Rintaro Nakano
Rintaro Nakano
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Country Representing
Japan
Japan
Age
21
Hometown
Kunitachi
Appearances
2025, 2024, 2023
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Bio

Nakano is making his third Championship start in 2025. In 2024 at Taiheiyo Club Gotemba in Japan, he held the lead after 36 holes before finishing two strokes behind Wenyi Ding in third place. Earlier this year, he reached the round of 16 in the Amateur Championship at Royal St George’s in England and the round of 32 in the U.S. Amateur at the Olympic Club in California. In 2023, he won the Japan Amateur Championship to join the list of winners that includes Asia-Pacific Amateur champions Takumi Kanaya and Keita Nakajima.

Past Performance

Year

Finish

Score

2024

3

-10

2023

T-28

+14

Rintaro Nakano of Japan lines up a putt on the No. 17 green during round two of the 2024 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship being played at the Taiheiyo Club in Gotemba, Japan on Friday 04 October 2024. Photograph by AAC.
Rintaro Nakano of Japan lines up a putt on the No. 17 green during round two of the 2024 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship being played at the Taiheiyo Club in Gotemba, Japan on Friday 04 October 2024. Photograph by AAC.
Rintaro Nakano of Japan plays a tee stroke during the final round of the 2024 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship being played at the Taiheiyo Club in Gotemba, Japan on Sunday 06 October 2024. Photograph by AAC.
Rintaro Nakano of Japan plays a tee stroke during the final round of the 2024 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship being played at the Taiheiyo Club in Gotemba, Japan on Sunday 06 October 2024. Photograph by AAC.