Hong Kong: Michael Regan Wong became the first local golfer for four years to win the Hong Kong Open Amateur Championship – and with it a start in next month’s Hong Kong Open – thanks to a flawless display at Discovery Bay Golf Club.
Wong, 17, fired a bogey-free final-round 69 to finish on a three-day total of 215 (two-over-par) to edge fellow national squad member and close friend Isaac Lam, 15, by a single shot.
Shinichi Mizuno, regarded by many as the pre-tournament favourite following a consistent run of form in recent months, placed third, a further four shots back.
“I had two goals this year – to finish in the top 30 at the World Juniors and to qualify for the Hong Kong Open. I wasn’t able to do the first but it feels great to have achieved the second,” said Wong, who got up and down from a tricky position at the final hole to land his biggest-ever win.
Chinese Taipei’s Jack Tsai scooped the Mid-Amateur Championship prize, the over-25 competition that was played concurrently with the main event, with a total of 225.