{"id":947277,"date":"2026-10-31T06:28:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T06:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/947277\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T06:28:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T06:28:13","slug":"aussie-plots-bold-bid-for-asia-pacific-amateur-title-australian-golf-digest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/947277\/","title":{"rendered":"Aussie plots bold bid for Asia-Pacific Amateur title \u2013 Australian Golf Digest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australia\u2019s Harry Takis know he\u2019s a long shot \u2013 and he\u2019s planning plenty of them in a bold bid for the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship title.<\/p>\n

Takis is plotting a daring attack on the challenging Te Arai Links course in New Zealand in Sunday\u2019s finale.<\/p>\n

The 21-year-old Queenslander enters the last round six shots shy of the leader after a shooting three-under 68 on Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnything can happen,\u201d Takis said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf there\u2019s flags that I feel like I can go at \u2013 and sometimes I would try and maybe steer a little clear of \u2013 I\u2019m probably just going to fire at tomorrow.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause you shoot 70, 69, 68, you\u2019re not going to win. You need to go and shoot 65.\u201d<\/p>\n

Takis is the top-ranked amateur in the field in the championship with a coveted prize: entry into next year\u2019s US Masters and British Open.<\/p>\n

The rising Brisbane-born golfer started his second round sluggishly \u2013 two over through seven holes.<\/p>\n

But from the ninth, he peeled off four consecutive birdies, and finished with six birdies in his last 10 holes.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always knew it was possible,\u201d Takis said of the hot streak.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just wasn\u2019t executing the way I wanted to.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then, yeah, you see a couple go where you want them to go and that becomes a lot easier. It\u2019s a weird game like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Mudadana\"\/Australia\u2019s Kayun Mudadana splashes out of a bunker during the third round at Te Arai Links. (HANDOUT\/ASIA-PACIFIC AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Takis, tied for fifth, is among a pack chasing local hope Zack Swanwick after the New Zealander posted four-under 67 for the second consecutive day to move to seven under and a two-shot lead.<\/p>\n

Swanwick grabbed the lead from Thailand\u2019s defending champion Fifa Laopakdee, who has lost ground since an eight under opening round \u2013 his Friday 72 was followed by a two-over 73.<\/p>\n

Laopakdee, at five under overall, is tied for second with another Kiwi, Cooper Moore.<\/p>\n

Australia\u2019s Jonty Lunson, who logged a 72 on Saturday, is tied for ninth at two over alongside countryman Kayun Mudadana, who was even par in his third round.<\/p>\n

Compatriot Harrison Gomez, after being the leading Australian overnight, slipped with a 77 and is six over for the tournament and tied for 19th.<\/p>\n

The other Australians to make the cut are also out of contention: Wesley Hinton is 13 over and Sam Cascio is 16 over.<\/p>\n

This article was made possible with support from the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australia\u2019s Harry Takis know he\u2019s a long shot \u2013 and he\u2019s planning plenty of them in a bold…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":947278,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,1736,405163,10956,85],"class_list":["post-947277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-new-zealand","tag-overseas-sport","tag-pacific","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=947277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/947278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=947277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=947277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=947277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}