Nakajima tops PGT Q-School by four with eagle-spiked 67

JAPANESE Toru Nakajima fired an eagle-spiked five-under-par 67 to rule the PGT Qualifying School for foreign players at the Aoki course of Eagle Ridge Golf and Country Club in Cavite yesterday.

Nakajima, the first-round leader, carded nines of 32-35 highlighted by an eagle on the par-5 seventh hole to finish with a 287 total, the tournament’s only sub-par score and four shots clear of Koreans Lyu Hyung-suk and Seo Hyeong-dae.

Seventeen others made it to this year’s 80-plus player cast of the ICTSI Philippine Golf Tour.

Nakajima actually made it to the tour in 2013, even winning the circuit’s final leg at Wack Wack, but lost his card last year.

Lyu also rallied with a 71 and Seo matched par 72 to share runner-up honors at 291, a shot ahead of amateur third-round leader Yuto Katsuragawa of Japan who managed a 75.

Jobim Carlos topped the Q-School among the local hopefuls. The circuit will fire off at Valley Golf next month.

Others who earned tour cards: Lee Seong-ki, KOR (74-293), Yuta Sudo, JPN (72-295), Kim Tae-woo (a), KOR (74-296), Park Jun-yeok, KOR (69-297), Park Gyu-ha, KOR (75-298),Kim Sung-wook, KOR (73-298), Toru Morita, JPN (76-298), Kim Jung-Hun, KOR, Jung Yong-jun, KOR; Jung Hoe-yeop (a), KOR; Kim Chang-hoi, KOR; Lee Hyun-woo, KOR; Min Geong-chan, KOR; Lee Sang-un, KOR; Kim Min-su, KOR; Yuki Kishida, JPN (75-308).