Six Australians earn Asian Tour cards for 2024
Justin Warren – file photo Bruce Young
Six Australians have earned playing rights for the increasingly lucrative 2024 Asian Tour following the completion of 90 holes of Final Stage Qualifying in Thailand today.
Justin Warren 3rd, Sam Brazel 16th, Maverick Antcliff 17th, Jordan Zunic 23rd, Harrison Crowe 27th and Lachlan Barker 30th, all finished inside the top 35 and have earned their Asian Tour cards for the first event in Malaysia in mid-February.
Warren, from Picton in NSW, produced an excellent final three rounds in the 90-hole event after a remarkably slow start to the week where he was in a share of 61st position after 36 holes. His 3rd round of 62 however moved to 14th and two solid final rounds earned him the 3rd placed card.
Brazel returns to the Asian Tour having been a regular there in recent years, a win at the Hong Kong Open in 2016 the highlight of the Lismore golfer’s career to date.
Antcliff played collegiate golf in the US after spending time at the Hills International School in Jimboomba in Queensland before then winning several events in China and making it to the European Tour in 2020. He lost his status there late in 2022 and has played mainly on the Australasian Tour since.
Jordan Zunic is a former New Zealand Open winner, Harrison Crowe, a winner of both the NSW Open and the Asia Pacific Amateur Championship and Barker won the PNG Open on the Australasian Tour last year.
New Zealander, Nick Voke, agonisingly missed out after a four-way playoff for the one final spot
The first event the successful players are likely eligible for is the Malaysian Open in mid-February followed by the New Zealand Open in early March, an event jointly sanctioned with the Asian Tour.
One or two may also get a start in the International Series event in Oman in late February.
