Shanghai: Chinese teenager Lin Yuxin will return to the Masters and The Open next year after winning the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship (AAC) in a play-off on Sunday in Shanghai.
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It was a second AAC title for the gifted 18-year-old, who also won the crown in 2017.
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He and Japan’s defending champion Takumi Kanaya went to a nervy second extra hole after both finished on 10-under-par 278 at Sheshan International Golf Club.
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Lin, who missed the cut at the 2018 Masters at Augusta and also at The Open, said: “It definitely means a lot to me, especially this week. Winning at home is certainly huge for me and for China golf as well.”
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Lin and Kanaya, ranked the top amateur in the world, entered the first-ever play-off in the championship’s history, only for both to birdie the first extra hole, at the 18th.
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That made them return to the par-five 18th for the second extra hole, where Lin — with his father on the bag — birdied once more, this time for victory.
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“I was having a little trouble with the 18th three days in a row,” said Lin, a freshman at the University of Southern California.
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“We knew there were extra holes coming up and stepping on the 18th again wasn’t a great feeling for me.”
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