The former amateur star was excited to learn his third win in his 10th start as a professional means Kobori has the same win record as Tiger Woods at the same stage of his early life as a pro.
The brilliant young New Zealander, just eight tournaments into his professional career, completed back-to-back wins on the Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia, a feat not managed since Adam Scott in 2013.
Former winner Cameron Davis, 16-year-old schoolgirl Rachel Lee and all-abilities champion Cameron Pollard sit atop the leaderboard, spearheading the local challenge to reclaim the three Australian Open titles swept by foreigners a year ago.
Yoon has joined the elite company of Hannah Green (TPS Murray River last year) and Linn Grant (the DP World Tour’s Scandinavian Mixed event last year) as the only women to triumph in a 72-hole professional mixed-gender tournament.
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Victorian Deyen Lawson has survived a nervous back-nine wobble to win the Nexus Advisernet WA Open in Perth by two strokes. From his opening day eight-under 62, Lawson’s name sat atop the leaderboard, arriving at The Western Australian Golf Club on Sunday with an eight-shot advantage. That lead got to as much as nine on Read more…