Golf Australia has named an imposing seven-man team for the 2024 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship to be played in Japan in October, where major starts for 2025 go on the line.
Lukas Michel, the 2019 US Mid Amateur champion, had wrestled with a decision for years. Turn professional and begin life as a touring golfer, or use his engineering degree and love of design to pursue a career in golf course architecture? Chase birdies, or bulldozers?
Ten Australians have accepted their invitations to compete in the 2023 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship at Royal Melbourne Golf Club next month, opening the door to earn a place in the Masters Tournament and the 152nd Open Championship next year.
Australian Lukas Michel has a share of the first-round lead as the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship began on Thursday at Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club in the Middle East.
Lukas Michel put another notch on his outstanding amateur record, while Lion Higo dominated the field in the women’s event at the Master of the Amateurs tournament in Melbourne today.