(Thanks and credit to to Pacific Coast Amateur Championship for the great coverage below. The original story can be found here and click here for final scores)
Portland, Ore. – Sun Devil graduate James Leow, shot 69-67-65-68 to win the 55th Pacific Coast Amateur Championship, hosted this week at Columbia Edgewater Country Club in Portland, Ore.
He becomes the first Sun Devil to win the big-time amateur event since Chan Kim in 2009 and joins a list of Sun Devils to win the event that not includes 1996 PCA champion and two-time All-American Scott Johnson, four-time All-American and 1993 NCAA Champion Todd Demsey (1993 PCA champion), four-time All-American Billy Mayfair (1987 and 1988 PCA champion) and 1982 PCA medalist Tony Grimes.
A champion and his trophy ????
Please join us in congratulating James Leow (@JamesLeowKA) of Singapore, the winner of the 55th Pacific Coast Amateur Championship! #PacCoastAm pic.twitter.com/hAEwpDESws
— Pacific Coast Amateur (@PacificCoastAm) July 22, 2022
JAMES LEOW SUN DEVIL CAREER NOTES
–Played in 18 collegiate tournaments from 2018-22 (sat the 2020-21 season with injury).
–In 51 career rounds had a 71.00 stroke average with 32 rounds of par or better and 18 rounds in the 60s.
–Won the 2021 Thunderbird Collegiate while playing as an individual.
–Also won the 24-player 2020 Coronado Invitational and shared the 2019 39-player Arizona Medalist Intercollegiate honors with teammate Jino Sohn.
–Earned a Bachelor of Science degree in finance in 222.
–Played in 2022 Palmer Cup and earned Michael Carter “Junior” Memorial Award for the International squad.
JAMES LEOW’S INDIVIDUAL FIRST PLACE COLLEGIATE FINISHES (INCLUDES SHARED)
–James Leow (Jr.) ASU Thunderbird Collegiate (April 15-16, 2022)
–James Leow (So./co-medalist) Coronado Invitational (Mar. 9-10, 2020)/24-player field
–James Leow and Jino Sohn (co-medalists) Arizona Medalist Intercollegiate (Jan. 28-29, 2019)/39 player-field
JAMES LEOW FEATURES/LINKS
—Patience, hard work the key to Leow’s win (by Lee Yulin, The Straits Times/June 20, 2021)
—James Leow perseveres, pulls away to win the Southwestern Amateur (by Jordan Perez, AmateurGolf.com/June 19, 2021)
—Sophomore James…
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