CHONBURI, Thailand (AP) — Bo Jin of China had loads of stress attending to Thailand, and it was all price it Thursday when he opened with a 7-under 65 to construct a two-shot lead within the Asia-Pacific Amateur.
It’s the second straight 12 months Jin is off to begin, having held the 36-hole lead a 12 months in the past in Dubai.
The junior at Oklahoma State overcame a bogey on his first gap at Amata Spring Country Club to steer over TK Chantananuwat of Thailand, James Leow of Singapore and Ryuta Suzuki of Japan.
The winner will get a spot within the Masters subsequent April.
Chantananuwat is the highest-ranked novice within the discipline at No. 12, already a winner of an expert occasion on the Asian Tour earlier this 12 months.
Jin arrived at the Oklahoma City airport solely to seek out his title wasn’t on the passenger record. He managed to purchase a brand new ticket to Los Angeles to make his connection to Qatar and made it to Thailand in time.
“I reached here in time for one practice round,” he stated. “I’d have ideally preferred two. And then I made a horrible bogey on the first and I nearly pushed my second shot into the water on the second. It somehow stayed in a bunker and I made a birdie which just changed everything. It was a very important birdie from the bunker.
“It’s just the first round so there is a long way to go but I am delighted with the start.”
His brother, Cheng Jin, received the Asia-Pacific Amateur in 2015.
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