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Golf Nippon Series JT Cup 2021

Prolonged 2021-22 season finale Golf Nippon Series JT Cup, prestigious stage for only Top 30

Chan Kim  Defending Champion and current
No.1 on Money Rankings

30 players who dominated the 2021-22 prolonged season has gathered at Golf Nippon Series JT Cup. If Chan Kim, defending Champion and current No.1 on Money Rankings wins this week, he will be crowned with the Order of Merit Champion title.

 

There are only 4 players who has the chance to stop Chan from that glory. Ryosuke Kinoshita, who is current No.2 on Money List must finish above solo 2nd to take away the title. As for No.3 Takumi Kanaya, No.4 Rikuya Hoshino, and No.5 Yuki Inamori, winning is the only way to make their dream come true.

 

The Order of Merit race will finally end at the last tournament of the year. Among the powerful Top 30 players, World No.1 amateur Keita Nakajima joins as one of the star players. He received the exemption by winning at Panasonic Open in September, becoming 5th amateur to win at the professional tournament. He is the 3rd player to make appearance at JT Cup as an amateur, following Ryo Ishikawa in 2007 and Hideki Matsuyama in 2011.

 

 

Top 30 player at Golf Nippon Series JT Cup

Chan KIM

Ryosuke KINOSHITA

Takumi KANAYA

Rikuya HOSHINO

Yuki INAMORI

Mikumu HORIKAWA

Jinichiro KOZUMA

Tomoharu OTSUKI

Shugo IMAHIRA

Scott VINCENT

Hideto TANIHARA

Kazuki HIGA

Yosuke ASAJI

Yuta IKEDA

Hiroshi IWATA

Tomohiro ISHIZAKA

Naoyuki KATAOKA

Ryutaro NAGANO

Tomoyasu SUGIYAMA

Ryuichi OIWA

Ryuko TOKIMATSU

Todd BAEK

Tomoyo IKEMURA

Yusaku MIYAZATO

Mikiya AKUTSU                   

Kunihiro KAMII                     

Shingo KATAYAMA             

Yuki FURUKAWA

Juvic PAGUNSAN                 

Keita NAKAJIMA (amateur)