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Taisei Nagasaki, 16, Seizes 5-Shot Lead With Record 54-Hole Total at Asia-Pacific Amateur

The champion receives invitations to the Masters, the Open.

Overview

  • He fired a 7-under 65 in the third round to reach 17-under 199, the event’s lowest 54-hole score since its 2010 inception.
  • He will tee off in Sunday’s final group with fellow Japanese player Rintaro Nakano, who is at 12 under on the Majlis Course in Dubai.
  • Thailand’s Fifa Laopakdee sits at 11 under, with Billy Dowling, Harry Takis and Khanh Hung Le at 10 under.
  • Nagasaki is debuting in the championship after a tie for 47th at last week’s Japan Open and a runner-up finish at this year’s Japan Amateur.
  • Japan’s Kanichiro Katano made a hole-in-one at the par-3 11th, the eighth ace recorded in tournament history.