounds of 67, for a 12-under par whole, in gaining redemption after being overwhelmed in a playoff by Stubbs in the identical occasion when performed at Royal Melbourne 12-months in the past.
As for the Australians, whereas none had been in a position to mount a severe problem on the Taiheiyo Membership Gotemba in Japan, with Campbell the perfect positioned 10-shots behind the winner, all three will take sturdy novice information into the skilled ranks.
Campbell, who completed his novice profession with a tie for thirty fourth on the Japan Open at Tokyo Golf Membership the week following the Asia Pacific, took up the two-year exemption obtainable to him courtesy of his win on the Queensland PGA Championship final yr. The Victorian’s debut as a professional got here on the one centesimal WA Open the place he made the 36-hiole minimize earlier than ending in a tie for 52nd.
Stubbs, thirty second in defence of his Asia Pacific title, grew to become the primary to play as an expert when he teed it up at Kalgoorlie on the WA PGA, lacking the 36-hole minimize, whereas Croker, the reigning Australian and Queensland Newbie champion, travelled to the US in mid-October, the place he was profitable in successful his approach via the primary stage of Korn Ferry Tour Qualifying College in Florida.
Croker earned Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia membership by successful the Future Tour class final season. His first Australasian occasion as an expert was scheduled to be on the Webex Gamers Collection South Australia in Willunga.
The 2025 Asia-Pacific Newbie Championship might be performed in Dubai from October 23-26.
