Brendan Jones facing important weekend in Japan
Brendan Jones- photo Japan Golf Tour
Australian golfer, Brendan Jones, faces an important weekend at the Casio World Open in Japan this week.
Jones finds himself in a share of third place at the halfway stage but after a year which has seen the winner of 15 Japan Tour titles record a best of 17th place in 19 starts leading into this week’s event on the island of Shikoku, he needs a big finish in order to retain his Japan Tour status.
Jones is currently 77th on the Japan Tour money list and likely needs a top then finish at worst this week if he is to avoid using an all-important one off career money exemption to play in Japan next season.
Jones begins the weekend in a share of third place, three shots behind the seven time Japan Tour winner, Chan Kim of the USA after a second round of 65 at the Kochi Kuoshio Golf Club.
Like so many other of the foreigners who play in Japan, Jones suffered from the impact Covid had on the Japan Tour, especially for foreign players, and for Jones he played virtually no events in that country in 2020 and 2021.
One of the most dominant foreign players in Japan over the past twenty years, Jones performance over the weekend will be one of the most important of his 2022 season.
