Inokawa New Leader in the Photographic Hole Challenge

Inokawa New Leader 

Ayaka making her way to the top

The Spring season was kicked off this past weekend at Eagle's Pointe Golf Club after the holiday break. The hole being featured was No. 11, a tough par-3 surrounded by water and bunkers. For the two days we had a total of 25 pars and 15 birdies.

Shosei Inokawa (Atamishi, Japan) continues to be successful in the Photographic Hole Challenge after making a birdie and a par. The three points added to his total score puts him atop leaderboard. A player who continues to fight for that first spot is Ayaka Nakyama (Kanagawa, Japan) who added another two points to be at 6 points to be tied for third spot.

This past weekend saw eight top performers who all earned three points to put them in a good spot to make a move to win this series at the end of the season. One of the top performers was Cole Ray (Raleigh, NC) who earned three points to get him to a total of six points and is tied for third place with Ayaka.Other students who performed well to put them on the scoreboard were Paige Cappelli (Blue Pell, PA) who birdied the hole the first day and then made a solid par the last day to get her first three points in the series.

For a few of  our Academy students this was their first tour event with the IJGT and they all got off to a great start by making either birdie or par each day. Takakazu Furukawa (Shiga, Japan), Matthew Kemps (Palos Verdes Estates, CA) and Evan Smith (Bluefield, WV) all earned three points and are tied for 19^th place. 

The next event in this series will take place this weekend at Innisbrook Resort in Palm Harbor, FL. The hole being featured this week is hole No. 5 on the North Course.

Current Top 25

1. Shosei Inokawa             9

2. Ana Ruiz                        7

3. Ayaka Nakayama           6

3. Cole Ray                        6

5. Phyllis Tang                    5

5. Erik Tiitus                        5

5. Cake Phuchanbanchob      5

5. Moyu Sasaki                    5

5. Masato Yositsugu             5

10. Dongjin Park                  4

10. Matt Cheng                    4

10. Keanu Hasmana           4

10. Saravit Kerdsinchai         4

10. Charles MacCallum          4

10. Chris Magi                       4

10.  Ana Paula Valdes            4

10. Kevin Ying                       4

10. Andrew Yuan                   4

19. Paige Cappelli                  3

19. Andrea Debono                3

19. Takakazu Furukawa         3

19. Adrian Gonzales               3

19. Matthew Kemps               3

19. Lohith Ramaraju               3

19. Kevin Reich                      3