Kazuma Kobori at it again in Sydney
Kobori – chance for a third title from ten professional starts – image Australian Golf Media
New Zealand’s Kazuma Kobori continues his outstanding run in the early stages of his professional career and at the halfway stage of the Webex Players Series event at the Castle Hill Golf Club in Sydney, the 22-year-old from Rangiora north of Christchurch leads by one.
Kobori added a second round of 64 to his opening 65 to lead over fellow New Zealander and recent winner, Kerry Mountcastle, Victorian James Gibellini and South Korean Jenny Shin.
Kobori, who has recorded two wins and three top tens in his nine starts since turning professional last November, is currently in third place on the PGA Tour of Australasian Order of Merit and has a great opportunity to all but cement his card for the 2025 DP World Tour handed out to the leading three players on the Order of Merit at season’s end with victory this week.
“I really enjoy this course,” Kobori told the PGA Tour of Australasia’s website. “I walked up to the course I think it was Tuesday morning and you get courses where you just walk up and go ‘Okay, I kind of like this place’.”
Mountcastle was a surprise winner of the Gippsland Super 6 title in November and is nicely placed to challenge for a second Australasian Tour title.
Gibellini appears to have found something in his game in recent months after an amateur career in Queensland.
Shin is the leading female in the mixed-gender event, finishing her opening 36 holes, adding a round of 67 to her opening 63 yesterday.
