Published July 17, 2008 on July 21, 2018

Singapore’s Hiroshi Tai Notches First AJGA Victory

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Singapore’s Hiroshi Tai recorded his first AJGA (American Junior Golf Association) win at the ACDS Junior Championship at San Jose Country Club in San Jose, California with a score of 7-under-par 203.

Hiroshi dropped a solid 66 with four birdies and two eagles. His eagle on the 3^rdwas a hole in one from 174 yards.

“I had no idea walking up it went in. I was really excited because I knew it gave me an advantage heading into Wednesday. I knew I did better than everyone on that one hole and that gave me confidence,” said Hiroshi.

He added, “It feels awesome because I’ve worked so hard to win an AJGA event. I’ve been playing AJGA for a while and it’s a great feeling for me.”

Hiroshi is 85 in the Rolex AJGA Rankings. He has had six top-ten finished in AJGA events since 2016, finishing 3rd at Sea Pines Junior Heritage in 2018, 4^thin the 2017 Junior Orange Bowl International Championship and 6^that the 2017 Jones Cup Invitational. He also has a win on the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour. He recently had a good showing at the AJGA Polo Golf Junior Classic finishing T13 with scores of 73-70-74-30 (+6).

“Hiroshi defines excellence because every time he comes out to practice he’s ready to train. He has his plan and is ready to work. When we’re on the course, he’s one of the best competitors in the group. Over the summer, he listened to all of the plans we set for where he should play,”  said his senior coach Nick Duffy from BGGA (the Bishops Gate Golf Academy) where the Singaporean junior trains.